Artist Caia Matheson

Caia Matheson

About

Caia Matheson is an Award Winning Contemporary British Painter whose highly acclaimed oil paintings on canvas are in Exhibitions and Private Collections Worldwide.
Born in Johannesburg educated in Tokyo and London Caia takes her inspiration from these diverse cultures.
My work is dictated by a fascination for wabi-sabi or the beauty of imperfection. I like to use a mixture of materials to achieve rich vibrant colours.
My process involves mixtures of oil paints and dyes applied with household sponges to canvasses laid on the floor. The paintings are built up in layers and then scratched off and layered over again therefore exposing the previous work as in a palimpcest.
These layers are designed to expose different elements of the composition in variable lighting so that images hidden in daylight appear in the evening.
I consider each successive layer a generation to populate or depopulate the canvas as needed and create my own world as I go.
I like to create a world within worlds.
Caia Matheson has exhibited alongside Billy Childish Jamie Reid Yohji Yamamoto Sir Paul McCartney Simon Dixon Chris Kettle Ben Allen. … Read More

Location: Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.caia.co.uk

Education

Winner Brighton Artist of the Year UK 2004Nominated for the Ambassadors Art Prize Belguim 2005Nominated for the Womens Art Show Basingstoke UK 2005Short listed for the Brighton Festival Art Prize UK 2004EXHIBITIONSHove Champagne Festival VIP Room East Sussex UKJune 2010ARTY AuctionBrighton UKMay 2010Open StudioBrighton UKMay 2010Arty AuctionBrighton UK22 May 2010Open Studio Brighton UK 2009Cambridge Art Fair Cambridge UK 2009Open Studio Brighton UK 2009Glasgow Art Fair Glasgow Uk 2009Edinburgh Art Fair Edinburgh UK 2008Five at Five Exhibition Brighton UK 2008Man in a Box Internationally Nominated Film Cannes France 2008Visual Dialogues: A Group Exhibition M.P Birla Millenium Art Gallery London UK 2007Blue Moon Gallery Tunbridge Wells UK 2007Open Studio Brighton UK 2007The Affordable Art Fair London UK 2007Manchester Art Show Manchester UK 2007The Great Christmas Art Fair London Uk 2006The Affordable Art Fair London Uk 2006Artists Open Houses Brighton UK 2006Canvas Group Show Blanche House Brighton Uk 2006Artists Open Houses Brighton Uk 2005The Ambassadors Art Prize Belguim 2005The Womens Art Show Basingstoke UK 2005conTemporary Gallery Group Show Hove UK 2005conTEMPORARY Gallery Group Show Brighton UK 2005 You are Here Solo Show Brighton Uk 2005Pendulodic Sallis Benney Theatre Brighton UK 2004The Big Blip Science Art and Technology Festival Brighton Uk 2004Beyond The Level Brighton UK 2004 Urban Art Trail Brighton UK 2004The Rood Screen Brighton UK 2004Art @ the Brighton Wave Brighton UK 2004Art @ the Claremont Brighton UK 2004Art @ the Oriental Brighton UK 2004Open House Trails Brighton UK 2004Artist(e) Exhibition Brighton Fringe Basement Brighton UK 2004Tanning Gallery Group Show Brighton UK 2003Under The Arches Group show Brighton UK 2003, … Read More