Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 42cm x 29.7cm (including frame)
Year: 2024
Artwork Description: This painting forms part of a collection of work pertaining to Camilleri's Ecotopias Series. It is a mixed-media painting on paper. The work features the artist's externalisation of a meditative, and at times, playful approach, revealing his interest in the material and spiritual imprint as well as the importance of the natural environment.
Roderick Camilleri is a practising artist and curator. He studied Philosophy, Art and Art History at the University of Malta, and holds a B.A. (2010) and an M.A. (2015). He attended various professional development programmes at international institutions such as the Royal Academy of Arts (London) and Slade University (London). Camilleri also furthered his artistic practice at professional studios in Edinburgh, Rome, Venice, and Marrakesh, amongst others. Camilleri is an active participant in the local art scene. His interdisciplinary visual art practice explores themes related to ontology, metaphysics, and materiality. Camilleri worked as a full-time art educator, teaching studio practice and theory at the Malta School of Art in Valletta from 2010 till 2024. In 2024 he was appointed the Head of the Malta School of Art. He is also the vice-president of the Malta Society of Arts.
