Claudia Maté (born 1985) is an artist originally from Madrid,[1] living in Paris.[2] Maté works in digital media, a "pixellated world where anything is possible".[3]

Claudia Maté
Born
1985
Known for
Notable work
  • She is co-founder and curator of cloaque.org.

Early life and education edit

Maté was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1985.[4] She is co-founder and curator of cloaque.org.[5]

Critical reception edit

My work is based more on experimenting than working on fixed ideas. I really like it when I get results that surprise me. Chaos theory is the perfect way to end up with something unexpected. The ideas become fractals and that really makes me enjoy my work.

—Claudia Mate[6]

Maté works in various formats, including programming, 3D, video, videogames, virtual reality, GIF and sound. MatLaura Pérez of Highxtar wrote, "Her work fuses the familiar / common with the weird / unusual and the futuristic with the retro."[7] In a 2015 article subtitled, "Spanish artist Claudia Maté is at the forefront of the digital art avant-garde", the staff of i-D wrote that she is "a recognised digital artist who exhibits in half the world (New York, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Chile, Peru, London…) and who works with a thousand and one formats that know no borders".[8]

ArtFCity commented on the high proiduction quality of her work, as well as her "dark humor and wry criticism".[9] Dazed reported, "Her sometimes provocative work is impregnated with Internet-era elements, working on a personal level."[10] El Mundo reported, "The Madrilenian was invited by photographer Nick Knight to animate the cover of the Icelandic 'Homogenic' album. The work was part of the retrospective dedicated to the singer that was hosted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) this year and she was consecrated as the standard bearer of 'net art' ."[11]

Selected exhibitions edit

Q21 wrote, "Mate's work has been exhibited internationally in NYC, Madrid, Paris, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Berlin, Chile, Buenos Aires, Switzerland, Venezuela, Lima, Miami, Iran, Peru, Lithuania, London and online."[12] Her work ihas been exhibited in MOMA, The Photographers Gallery in London, Art Basel in Miami, Tate Britain, and Centre Pompidou.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ Mate, Claudia. "about : ". claudiamate. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Claudia Maté. Entes Celestiales". LEV Festival 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Dazed. "Claudia Maté's psychedelic pixellations". Dazed. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Claudia Maté, la artista canalla del píxel". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). September 12, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Claudia Maté July 2014 TRANSFER". transfergallery.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "What Is Beauty in Net Art?". Akademie Schloss Solitude: Schlosspost. July 13, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Claudia Maté | The real net artist". HIGHXTAR. (in European Spanish). September 10, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  8. ^ Staff, i-D. (May 27, 2015). "claudia maté talks avatars, the internet, and digital surrealism". I-D. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Kimball, Paddy Johnson Whitney; Kirsch, Corinna (August 27, 2014). "7 Rising Art Stars to Watch: Claudia Maté". Art F City. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Dazed (October 1, 2012). "Claudia Maté". Dazed. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Claudia Maté, the rogue artist of the pixel". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  12. ^ "Claudia Maté". MuseumsQuartier Wien (in German). Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Claudia Maté, Author at Object & Animal". Object & Animal. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

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