Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli are Mathery, an artist duo working in film direction, photography and the design of exhibition spaces. Zorzi and Sangalli were both born in Italy and attended NABA (New Academy of Arts) in Milan. They currently live in

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, NY and are represented internationally by 1stAveMachine.

Key Projects

Mathery has found success in projects intended both for cultural showcase and in commercial formats. They have directed television commercials for brands such as

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, and

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. Mathery's interactive exhibition ''Pastello - Draw Act'' was commissioned and exhibited by the

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in Australia. It subsequently toured internationally. The NGV also exhibited and acquired for its collection "Fruit Wares," Mathery's series of fruit-themed homewares. Mathery wrote and directed the opening film for the OFFF festival 2018 in Barcelona, in addition to design the overarching branding and marketing campaign for the festival. Another Mathery film project, ''Fiber Affair'', premiered on

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and was shortlisted by the

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. Mathery's work has included product design, such as the Josie Chair and the fashion-inspired collection they created in collaboration with 69, Kloke and FFIXXED Studios.

Awards and Press

Mathery's ''Pastello - Draw Act'' was named a winner in the 2014

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. It was also named by ''

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'' as one of the 27 most inspiring designs of 2014 and by ''

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'' as one of the top 15 design projects for kids of 2014. Mathery has been awarded the Young Guns Award 16 and their work has been featured in additional magazines including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Casa Vogue Brazil'', ''Design Quarterly'', ''Gourmet Traveller'', ''Home and Dècor Malaysia'', ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''

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''.

Books

Mathery's work is featured in the book ''Visual Feast, Contemporary Food Staging and Photography'' from and is the subject of the 37th issue of ''Un Sedicesimo'' (''Un sedicesimo 37: The Sample Book by Mathery Studio''), a magazine published bimonthly by Corraini Edizioni that focuses each issue on a leading creative professional (the subjects of other issues include

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, Giulio Iacchetti, and

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). Mathery's exhibition design ''Tubo'' is featured in the book ''Happening 2: Design for Events'', published by ''

'' magazine.

Exhibitions

Mathery's work was exhibited as part of the ''Italian Design Under 35'' exhibition at the Triennale Milano in New Delhi, as well as in the 2016 Hangzhou International Design Week in China and the 2015 Milan Design Week at the Triennale Museum in Italy. Their work has been exhibited by additional major cultural institutions including Foundation Mons (Brussels), Modefabriek (Amsterdam), TAC (Eindhoven) and the Science and Technology Museum of Milan. Several of those institutions also hosted lectures and workshops by Mathery, as have additional institutions including XUE XUE Institute (Taipei), NABA (Milan), The Public Society (New York), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), RMIT (Melbourne), and Milan Trade School.

References

External links

Official Mathery website
* Mathery short fil
''Fiber Affair''
on ''Nowness''
Interview with Mathery
(in Italian) {{authority control Italian film directors Photographers from Milan Living people Year of birth missing (living people)