Birçok grafik tasarım dergisi ve tasarım organizasyonlarından yüzlerce ödül, New Society of Illustrator’da Altın Madalya, New York Art Director’s Club’da Altın ve Los Angeles Society of Illustrators’da Gümüş olmak üzere birçok ödülün sahibi olan John Mattos’un illüstrasyonları. Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, H.P., Citibank ve yüzlerce kurumsal markaya tasarımlar sunan Mattos, 1975 yılında Pasadena’daki BFA/Illustration Art Center College’dan mezun olmuş. UC Berkeley, Stanford gibi üniversitelerde konferanslarda bulunan illüstratör, birçok üniversitede de illüstrasyon dalında ders veriyor.

Over 100 awards for graphic excellence from various graphic magazines and design organizations including a Gold Medal from the New York Society of Illustrators, Gold from the New York Art Director’s Club and Silver from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. Corporate clients include Apple, Adobe ,Microsoft, Oracle, H.P., G.E., Citibank and hundreds more. Institutional projects & consulting for Harvard, Stanford, Art Center College, N.Y.U., Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of the Pacific, Brigham Young University, Utah, and is currently under contract with the United states Parks Service. 1975 BFA/Illustration Art Center College, Pasadena. John has lectured at. UC Berkeley, Stanford, C.C.A.C., S.V.A. New York. Taught seminars at Chico State and UC Santa Cruz. He has taught Illustration & drawing at De Anza College, Academy of Art University, California College of Arts and Crafts and holds a vocational teaching certificate from the State of California.