Drew Matott received his MFA in Book & Paper Arts from Columbia College-Chicago (2008) and his BFA in Printmaking from the Buffalo State College (2001). He co-founded the Green Door Studio (2002), People's Republic of Paper (2003), Deep Fried Books (2006), Pulp Printing (2007), the Combat Paper Project (2007), The Portable Paper Studio (2008), Papermaking as Trauma Intervention (2010), Peace Paper Project (2011), Veteran Paper Workshop (2011) and Panty Pulping (2013).