Draft:Jacquie Matechuk

Jacquie Matechuk, MPA is a Canadian photographer based out of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.

Career
Matechuk works as a photographer with an emphasis on professional and extreme sports, and wildlife conservation work. In sports, she has been contracted by clients including the Calgary Flames, Calgary Stampeders, Calgary Stampede, and Winter X Games. She also works as a photo tour specialist and a photographic expedition leader with Adventure Canada. In 2023, Matechuk's image of a spectacled bear, photographed in the Andes, earned her title of Nature Photographer of the Year. In, 2024 as Matechuk received a gold medal win at the World Photographic Cup hosted in Dallas, Texas for her picture of the great grey owl. On May 27, 2022, Matechuk was cerified as a bear viewer. Her pictures have been used by the Jane Goodall Institute, Adventure Canada and the Canadian Conservation Photography Collective. She is also an ambassador for Canon.

In 2024, she was named the Canadian Commercial Photographer of the Year.

Personal life
Matechuk is based out of Alberta, Canada, residing on a small acreage just west of the hamlet of Cochrane. The homestead also doubles as a training compound for Monster Energy freestyle motocross riders, including her son, Cody Matechuk, three times gold medalist at the Aspen X Games. She is married to former Canadian Superbike Champion, Clint McBain.

Group Exhibitions

 * PPOC National Loan Collection
 * PPOC Best of Alberta, travelling exhibition featured at locations such as the Edmonton International Airport, Calgary Stampede Art Exhibition
 * World Photographic Cup | Team Canada Travelling exhibition, showcased at the Calgary Stampede, and the national convention for the Professional Photographers of Canada and various locations through Europe

Awards

 * 2024 Gold Medal & Best of Nation - World Photographic Cup | Wildlife
 * 2024 Canadian Commercial Photographer of the Year
 * 2024 Gold Medal(s) - Master Photographers International - Travel | Monochrome | Birds of Prey
 * 2023 Nature Photographer of the Year
 * 2023 Gold Medal - Master Photographers International - Natures/Wild
 * 2023 Master of Photographic Arts (MPA)
 * 2023 Canadian Conservation Photography Collective Member
 * 2022 Bronze Medal - World Photographic Cup | Architecture