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1. Citizen Hydra, 2006, cast flax masks, newspaper, mixed      drawing media, 144" x 216" x 7"
2. Citizen Hydra, detail, 2006, cast flax masks, newspaper,      mixed drawing media, 144" x 216" x 7"
3. Beast Versus Beast, 2006, pulp painting, collage,
     10" x 8"
4. The State of the Nation, 2006, flax, pigment, xerox,
     72" x 108" x 12"
5. The State of the Nation, detail, 2006, flax, pigment,      xerox, 72" x 108" x 12"
6. Step On Up!, 2006, letterpressed handout on handmade      paper, stacked on soap box, 30" x 12" x variable height
7. Slippery, 2006, inkjet prints, lace, lingerie strap notions,      35" x 17"
8. Slippery, detail, 2006, inkjet prints, lace, lingerie strap      notions, 35" x 17"
9. If A Body Could Talk..., 2006, silk dress with fabric paint,      39" x 18" x 14"
10. If A Body Could Talk..., detail, 2006, silk dress with        fabric paint, 39" x 18" x 14"
11. Unmasked, 2005, paper, paint, pencil, mylar, Tyvek,        found objects, 54" x 62" x 9"
12. Unmasked, detail, 2005, paper, paint, pencil, mylar,        Tyvek, found objects, 54" x 62" x 9"
13. Unmasked, detail, 2005, paper, paint, pencil, mylar,        Tyvek, found objects, 54" x 62" x 9"

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1. Ostrich: A Nation Follows Its Leaders, 2005, linocut and      pulp painting, 14" x 11"
2. Invasion of Mars, 2005, linocut and mixed media,
     15” x 11”
3. Angry, 2002, linocut, 7” x 5”
4. No Ghosts, 2002, woodcut, 14” x 11”
5. Postscript, 2002, woodcut, 14” x 11”

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Contact Information
Philadelphia, PA
e-mail: matasillo@earthlink.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I am compelled to make things.
I continually worry that the world is going to pieces.

To address both of these concerns, I make things about the state of the world. Sometimes I want to take the world by the throat and shake it, but usually my approach is subtler. I observe and I collect. I tell a story and encourage the viewer-reader to question her or his own behavior and assumptions. These questions arise from the continual onslaught of stimuli that is the fabric of daily urban and global living. They may address gender expectations, romantic interactions, world news, politics, or the detritus of a city existence. Handmade paper masks enact personae of the citizen facing current events as we all participate in the fantastical circus that is contemporary life. The body becomes the interface onto which the politics of daily experience are mapped out. I am interested in the layers of a story, of the identities we assume and what lies behind these identities. Multiple voices may tell opposing stories. This disjuncture encourages exploration.

If it is important to elicit questioning and action from the viewer, then it is important to elicit questioning and action from as many viewers as possible. I participate in the book arts, paper arts, print culture, and interactivity as sites of democratic access and narrative possibility.

Education
2006
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA , Book Arts and Printmaking

2002
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
BA, Visual Art and Children's Literature

Professional Experience
2006
Paper Conservation Technician, Center for the Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA

2005-2006
Book Arts and Art History Instructor, ArtSmart Pre-College Summer Program, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Production Paper Maker for Individual Artists

2004-2006
Teaching Assistant, Papermaking, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Conservation Intern, The Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Workshop Assistant, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, Minneapolis, MN

Studio Cooperative member, The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2001
Workshop Teacher, Putney School Summer Arts Program, The Putney School, Putney, VT

Awards
2005
Library Purchase Award, Special Collections/Artist's Book Collection, The University of the Arts Library, Philadelphia, PA

Collections
Special Collections/Artist's Book Collection, The University of the Arts Library, Philadelphia, PA

Artexte Collection

Print and Picture Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

The Fine Print Collection of The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ

Private collections

Selected Exhibitions

2006
Friends of Dard Hunter 25th Anniversary Juried Members Show,  Chillicothe, OH.

Arte Pagina,  Kelly Writers’ House, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

San Diego Book Arts First National Book Arts Juried Exhibition,  Geisel Library, The University of California, San Diego, CA

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Love on Paper,  The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2” x 2”: Books and Prints, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Turning Pages II, Bonnie Bell Wardman Library, Whittier College, Whittier, CA

Meraviglia, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

Third National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Exhibition, The American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA and Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL

2005
Excerpt: MFAII Student Exhibition. The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Artists' Books from Philadelphia and Timisoara , The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA and Library Humanitas Joc Secund, Timisoara, Romania

Book Arts from UArts: Selections from The University of the Arts MFA Program in Book Arts/Printmaking, 1989-2005, Kamin Gallery, Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Project Mobilivre, Traveling exhibition

Passage: MFAI Student Exhibition, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Turning Pages, Bonnie Bell Wardman Library, Whittier College, Whittier, CA