Abinadi Meza (born 1977 in Austin, Texas) is a contemporary visual
artist, sound artist, conceptual artist and filmmaker whose work
references spatial and temporal perception, politics, and
transformation. His paintings, sound art, videos, and installations
have been presented at venues across North America and Europe,
including the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Dunaújváros, Hungary;
FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil; MAXXI, Rome, Italy; Helicotrema
Festival, Venice, Italy; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Team Titanic,
Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Sonorities
Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland; FACT, Liverpool; La Casa
Encendida, Madrid, Spain; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and Lisbon
Architecture Triennale, Portugal. Meza uses ephemeral materials such
as text and sound to create transformative spaces and explore
relationships regarding individuals and social context. As a young
artist Meza studied Butoh with master teachers from Japan, Europe and
South America. Later he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls (1999); a Master of Fine Arts
degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2004); and an
Master of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc, the Southern California
Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles (2009).Meza is currently a
professor of Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms in the
School of Art at the University of Houston. In 2014 he was awarded a
Rome Prize in Visual Art by the American Academy in Rome.Meza has said
he sometimes approaches sound "as material...it’s plastic â€" you
can smear it, stretch it, sharpen it...I treat it like clay."
artist, sound artist, conceptual artist and filmmaker whose work
references spatial and temporal perception, politics, and
transformation. His paintings, sound art, videos, and installations
have been presented at venues across North America and Europe,
including the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Dunaújváros, Hungary;
FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil; MAXXI, Rome, Italy; Helicotrema
Festival, Venice, Italy; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Team Titanic,
Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Sonorities
Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland; FACT, Liverpool; La Casa
Encendida, Madrid, Spain; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and Lisbon
Architecture Triennale, Portugal. Meza uses ephemeral materials such
as text and sound to create transformative spaces and explore
relationships regarding individuals and social context. As a young
artist Meza studied Butoh with master teachers from Japan, Europe and
South America. Later he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls (1999); a Master of Fine Arts
degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2004); and an
Master of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc, the Southern California
Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles (2009).Meza is currently a
professor of Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms in the
School of Art at the University of Houston. In 2014 he was awarded a
Rome Prize in Visual Art by the American Academy in Rome.Meza has said
he sometimes approaches sound "as material...it’s plastic â€" you
can smear it, stretch it, sharpen it...I treat it like clay."
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