oh, what grand megastructures shining beacons of modernity fade swiftly into naivety, they were never meant to exist to begin with, their ruins will never crumble under the dying sun, only paperclipped documents and dusty binders contain collective delusion, consider instead: software serfdom antivirus wheat field accelerated vassalage, content is generated from the past as the future empties out

MATHIAS WESTBROOK


About

Mathias (Ray Befrits) Westbrook, b. 1996, Copenhagen, Denmark.

I am a multidisciplinary artist building synthetic worlds that speculate on contemporary mythologies generated by technology, gamification and the loss of consensus reality. My practice is primarily based around working with 3D computer graphics and various interpretations of simulation. With a mostly autodidactic approach, my work manifests its way into video game development, animation/filmmaking and writing, accompanied by physical and sculptural installation. Currently a MFA student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art.


Education

  • The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Arts
    • Master of Fine Arts, The School of Media Arts (2023 - 2026)
    • Exchange semester at HFBK Hamburg, Time-based media with prof. Simon Denny (2022)
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020 - 2023)
  • Københavns Kunstskole (2019 - 2020)
  • Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk (Spring 2018)

Exhibitions

  • BEERS 9 – Unge kunstnere på Kro, group show in a bar, Byens Kro, 2024
  • ...Memory?, BAR X Media School time-based group show, Art Hub Copenhagen, 2024
  • This could be us, but you're so hardcore, group show at Basement CPH curated by Big Feelings Club, 2023
  • The unknot, not knot or trivial knot, is the least knotted of all knots, Bachelor graduation show, Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, 2023
  • Rundgang, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, student exhibition, 2023
  • A Timeline Made Flesh, self-organised duo show in collaboration with Pernille Emilia Kjær, Gallery Q, 2022
  • New Normal 24:50, video-based group exhibition in public space, ST:ART & Galleri Sydhavn Station, 2021
  • Artists' Autumn Exhibition 2021, two works admitted to the exhibition, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, 2021
  • En Have, outdoor group show curated by Galleri OTTE, 2020
  • Rundgang, annual student exhibitions, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2020-present
  • First year exhibition, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2020
  • Close Call, group show, kunstscenen.xyz, 2019