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name: Matthew Buchholz
about: Matthew Buchholz is the most important writer, historian, and artist of this or any age. Born in Tucson, Arizona where it’s hot but at least it’s a dry heat, Buchholz spent his early years immersed in world building with Lego sets and watching 1950s &amp; 60s science-fiction movies.  For his university experience, he made his way across the arid plains, through the rocky peaks and verdant valleys of this great land, to Manhattantown where he attended New York University. His extremely wise decision to major in Film &amp; Television production proved critical to his current career as someone who stands in tents selling greeting cards.  After graduating, Buchholz worked briefly in the film production world before realizing he actually enjoyed being p Matthew Buchholz is the most important writer, historian, and artist of this or any age. Born in Tucson, Arizona where it’s hot but at least it’s a dry heat, Buchholz spent his early years immersed in world building with Lego sets and watching 1950s &amp; 60s science-fiction movies.  For his university experience, he made his way across the arid plains, through the rocky peaks and verdant valleys of this great land, to Manhattantown where he attended New York University. His extremely wise decision to major in Film &amp; Television production proved critical to his current career as someone who stands in tents selling greeting cards.  After graduating, Buchholz worked briefly in the film production world before realizing he actually enjoyed being paid for the time he worked, and moved to non-profit arts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music where he met Bruce Campbell and danced on stage with Mikhail Baryshnikov. In 2008, weary from the hustle and bustle of New York City, Buchholz moved to Pittsburgh, and fell in love with the scrappy Steel City. After much research on the city and its trove of historic images, Buchholz launched Alternate Histories with a show at Wildcard in 2010. Since then he has quickly become the world-famous man of mythic proportions you now know, with his work shown in Paris, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, and beyond. His first book, “Alternate Histories of the World” was published by Perigee in 2013 and was such a huge success he had to self- publish the follow-up, "Pittsburgh in Olden Times."  Buchholz currently lives in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh with his girlfriend (who is great), her cat who hates him, and his dog Otis. He would love to talk at you about old John Ford movies. ...more