Lives and works in Bogota, Colombia.
Camilo Matiz has spent his life in between the real and the manufactured. His artistic career has ranged from being a film and T.V. director to a fine artist, giving him a special awareness about the roll of the spectator, acknowledging its constant presence. With this idea being the seed from which his pieces emerge, Matiz creates scenarios that awaken an introspective examination upon the viewer. His installations are built upon mirrors and neon lights that spell phrases, which comment on media. He plays with trompe-l’oeil strategies; by setting up background curtains that play with space and perception, accomplishing a fabricated reality that allows the spectator to observe, analyze and question themselves. Camilo Matiz’s work has been shown in international art exhibitions including Scope, Miami and Barcu Art Fair, Bogotá. In 2009, his artistic film, “1989,” achieved the Official Selection in Semaine de la Critique in Cannes as the closing film for the festival.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Camilo Matiz ‘Neon & Mirrors’, Maddox Arts, London
Group Exhibitions
2017
Marbella Art Fair, Maddox Arts
2016
Pop-Up Exhibition in Wynwood, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami
Medios Sin Fin : Charlie Anderson + Camilo Matiz, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Bogotá
2015
The Epic Show, Avant Gallery, Miami