Kayla Mattes
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Kayla Mattes (b. 1989, Lancaster, CA, USA)
長期關注於數位文化與時事的藝術家Kayla Mattes擅長以掛毯作品中的經緯交織與錯綜複雜的構圖、以及詼諧幽默的手法探討社會政治議題。透過純手工的梭織技術，藝術家得以將科技與歷史與轉化成一幅幅的敘事掛毯，紀錄了當代科技以及網際網路對於人類行為的影響。
Kayla Mattes近年重要展覽包含2019年在洛杉磯Richard Heller Gallery的個展、2021年於丹麥哥本哈根Collaborations的三人展、將於波特蘭Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 登場的展覽Weaving Data，以及2023年在亞洲藝術中心的個展Cute Cat Theory，此展亦是藝術家在美國境外的首次個展。Kayla Mattes與另19位編織藝術家的作品收錄於2018年由比利時出版社Ludion出版的Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom。Mattes 2021年於羅德島設計學院獲紡織品學士學位，並於2019年取得加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校藝術碩士學位。Kayla Mattes現居住與工作於美國洛杉磯。
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Kayla Mattes (b. 1989, Lancaster, CA, USA)
Kayla Mattes explores the current moment with a sense of humour and cynicism through her intricately woven compositions formed by warp and weft. Her hand woven tapestries embrace the narrative and technological history embedded in the act of materialising thread into the woven grid, and act as archival works that document the complexity of human behaviour in an age driven by technology and online culture.
Mattes’ recent exhibition history includes a solo show in Los Angeles at Richard Heller Gallery in 2019, a three-person show at Collaborations in Copenhagen, DK in 2021, and an upcoming group exhibition, Weaving Data, at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Portland, OR in 2023. Cute Cat Theory is Kayla Mattes’ first solo exhibition with Asia Art Center and outside of the US. She is one of 20 weavers included in the book, Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom, published in 2018 by the Brussels-based art book publisher Ludion. Mattes received a BFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and an MFA from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2019. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.