Miwa Matreyek: Projected Visions

 

Meet Miwa!

Animator. Designer. Performer.

by Amber Taylor on May 13

Miwa Matreyek is an artist based in Los Angeles. She is known for her diverse background in art, acting as an animator, designer, and performer. While a student at the California Institute of the Arts she indulged herself into many art programs. She first studied art where she made collages, a medium which she would later incorporate into her work. Matreyek’s studies in  animation  led her to her first performance, a film called Ocean Flight produced in 2005. This film, which marks the beginning of her professional career in the field,  and combined pre-made elements with live performances from people acting throughout the show with animations playing in the background.The film used all sorts of illusions and was a theatrical experience. Matreyek’s work has been showcased in museums, film festivals and many universities.


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Ocean Flight 2005


Matreyek is known for her works that go against traditional modernist parameters and traditional artworks. Her later work combines a Surrealist and Dadaist aesthetics. This gives her work a dream- like, illusionistic  space. In her new performances such as Infinitely Yours 2020 and This World Made Itself 2013 you can’t help but notice the beautiful backgrounds, which make you feel as if you are in another world.  She incorporates her body into the films, adding gestural performance and enabling her to show her feelings on the work. The artist uses her shadow’s silhouette to interact with the animations in the dream-like background. These backgrounds are projections of images that are interactive, animated and graphically bold. Matreyek expresses how the world feels in most of her performances.





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Cloud Eye Control, 2015

The World Made Itself, 2013

 

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