I'm a visual artist and designer raised in Argentina and currently living between Stockholm and sunny Barcelona.


Matias Salinas (Argentina, 1989)
With a point of departure in photography, my creative practice takes an interdisciplinary approach that fuses different media including video, painting and installation, with elements from theatre and scenography. The result is a body of work that explores themes of illusion, archive, identity, the depths of the human experience, and the ephemeral nature of both personal and collective memory. The complexities of these subjects are reflected in the process and the fragmentation of the artworks, often loaded with dreamy and lyrical undertones making narratives both alluring and ambivalent.  

The backbone of much of what I do has a lot to do with theatre. As much spectator as creator, my work is based on an intensive visual examination and deconstruction of those themes connected to my own life experience as well as the cultural and social issues that most concern me. By creating whimsical and imaginary landscapes, I introduce the viewer to scenes where the real and the fictional, the physical and the allegorical, are combined with the present and the past. 

Publishing, the physicality of images and printed matter are an important part of my practice, whether through publications produced from my own work, independent projects or by studying the book form in the context of artistic research.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Artistic Research and Production 
2024-2025 University of Barcelona, Spain
Postgraduate diploma, Photography and Editorial Design 
2023-2024 EINA School of Design and Art of Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design and Communication 
2020-2023 Linköping University, Sweden

Theatre Studies: Dramaturgy 
2022-2024 Lund University, Sweden
Photography
2020-2024 University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Art History
2019-2020 Uppsala University, Sweden

Throughout my creative practice, I have continued to develop my artistic skills with workshops and training at renowned institutions such as Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Teatro Real (Madrid), Center for Book Arts (New York), National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney), Malmö Theatre Academy (Malmö), Universidad Nacional de las Artes (Buenos Aires), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Litografiska Museet (Stockholm), Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London), International Center of Photography (New York), University of the Arts (Helsinki), Grafikens Hus (Stockholm). 

PUBLICATIONS
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