Works by illustrator and special effects expert Mathew Borrett have a science-fiction sensibility and a touch of the surreal. He is about to open Hinterlands, a new exhibition at Red Head Gallery in Toronto (April 26 – May 20). I am a fan of his climate-change influenced, dystopian Toronto – although he does lots of other work.
See more on a previous Art Junkie post here.
Mathew Borrett was born and raised in rural Ontario and graduated from the Illustration Program at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1998. He has exhibited in Canada and internationally, and works in the VFX industry for film and television in Toronto. Borrett won a Canadian Screen Award for his work on the interactive virtual reality piece Biidaaban, First Light in 2018.
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Very surreal. Rather ghostly. Well captured
That’s a good point about the technique . . . well captured for sure. Probably because he’s so experienced in visual effects for film and tv. Thank you.
It’s the stillness of the piece. Thank you for always bring fabulous art to all of us.
Thank you so much, very much appreciated.
Beautiful…enticing and yet a little scary…feels like a cemetery.
I get that. True. I love observations that expand the borders of what you see. Thanks for that.