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Matt Hayward

Cosplay artist from Myrtle Beach, SC. Matt Hayward, the founder of Dark Matter Cosplay, is a panelist at Dragon Con and a professional costume designer. With sixteen years of cosplaying experience and even more in costume design, Matt Hayward has traveled to multiple conventions to talk about creating costumes as well as how to do so with limited supplies or a limited budget. Matt Hayward has completed over 300 handmade costumes. He is also a former professional wrestler. As of March 30th, he was hired by the WWE to make costumes for wrestlers competing in the second largest sporting event in America known as Wrestlemania. Matt Hayward graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a degree in Theatre and has applied what he knows as a high school teacher of theatre. He has performed for major companies around the world such as Universal Studios, before branching out on his own and perfecting the art of costume building. He uses such techniques as foam building, 3D printing, sewing, painting and more.

 Matt Hayward with WWE Superstar Xavier Woods  Matt and his Magneto cosplay. Created by Matt Hayward