Mateo Vega
Mateo Vega

Mateo Vega (Lima, 1994) is an artist and filmmaker from Peru raised in Amsterdam, and a graduate of Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam University College and The New School. The starting point of their work is the subjective experience of (urban) space, and the politics, histories and futurities embedded in landscapes, architecture and infrastructure.

Their films and installations have been shown at venues and festivals including MoMA, Film at Lincoln Center, Frameline (US), International Film Festival Rotterdam, Framer Framed, IMPAKT Festival, Go Short, Amsterdam Museum, Theater Rotterdam (NL), DMZ Docs (KR), Glasgow Short Film Festival (GB), Guanajuato International Film Festival (MX), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (CA), and many others.

Next to their own practice, Mateo works as a freelance colorist, producer, and as a guest tutor in arts and film education.

Mateo Vega

mateoperezvega@gmail.com
Instagram: @mateovega
Frans de Wollantstraat 68
1018SC Amsterdam

Education

2019-2022
Sandberg Instituut, MA Fine Arts and Design: Moving Image, NL.

2014-2017
Amsterdam University College, BA Liberal Arts: Film and Phi­l­osophy, NL.
The New School, Exchange student: Film and Video Art at U.S.

Screenings & Exhibitions (selection)

2024
Medrar for Contemporary Art – Cairo Video Festival, Egypt.
Kurzfilmfestival Köln – New Aesthetic, Germany.
West Lake International Documentary Film Festival, China.
Melkweg Cinema – Club LAB - LIVE/AV, Amsterdam Dance Event, NL.
Paradiso Noord – Stenen & Pamfletten II, NL.
Czech Film & Architecture Festival, Czechia.
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art – Tramway Film Festival, Poland.
Netherlands Film Festival – Golden Calf and debut competitions. NL.
Instrument Inventors Initiative, Matters of Being #11, NL.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Banda Aparte Competition, Spain.
Chicago Latino Film Festival, U.S.
Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Germany.
IFFR College Tour: Utrecht University of the Arts (HKU), NL.

2023
Linea d’Ombra Festival - LineaDOC Competition, Italy (special mention).
IMPAKT Festival – Entangled Networks, NL.
Rencontres Internationales, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, France.
Lima Alterna International Film Festival – Peruvian Panorama.
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition.
Festifreak – La Plata IFF , Argentina
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – Competition, Romania.
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea.
Floating Cinema – Unknown Waters, Venice Lagoon, Italy.
Guanajuato International Film Festival – Experimental Competition, Mexico.
Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival – Competition, Switzerland.
Roze Filmdagen, NL.
Luci, Energiehuis Dordrecht, NL (solo).
We do not yet know what malls can do, Framer Framed, NL (solo).
MoMA & Film at Lincoln Center – New Directors/New Films, U.S.
Go Short – Dutch Competition, NL (special mention).
LI-MA Presents – New Work, LAB111, NL.
International Film Festival Rotterdam - Shorts & Mid-Lenght, NL.

2022
Bogoshorts – Experimental Competition, Colombia.
Lima Alterna Film Festival – Peruvian Competition, Peru.
Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, U.S.
Track: Perspectives, Theater Rotterdam, NL.
New works from the LI-MA collection (selected by Barbara London), NL.
Glasgow Short Film Festival - Competition, Scotland.
Welkom in de Noordside, Amsterdam Museum.
From the verge looking inwards, W139, NL.

2021
Nederlands Film Festival - Student Competition, NL.
Zebra Poetry Film Festival - Competition, Germany.
Kasseler Dokfest - Paracapitalism, Germany.
Sandberg Instituut Graduation, Hembrugterrein, NL.
Videoex - Competition, Switzerland.
Festifreak - La Plata International Film Festival, Argentina.
Olhar de Cinema, Curtiba, Brasil.
25FPS Festival - Competition, Croatia.
LI-MA Presents: New Work, LAB111, NL
Guanajuato International Film Festival - Competition, Mexico.
Seoul International New Media Festival, South Korea.
VERS Film Awards, LAB111, NL.
Simulacrum x De Uitkijk – Mythen, NL.
Het Nieuwe Instituut – The One Minutes: The Fields of Algorithms, NL.
International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Shorts Competition, NL.

2020
Sociëteit Sexy­land, – LowRes streamed by Resolution, Online.
Public Sandberg – Open Day Programme, Sandberg Instituut, NL.

