Dr Matthew Plummer-Fernandez

Biography

British/Colombian artist Matthew Plummer-Fernández works across physical and digital media, critically and playfully examining the interrelation of algorithmic systems, popular culture, and contemporary issues. Their work is influenced by Generative Art, Critical Design, and Internet Art, and has been exhibited extensively, commissioned by institutions including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, AND Festival in Manchester, and ZKM in Karlruhe. Several works of the artist are in the permanent collection of Centre Pompidou in Paris, and in 2014, they received an award of distinction at Ars Electronica. Plummer-Fernández received an MA from London's Royal College of Art in 2009, completed a practice-based doctorate at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2019, and in 2021 was appointed course leader in BA Fine Art: Computational Arts at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL.