Adrian & Gidi: Snacks in Amsterdam

Adrian & Gidi represents the collaborative work of Adrian Woods & Gidi van Maarseveen, a young photography duo based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They first met at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, where they both graduated in 2010. Since 2012 they have been working together specialising in...

Kim Keever: Landscapes Created in Fish Tank

Kim Keever lives and works in New York City. He developed interesting style in photography creating dioramas from found and sourced materials and placing it in front, behind or in 200 galon fish tank. He adds some special effects like ink clouds and photograps hand-crafted landscapes with surprising effects. Kim says:...

Michele Durazzi: Was ist Metaphysik

"Was ist Metaphysik?" (title borrowed from a philosophical work of Martin Heidegger, 1929) is storytelling through the architectural detail. Every visual signification not only into what is meant to represent, but also from the perspective which frames and contains. Is possible that an object may be superfluous represent him the totality...

Jan Kempenaers: Spomeniks

During the 1960s and 70s, thousands of monuments commemorating the Second World War called 'Spomeniks' were built throughout the former Yugoslavia; striking monumental sculptures, with an angular geometry echoing the shapes of flowers, crystals, and macro-views of viruses or DNA. In the 1980s the Spomeniks still attracted millions of visitors...

Tim Tadder: Water Wigs

Water Wigs is a dynamic set of images using exploding shaped water balloons lit with a triad of colors, to create incredible splashes on the heads of bald men. The result is interesting and arresting "wigs" of water. Tim Tadder is a husband, father, picture maker, cyclist, Ravens fan, photoshop...

Franck Bohbot: Light On – Neons of New York

Brooklyn based artist photographer Frank Bohbot documents illuminated facades of small shops, restaurants and services. Born in the southernmost suburbs of Paris, France (1980), photographer Franck Bohbot moved to New York City in 2013. He is a documentarian with an eye for the theatrical who found his way to photography by way of...

Cal Redback: Treebeard

Cal Redback, French photograph-retoucher based in Paris (France), presents great series of photomanipulated portraits. He uses the power of digital tools to combine faces of real life models with forest floor elements. Effect makes your skin itch a little! Website: calredback.com

Xiaoyi Chen: The Inadequacy of Language

Matèria is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition of work by Xiaoyi Chen opening Thursday May 5, 2016. The exhibition, entitled The Inadequacy of Language features the series ‘Koan’ and previews a selection of images from Chen’s ongoing series ‘An Infinitesimal Wink’. Xiaoyi Chen’s practice is tied to a natural,...