Biography
Kritz is a young veteran to the art world having exhibited and collaborated with his work internationally since 1989.
His academic and professional achievements are manifold and defy a single genre -spanning from photographic essays,
academic writings, and cutting edge experiential visual art projects.
Kritz’s ceaseless experimentation and intersecting interests translate to a singular richness in his photographic work.
Publishings: “Movement and Pictorial Space, The Video Beauty”; National University of La Jolla, California,
University of Phenomenology & Media, Mexico City, and in the Universities Albert Ludwing and Hochschule Furtwagen, Germany.
Dr. Alberto J. L. Carrillo Canán, Luis R. Vera Chaparro. Numerous pieces in photography magazines and other media.
Select solo exhibitions: Museum Evita (2013), Museum Emilio Caraffa (2014), Decorative Arts National Museum (2015),
Buenos Aires Photo Opening Show (2015), Palacio Duhau, Park Hyatt (2015), Gallery Nights Buenos Aires (2016)
Commissioned based photo assignments for International Foundation Jorge Luis Borges, Legislature of Buenos Aires,
and acclaimed series for renown Mental Health Hospital Braulio Moyano (Buenos Aires, Argentina) among others.
Mr. Kritz collaborated with the artist Angelo Musco in his photography project: “Sanctuary”, New York (2016)
and in the soundtrack of the film Conception alongside Giulio Carmassi -Pat Metheny’s pianist.
Winner of the Golden Medal to Architecture ; Interior Design CASA FOA 2015 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
for his use of digitally printed porcelain in experiential space.
INSTALLATIONS
MATIAS KRITZ’S GEOMETRIC WALL & VIDEO INSTALLATION
CASA FOA | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
Gold Medal to Architecture & Interior Design CASA FOA
In this work, photography is the medium, or better yet, the excuse to show that architecture is not a constructive calculus of making but the most illusory and abstract expression in the human experience of inhabit.
PHOTOGRAPHY
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS” | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2014]
El presente proyecto fue concebido a partir del impacto existencial de las dependencias abandonadas y derruidas del Hospital psiquiátrico “Braulio Moyano” ubicado en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y de la necesidad artística de dejar este testimonio estético a través de mi métier artístico de la fotografía.
Cada obra fue pensada en sí misma como expresión existencial de contacto con el “otro” faltante:
los internos que ya no están; pero la exposición significa una articulación posible entre varias,
proponiendo al espectador la vinculación directa con estos “espacios de vacío”, con la internación,
la pérdida de la razón, la clínica, el abandono, la contingencia de la existencia…
Asimismo quisiera sirva para poner en valor el Museo “Christofredo Jakob”, único en su especie,
anexo históricamente al Hospital Moyano.
COLLABORATIONS
ANGELO MUSCO | Photo Shoot 2014 | PALACIO DUHAU Park Hyatt | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2014]
Coordinator and guest Visual artist in Argentina: Matías Kritz | KRITZ ARTWORKS
Collaborator:Jorge Martorell l MARTORELL art+people. Soundtrack: Matias Kritz.
Collaborator: Joze Cardoso AFAPLAY. Soundtrack: Matias Kritz.
New York, NY; August 2016: Contemporary Artist Angelo Musco has built his own city of Biblical proportions inspired by Genesis 11:1-9, the story of the Tower of Babel and the Confusion of Tongues. The work, four years to complete, required the artist to work in New York (USA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), London (England), Berlin (Germany) and Naples (Italy) to gather enough materials for the construction – images of tens of thousands of nude bodies. The work is titled, SANCTUARY.
In the story of the Tower of Babel, the Babylonian’s aspired to build a tower that would reach heaven and challenge God’s power, which did not please God. At that time there was only one language so God fractured their effort with the confusion of tongues, giving the workers many different languages so they couldn’t communicate and then he dispersed them around the earth and the tower was never completed.
Musco said “ In creating a whole kingdom of towers inspired by the Tower of Babel, I wanted the ironic twist of reversing what happened in that story so I intentionally sought out diverse groups of models who spoke different languages and came from different cultures which necessitated staging photo shoots around the world. The choice of cities was dictated by local organizations being able to help support this work and finding locations that also held some cultural significance or interest. We worked together and symbolically built a community in peace and harmony, celebrating diversity in all its aspect, building walls for protection not separation, and bridges that join people together physically and conceptually which I didn’t realize four years ago would be so prophetic today.”
CATALOGUES
MATIAS KRITZ: “THE ROBOTS ARE COMING” | Manhattan, New York [2017]
MATIAS KRITZ: “FROM THE WOMB TO THE CROWD” | Manhattan, New York [2016]
MATIAS KRITZ: “BUENOS AIRES PHOTO” | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS | PALACIO DE LAS ARTES DUHAU” | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS | MUSEO EMILIO CARAFFA 100 AÑOS” | Córdoba, Argentina [2014]
MATIAS KRITZ: “THE ART AMERICAS ART DIRECTORY” | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2011]
PRESS & NEWS
Kritz published by:
I’m grateful for your kind support for publishing my work, hope all success
@haroldmag @platform58 @uofsandiego @revista_casa_foa @mapadelasartes @clarincom @paratirevista etc.
