It all started with being fooled by a magic trick at 7 years old. Determined to know the secret, I began visiting my local library to read magic books. I received my first magic kit that year, and I immediately started expanding my knowledge of the art of magic. I started with performing magic shows at birthday parties for various family acquaintances. Soon enough, at the age of 12, I was asked to perform my first paid public appearance.  

At age 16 I auditioned for my high school talent show with a "Substitution Trunk" stage routine. My assistant and I won first place in our school and, after traveling through Fresno County to many different schools, we were awarded 5th place countywide. I wasn't satisfied with 5th, so I decided to push harder. I bought illusion plans and had a friend's father, who was a carpenter, build me "Cutting a Woman in Sixths" (Abbotts, 1930's style) and started building a new routine.

At 17, my father took me to an audition for The Magic Castle's Junior Society. I had put together a stellar act with doves and many visual effects, intense music (and great acting) to compliment my "Cutting a Woman in Sixths" illusion. I was accepted to the Magic Castle Junior Society and commenced meetings at this beautiful Victorian mansion built into the Hollywood Hills (with an extensive magic library).

As a teenager in the year 2000, I attended a David Copperfield magic show, which was an inspirational moment in my journey as a magician. I was lucky enough to be asked to assist Mr. Copperfield on stage with a hilarious slow-motion "bit", and I was personally introduced to him by a fellow magician following the show.  

Magician Matthew King and his Daughter Ava, heading to a Father-Daughter Dance.

​As a senior in high school, I competed again in the countywide school talent show and was awarded first place! I also competed in a citywide talent show, won first place, and was featured in the newspaper. Five days after graduating high school, I was on an airplane to New York, as I was hired by an entertainment production company to perform at an amusement park there called Playland.  At the end of the season in September, 2001, and upon my return home, I decided to move to San Diego. My beautiful daughter was born in 2006, and nowadays she keeps me on my toes when practicing new material on her. Though she is more into singing than she is magic, she still enjoys hearing about all of the great reactions from the many audiences, about the places I visit, and the wonderful people I get to entertain. I love what I do, and it shows in my work!