As an interdisciplinary artist Matt Garcia maintains a socially engaged practice exploring the intersection of technology, ecology and society. Utilizing moving image, performance, citizen journalism and digital mapping, Garcia investigates the subjectivity of place, visual culture, and community. His work has been presented nationally and internationally at venues such as: The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), the European Research Network Sociology of the Arts (Vienna, Austria), Balance-Unbalance Festival (Queensland, Australia), Open Engagement (Portland State University), HASTAC (Lima, Peru), The National Hispanic Cultural Center (ABQ,USA) , SpaceRE:solutions -IG Bildende Kunst Gallery (Vienna, Austria). His work was included in - Space RE:solutions - a edited book produced by Transcript, exploring visual culture research and artist intervention.
Matthew Garcia is currently an Assistant Professor of Digital/New Media at Kansas State University