Published by National University, La Jolla, California.
(GlImpse) , “Albert Ludwig”de Friburgo” & “Hochschule Furtwangen”
off Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
“Movement and pictorial space: The Video Beauty” Written by:
Dr. Alberto Carrillo Canán – Vice President of SPM “The Society for Phenomenology and Media, San Diego, California” & Visual Artist – Matias Kritz .
JPG MAG | MATIAS KRITZ
Thanks so much JPG Magazine!, I had no idea you were considering me for this artistic recognition, so it comes as a complete surprise. I can only express my sincere thanks.
Matias Kritz
http://jpgmag.com/live/matias-kritz/
GEA PHOTOWORDS| MATIAS KRITZ
Thanks so much Gea Photowords!.
Matias Kritz
http://www.geaphotowords.com/blog/detras-de-una-foto-matias-kritz/
REVISTA CASA FOA| MATIAS KRITZ
Thanks so much Revista Casa Foa.
Matias Kritz’s Geometric Wall & Video Installation.
Gold Medal to Architecture & Interior Design CASA FOA 2015
REVISTA ARQ| MATIAS KRITZ
Thanks so much Revista ARQ.
Matias Kritz’s Geometric Wall & Video Installation.
Gold Medal to Architecture & Interior Design CASA FOA 2015
CURRENT & PAST EXHIBITIONS
MATIAS KRITZ “ATLAS EVITA” MUSEO DE LA CARCOVA | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2019]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” FUCA | FASHION PARADE | MARTORELL art+people | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2018]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS” MARTORELL art+people | IQ CALLAO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2017]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” FUCA | FASHION PARADE | MARTORELL art+people | HILTON HOTEL | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2016]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” FUCA | FASHION PARADE | MARTORELL art+people | SHERATON HOTEL | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2016]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” LATINOAMERICA FASHION WEEK | MARTORELL art+people | SHERATON HOTEL | Buenos Aires, Arg [2016]
MATIAS KRITZ: “LA CELEBRACION” CASA FOA | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS” BUENOS AIRES PHOTO | MARTORELL art+people | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS” BUENOS AIRES PHOTO |PRIVATE| Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “GALLERY NIGHTS RECOLETA” ARTE AL DIA | PASEO DE LAS ARTES DUHAU | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “APOTEOSIS BARROCA” MARTORELL art+people | PASEO DE LAS ARTES DUHAU | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” ARGENTINA FASHION WEEK | MARTORELL art+people | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2015]
MATIAS KRITZ: “CC” MUSEO DE ARTE DECORATIVO | MARTORELL art+people | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2014]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EL BORDE ENTRE DOS ESPACIOS” MUSEO EMILIO CARAFFA | GLORIA BONO Córdoba, Argentina [2014]
MATIAS KRITZ:“Danza Cittadanza” DIDARTECONTEMPORANEA | Cacerta, Italia [2014]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EXPO COR” CENTRO CULTURAL BORGES | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “ICONS | EVITA” MARTORELL art+people | IQ CALLAO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “ICONS | EVITA” MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA Y DERECHOS HUMANOS | MARTORELL art+people| Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “ICONS | EVITA” MUSEO EVITA + MARTORELL art+people | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “APOTEOSIS BARROCA” MARTORELL art+people | IQ CALLAO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EUROPE WORKS” MARTORELL art+people | IQ CALLAO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “APOTEOSIS BARROCA” MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA Y DERECHOS HUMANOS | MARTORELL art+people | C.A.B.A, Arg[2013]
MATIAS KRITZ: “FUNDACION INTERNACIONAL JORGE LUIS BORGES + MARTORELL art+people” | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2012]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS ORIGENES” MARTORELL art+people | IQ CALLAO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2012]
MATIAS KRITZ: “MUESTRARIO” HOLBOX | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2012]
MATIAS KRITZ: “FRANCIS BACON ASIMILADO” LIBRERIA CAPITULO 1 | Corrientes Capital, Argentina [2012]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EUROPE WORKS” MUSEO HISTÓRICO DE CORRIENTES | Corrientes Capital, Argentina [2011]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS ORIGENES” ABULAFIA | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2011]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS ORIGENES” AUTRE MONDE BOUTIQUE | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2011]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EUROPE WORKS” GALLERY NIGHTS PUERTO MADERO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2011]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EUROPE WORKS” EXPO FOR MATTIA | PALAZZO FILANGIERI | Napoles, Italia [2010]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS ORIGENES” PALERMO FEST | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2010]
MATIAS KRITZ: “EUROPE WORKS” UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2008]
MATIAS KRITZ: “SPIRAL WORKS” UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2008]
MATIAS KRITZ: & PEDRO LUIS RAOTA (1934-1986) UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO | Buenos Aires, Argentina [2008]