Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson brings more than 30 years of experience working on cultural and institutional projects. He believes the architecture of cultural institutions must be magnificent and should reflect the aspirations of the community they serve. For every project, he begins with listening and, with his well-rounded skill set, he delivers excellence from start to finish.

Matthew immerses himself in all aspects of a project to meticulously advance and maintain the design vision as a project moves toward completion. He is an avid patron of the arts and this is exemplified through his portfolio. He served as a senior associate on the Massey Hall Renovation and Expansion in Toronto, which won a Heritage Toronto Award and a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award, and the Harrison McCain Pavilion, an expansion of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The latter was named one of the best architecture projects of 2023 by Italy’s DOMUS.

Matthew was one of the lead architects for the winning competition design for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). Currently, he is working on the transformation and expansion of Contemporary Calgary, the new vision for the historic Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, and the future home of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

He has also completed projects for the National Ballet of Canada, the National Gallery of Canada, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, and Trinity College. He was a project architect for the Art Gallery of Hamilton Renewal and the TIFF Lightbox, and was an associate-in-charge for the Remai Modern, a contemporary art gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that was awarded Canada’s highest architectural honour: a Governor General’s Medal.