London, United Kingdom
Tallinn, Estonia
Los Angeles, California,
New York, New York,
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada,
Berlin, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Shanghai, China
Beijing, China
Moscow, Russia
Saint-Petersburg
Bali
Abu Dabi
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Washington DC
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Honolulu, Hawaii
New Orleans, Louisiana
Havana, Cuba
Copenhagen, Denmark
Budapest, Hungary,
Taipei
ART + TECHNOLOGY
As an artist I have always been drawn towards the crossover between human and machine. I have been filled with a sense of intrigue, but also dread at how new technology and ways of interaction can cause dissociation from ourselves, each other, and the world around us. This dissociation at a global scale can be seen from how we are treating our natural environment with incredible disregard - we fetishize technology and space travel while ignoring global warming and the devastation that is already being caused.
I believe virtual artworks could be instrumental in creating more awareness about environment protection and wildlife conservation for the coming generations. Allowing people to be immersed in realistic environments from any location in the world will make the world feel more ‘theirs’ instead of an abstract concept.
In order to generate interest in protecting the environment, we must create change in the perception of our natural world. I hope to decrease the dissociation created by technology, to create a sense of wonder and higher regard for preservation, to try and protect our future.
[ E X H I B I T I O N S ]
[2024]
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art - Voices 2024. Incheon, South Korea.
Big Syn International Film Festival 2024. London, England. Online.
GUI/GOOEY. Laura Splan. Online and Brooklyn, NY, USA.
University of Pennsylvania - Present Futures: Experiments in Feminist Futurity. Cienna Davis, Sim Gill, Valentia Proust, Lucila Rozas & Azsaneé Truss. USA.
Loosen Art - Nature Exposed. Rome, Italy.
Vector Festival 2024 - Too Fragile to Hold. Miriam Arbus. Toronto, Canada.
Teravarna - Landscape 9. Los Angeles, USA. Online.
[2023]
Ísafjörður Bíó, ArtsIceland. Ísafjörður, Iceland.
[2022]
Art in Flux - GenderF*ck. Maria Almena, Olive Gingrich. London, UK.
Art in Flux - Radical Embodiment. Maria Almena, Olive Gingrich. Barbican Centre, London, UK.
RealDreams. Justin Hackney, Lotus Lasco. London, UK.
Athens Digital Art Film Festival. Alex Karantanas. Athens, Greece.
BLACKOUT, ENDMORÄNE. Frankfurt, Germany,
[2021]
CIRCA x DAZED CLASS OF 2021, Josef O’Connor, London, UK. International public video installations at Lights of Piccadilly at Piccadilly Circus, London, UK, K-Pop Square in Seoul, South Korea and Shinjuku Square in Tokyo, Japan.
30 Years of Pretty on the Inside, Courtney Love, Nicola Mary Wyatt. London, UK.
The Sublime 3.0: Fear and Awe, Deen Atger, Mimi Lamine, London, UK, Online VR Exhibition.
The Wrong Biennale No5, Mimi Lamine, online.
"Multi-disciplinary XR artist Wes Viz’s art engages in a critical commentary on our ongoing relationship with technology. Her practice has a dark and distinctive style, spanning platforms from traditional to augmented and virtual realities."
[ R E S I D E N C I E S ]
[2023]
ArtsIceland, Ísafjörður, Iceland. Artist-in-residence July 2023.
[ A W A R D S ]
[2024]
Digitally Rewilding The Westfjords.
WINNER of 'Best Experimental Film', Big Syn Festival 2024, London, UK.
[ I N T E R V I E W ]
