Matuschka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matuschka
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Mar 19, 1954(1954-03-19)
Age	70
Birthplace	New Jersey
Country	United States
Horoscope	Pisces

Matuschka Biography

Matuschka is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on March 19, 1954 in New Jersey, United States. Matuschka, born Joanne Motichka on March 19, 1954, is a New York City photographer and artist. LIFE selected her self-portrait for the Sunday cover of New York Times in

1993. It was published in a special edition called 100 Photographs that Changed the World in 2003. Since the 90s, Matuschka has been nominated and won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. She has also received numerous citations, honors and distinctions for her activism and photographic work. Rose Hartman published Matuschka’s 2012 book Incomparable women of style. John Loengard also included Matuschka in his 2011 monograph, The Age of Silver. Encounters With Great Photographers.

Between 1971 and 1975, the State of New Jersey paid her tuition for both college and private prep school.

Matuschka was enrolled for the 1973 fall semester at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, but at the last minute decided to matriculate at Prescott College—a small, private, liberal, school in Arizona founded by the Ford Foundation. At Prescott she designed an independent curriculum with a variety of regional artists specializing in architecture. Her field studies brought her to the works and sites of Paolo Soleri, Frank Lloyd Wright and Antoni Gaudi. Matuschka frequented Native American Ruins in addition to Arcosanti, Cosanti and Taliesin West—all a short distance from campus.

At Windsor Mountain Matuschka excelled in the arts, winning the Art Prize at Graduation. In 1973 she had her first solo show at the Lenox Library, which was reviewed in The Berkshire Eagle.

She was placed in a foster home with the Marco family from Paramus, New Jersey, in 1970. Anton Marco, an opera singer, toured Europe during the Second World War with Marlene Dietrich and then appeared in Woody Allen’s film Zelig. His wife, Maureen Marco–a Special Ed teacher and painter who graduated from Washington University–recognized Joanne’s raw talent, enrolled her in art classes, provided books from the local library and sent her to Museums in New York City. Joanne was encouraged by Mrs. Marco to keep a diary, write poetry and record her dreams. She also suggested that Joanne take life-sketching classes.

Matuschka Net Worth

Matuschka is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matuschka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Matuschka almost died from hepatitis B in 1968 after she was misdiagnosed. In 1989, Matuschka was almost killed in a bike accident. She suffered many broken bones and severe injuries to her back. She was diagnosed with breast carcinoma at 37 years old. She had to have a mastectomy, and then 6 months of chemotherapy. Matuschka was awarded financial assistance from Change, The Robert Rauschenberg Fund. This fund helps artists who are facing extreme hardships in their injury-related rehabilitation or cancer treatment. Matuschka was enrolled at the Kushi Institute in Beckett (Mass.) in 1991. For ten years, she studied macrobiotics under Denny Waxman and Michio Kushi.

Joanne’s mother, Allamuchy Township farmhand, New Jersey, died in 1968 from breast cancer at the age 41. “Joanne” fled a violent and abusive family that she was living in, and changed her name to Lisa Cross. She began work as a waitress at Far Rockaway, New York. One year later, she returned to New Jersey and was made a ward of New Jersey.

Matuschka’s work has been included in 93 international exhibitions, both solo and group, since 1972 including the New York Historical Society, Musée de l’Élysée, the Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Culturgest, The Frauen Museum, The New Art Center, The Salt Lake City Art Center, The World Press Photo Exhibition, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, the Jean Albano Gallery, the Hallisch-Frankischen Museum, Anthology Film Archives, Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey Schloss GmbH, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, The American Institute of Graphic Arts, The Parrish Art Museum, The Fleming Museum of Art, The Glenbow Museum, and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In the 70s she modeled for Fabrizio Gianni in Italy, Christian Dior in France and Scott Barrie in NYC among others. In the late 70s, Matuschka was the House Model for The House of Julio. In 1978, the great courtier designer, Charles James proclaimed Matuschka to be “The Model of the Future”. Videographer Anton Perich frequently filmed Matuschka, and broadcasts featuring her interviews at Bonwit Teller, catwalks and fittings at the Chelsea Hotel (with Corey Hayes and Charles James) and a ‘couch cutting creation out of styrofoam’ with John Chamberlain (commissioned by the Hershey Family) at the Dakota have been aired on Cable TV, Channel J, since the 70s. Extensive video and still footage of Matuschka working with Charles James (by Anton Perich) will be incorporated into a new documentary entitled Beneath the Dress.

Facts & Trivia

Matuschka Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Matuschka celebrates birthday on March 19 of every year.

In 1987, Matuschka’s Record Company asked her to design the cover for her album jacket. Although the company went bankrupt, Matuschka proceeded making images to illustrate her music. In the late 80s she chose photography as her main medium after taking pictures of herself in abandoned buildings based on a song she wrote called “The Ruins”.