Decoded1 Collage

Monika Matsumoto is a contemporary mixed media artist whose artistic career began in the UK in 2001. She has a diverse background in the arts, encompassing heritage architectural restoration, fashion, and set design. Her experience varies from working as an architectural restorer at heritage sites across Poland and the UK to designing prototypes and working on projects for scenic and design studios in London. Notable collaborations include artists and institutions such as Alexander McQueen, the Royal Opera House, Martin Margiela, and Louis Vuitton. This diverse experience significantly influences her artwork, which integrates textiles, painting, photography, and classical fine arts techniques with technology, including fiber optics, lenticular printing, and digital media. Her understanding and experience with mixed media make her a unique and compelling artist to explore. ---As a mixed media artist who is focus is on textiles, I feel responsibility for the environmental impact the materials I use have in our world. Fabric literally fills planet to the brim, constituting the well-known problem of utilisation and propulsion. Fast fashion overproduction burdens the environment. The fact is that by producing more than we use, we create waste heaps our world. I tried to think about how I could use this total huge abundance of materials for artistic work. Since I remember I have always collected interesting pieces of fabrics, to be used later, sometimes after years, in a hope to use them in creative composition. This how the project was born. Concept to create from impermanent matter, timeless objects of an artistic. decorative value, and extend hopefully infinitely from the life of matter. ---My creative interest and inspirations come from nature, technology, science, observations, exploring new materials and possibilities. My artistic aim is to create images of balance between nature and technology as a good sign for contemporary future---