DENIA MATÍAS
Visual Artist · Material and Digital Creation
Education and Profile
University training in Mathematics and Computer Science, complemented by an extensive professional career linked to technology, research, leadership, and management.
Her scientific and technological training is part of her creative identity and her experimental approach to the artistic process.
First Artistic Stage · Camagüey, Cuba · 1993–1994
Development of material work, mixed techniques, and three-dimensional works on different supports.
During this period, she participated in approximately 13 group exhibitions and 6 solo exhibitions in Camagüey.
Her production incorporated sand and acrylic on wood, embossed and pyrographed leather, carved and burned wood, wooden blocks and other wood elements, figurative compositions made with skins of different tones, and papier mâché works.
Havana Biennial · Cuba · date to be documented
Participation in the collective miniature work El Trapiche. Creation in papier mâché of human figures, animals, and other small elements of the composition, in collaboration with another artist responsible for constructing the trapiche structure in wood, wheels, carts, and other components.
Contemporary Practice
She currently develops a multidisciplinary practice that integrates material work, mixed techniques, papier mâché, and an extensive body of digital creation.
Her contemporary production is organized into series and collections that explore memory, emotion, identity, human experience, matter, and light.
Digital creation currently constitutes a substantial part of her production and is developed as a natural extension of her technological training and her ongoing interest in experimenting with new media.