Claudia Maté (born 1985) is an

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originally from

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, living in

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. Maté works in digital media, a "pixellated world where anything is possible".

Early life and education

Maté was born in

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, in 1985. She is co-founder and curator of cloaque.org.

Critical reception

Maté works in various formats, including programming, 3D, video, videogames, virtual reality, GIF and sound. MatLaura Pérez of ''Highxtar'' wrote, "Her work fuses the familiar / common with the weird / unusual and the futuristic with the retro." In a 2015 article subtitled, "Spanish artist Claudia Maté is at the forefront of the digital art avant-garde", the staff of ''i-D'' wrote that she is "a recognised digital artist who exhibits in half the world (New York, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Chile, Peru, London…) and who works with a thousand and one formats that know no borders". ArtFCity commented on the high proiduction quality of her work, as well as her "dark humor and wry criticism". Dazed reported, "Her sometimes provocative work is impregnated with Internet-era elements, working on a personal level." ''El Mundo'' reported, "The Madrilenian was invited by photographer Nick Knight to animate the cover of the Icelandic '

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' album. The work was part of the retrospective dedicated to the singer that was hosted by the

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in New York (MoMA) this year and she was consecrated as the standard bearer of 'net art' ."

Selected exhibitions

''Q21'' wrote, "Mate's work has been exhibited internationally in NYC, Madrid, Paris, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Berlin, Chile, Buenos Aires, Switzerland, Venezuela, Lima, Miami, Iran, Peru, Lithuania, London and online." Her work ihas been exhibited in

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, The Photographers Gallery in London,

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in Miami,

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, and

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