Description
Kayla Mattes’ hand woven tapestries embrace the narrative and technological history embedded in the act of materializing thread into the woven grid. Driven by meme culture, current events, and the anxiety of our digital lives, her work weaves together narratives that simultaneously act as jokes and social commentary. In this talk Kayla will share her work, influences, and process. VIDEO ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH JULY 17, 2025.
About the Speaker:
Kayla Mattes archives the ephemeral vernacular of digital culture through the interconnected threads of weaving. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and her MFA from University of California Santa Barbara in 2019. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including Eli & Edythe Broad Museum (Michigan), Charlie James Gallery, (Los Angeles), Asia Art Center (Taipei and Beijing), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (Portland, OR), Torrance Art Museum, Richard Heller Gallery (Los Angeles), and Collaborations (Copenhagen). She is one of twenty weavers included in the 2018 book, Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom and her work has been featured in Artnet, MacGuffin Magazine, New American Paintings, and i-D Magazine. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Website: www.kaylamattes.com
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