Mediya Al Matroshy

Mediya Al Matroshy is an Emirati contemporary artist born in London and she paints music. As a person with synesthesia, a condition characterised by the blending of multiple senses, Mediya hears the sound of colors and sees the notes of music. In her abstract works, music is not merely a muse, rather Mediya evokes rhythms & notes on the canvas, making her connection to music a deeply central & spiritual part of her work. The melody of the songs that Mediya listens to is translated into colors, shapes, and textures, and the energy that music evokes becomes brushstrokes on the canvas. “It is that connection that I seek with something much bigger than me which I’m striving to connect to primarily,” she writes, adding that, “the song is the mediator & the painting becomes the intuitive expression of that which I see and feel. Each art piece is a song, and that is how they are titled,” Mediya explains.

Self taught artist.

2023 Artio Gallery + One Art Space Gallery, New York - USA.
Show Name: Interconnecting Line Exhibition
2023 Diarbid + The Warehouse Dubai, Dubai - UAE.
Show Name: Meet The Sun Art Exhibition
2023 M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Barcelona - Spain.
Show Name: BRAIN CAKE International Art Exhibition
2022 Grove Village UAE, Ras Al Khaimah - UAE.
Show Name: Grove Village Art Week
2022 M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan - Italy.
Show Name: ADRENOCROMO International Art Exhibition