Matko Vekić was born in 1970 in Zagreb.

 He has exhibited widely in group shows and held more than 50 solo  exhibitions, including several major monographic shows: Animal Circle –  Zodiac (Art Pavilion, Zagreb, 2005), Symbol, Sign, Emblem, Ornament and Crime  (Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, 2008), The Cruelty of the Circle (HDLU, Bačva Gallery, Zagreb, 2010), Orientalization (Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, 2016), Doubts and Complementarities (Lauba, Zagreb, 2019), and Archipelago (Museum of  Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2021).

He represented Croatia twice at the Cairo International Biennale (10th edition,  2006; 12th edition, 2010), and at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. His works are part of the collections of leading Croatian museums and galleries, as well as private collections in Croatia and abroad.

He is a multiple award-winning artist, including the Slavko Kopač Grand Prix at the 6th Painting Biennale in Zagreb, and the Vladimir Nazor State Award for Best Exhibition (2022).

Since 2017, he has been a full professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in  Zagreb.

He is also a member of the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU).