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Matthew Pagoaga is a Los Angeles based artist and technologist. His work interprets datasets toward aesthetic revisualizations and embodied experiences utilizing a combination of mixed-media, technology, public art, and light and space installations. Matthew’s work probes elements of shared exploration, self-history, and collaborative play. At the same time, his work also interprets processes of archival degradation, social justice, and disruption. Matthew's work has been jury-selected in the Mozaik Future Art Awards in both 2020 and 2021, won multiple Honoraria awards from the Burning Man organization, received a grant from the CalArts Commission on Sustainability (CCS), as well received other honorariums and awards. Matthew is actively creating work that hybridizes gallery installation work with a post-studio, public art and sculpture practice.
Current Exhibitions
June - July 2021 - MOZAIK Future Art Awards - Virtual Exhibition
July 2021 – Torrance Art Museum - ULTRA! Public Art Project
Upcoming Exhibitions / Residencies
August 2021 - Torrance Art Museum - Nomad Exhibition
August 2021 - Digital Multiverse - Dusty Multiverse - Virtual Burning Man 2021
2022 - Burning Man 2022
Select Past Exhibitions
June 2021 - Now Trending - Online Exhibition - Palos Verdes Art Center - Palos Verdes, CA
May 2021 - Transitional Objects - JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
April 2021 - Feeler Gauge Film Festival - Online Film Exhibition
April 2021 - CalArts Spring Event 2021 - Online Exhibition - California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, CA
March 2021 - A Digital Art Salon - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art - San Luis Obispo, CA
January 2021 – CAMFA / GLAMFA 2021 – Online Exhibition
August 2020 - Digital Multiverse - Online Exhibition
August 2020 - Methods of Negotiation- Art Music Lit Space - Online Exhibition
June 2020 - MOZAIK Future Art Awards 2020 - Online Exhibition
May 2020 - CalArts Expo 2020 - Online Exhibition - California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, CA
January 2020 - Art + Technology - Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
August 2018 - Burning Man 2018, I, Robot - Black Rock City, NV
2011 - Wonderland Exhibition - Wonderland Collective, NY
2011 - The Magic Lantern Show - The Mercury Lounge, Manhattan NY
2010 - 48 Hour Film Festival - Madison, WI
2010 - The Magic Lantern Show - High Noon Saloon, Madison WI
Speaking Engagements
August, 2020 - Art Music Lit Space's Methods of Negotiation Exhibition
October, 2019 - California Institute of the Arts - Film School
August, 2019 - Director's Guild of America
March, 2019 - Producer's Guild of America
November, 2018 - American Film Institute
November, 2018 - Columbia College Hollywood
October, 2018 - University of Southern California - School of Cinematic Arts
August, 2019 - Director's Guild of America
Awards
2021 - Mozaik Philanthropy Future Art Award for work "Pop Song"
2020 - California Institute of the Arts Commission for Sustainability (CCS) Grant for work "Pop Song"
2020 - California Institute of the Arts Student Union Metier Grant for work "Pop Song"
2020 - Mozaik Philanthropy Special Mention for work "Myself When I'm Not Real"
2019 - Burning Man Artist Honoraria for work "Parallel Self Embraced"
2018 - Burning Man Artist Honoraria for work "Cirrus"
2010 - 48-Hour Film Festival Audience Choice Award