2019
Jeffrey's Underground Cinemas, De Nieuwe Anita, NL.
Contis International Film Festival, France.
Arquiteturas Film Festival, Portugal.
ZOILA 127: Final Exhibition, Peru.
Casa Bagre: Cine Okupa, Peru.
Festival International du Film d'Aubagne, France.
PUB.TV x Radio Voorwaarts, Mobiele-Eenheid, NL.
Bogoshorts, Colombia.

2018
Leuven Kortfilmfestival – European Competition, Belgium.
Magma Short Film Festival, Italy (special mention).
Eindhoven Film Festival, NL (best debut nominee).
Festifreak - La Plata International Film Festival, Argentina.
Filmtheater Kriterion, NL.
Gallerie Juliette Jongma – BLUE: Sensation, NL.
OUTLINE Short Film Night – Kriterion Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Work, Residencies, Talks,

2024
Vrijplaats Residency: hybrid fiction/non-fiction, FilmForward & IDFA, NL.
The Flaherty Film Seminar: To Commune, Participant, Thailand. 
École nationale supérieure des beux-arts de Lyon, Artist talk, Post-grad, France.

2023
University of Virginia, Artist talk, BA Studio Art, U.S.
Amsterdam University College, Artist talk, BA Liberal Arts, NL.
Piet Zwart Instituut, Individual tutoring – MA Lens-based media, NL.

2022
TRipp [space] residency, Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam, NL.

2017-2022
Radio Voorwaarts – Co-founder. Platform for counterculture.

2021
University of the Andes, Artist talk – The act of publishing, Colombia.
16mm filmmaking P2P workshop – Resolution, Sandberg Instituut, NL.
Piet Zwart Instituut, Individual tutoring – MA Lens-based media, NL.

2019
ZOILA 127 – Founder. Artist residency and cultural space, Peru.

2017
Mono No Aware – Internship. Analogue film non-profit, U.S.


Grants

2023
Mondriaan Fonds - artist start grant
Nederlands Filmfonds - development grant for "Panamericana Transatlantica."
Mondriaan Fonds - production grant for "Luci" (co-dir. Mathieu Wijdeven).
Mondriaan Fonds - travel grant for "Center, Ring, Mall."
Nederlands Filmfonds - production grant for "Center, Ring, Mall."
Nederlands Filmfonds - development grant for "Kontrewers" (as producer, dir. Zuza Banasińska)
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst - production grant for "Kontrewers" (as producer, dir. Zuza Banasińska)


2022
Nederlands Filmfonds - start grant for "Panamericana Transatlantica."
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst - production grant for "Center, Ring, Mall."
Amarte Fonds - production grant for "Luci" (co-dir. Mathieu Wijdeven).

2021
Nederlands Filmfonds - production grant for "Er is een geest van mij."
Stichting Niemeijer Fonds - production grant for "Center, Ring, Mall."

2018
Stichting Niemeijer Fonds – production grant for "Radio Voor­waarts."
Voordekunst – crowdfunding for "Radio Voorwaarts."
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst – production grant for "Radio Voor­waarts."


Press

2024
Radio Nacional España on Center, Ring, Mall (ES).
Opium, NPO Radio on Luci (NL).
Filmkrant on Luci (NL).
GAY45 on Incendios (EN).

2023
Film at Lincoln Center on Center, Ring, Mall (EN).
Criterioncast on Center, Ring, Mall (EN).
Hyperallergic on Center, Ring, Mall (EN).
Artforum on Center, Ring, Mall (EN).
Hugo Pictor's Good Eye on We do not yet know... (EN).
Filme Carti on Center, Ring, Mall (RO).
Le Petit Septieme on Center, Ring, Mall (FR).



2022
Eye for Film on Er is een geest van mij (EN).

2021
La Tierra Quema on Incendios (ES)
VERS on Er is een geest van mij (NL).
Cineville on Er is een geest van mij (NL).
UK Film Review on Er is een geest van mij (EN).
IFFR Afterthoughts on Er is een geest van mij (EN).
VERS on Er is een geest van mij (NL).
EYE International on Er is een geest van mij (EN).
FRED FM on Er is een geest van mij (NL).

2020
No Budge on Radio Voorwaarts (EN).
DJ Broadcast on Radio Voorwaarts (NL).

2018
AT5 on Radio Voorwaarts (NL).
Blue Collective on Radio Voorwaarts (EN).
Folia on Radio Voorwaarts (NL).