CV + info + heads-up 


photography by Kiran Gidda

I’m a busy person :( but I will aim to reply in 2-3 days! I avoid DMs, so please email me. I mainly work on projects for social good, so before we work together, let’s ask ourselves “who does this project actually help?” Also, I don’t work for free anymore, learnt that lesson :) but I’m up for a value exchange partnership, so hit me up! (mariathandesign@gmail.com) 💌

🇬🇧 UK-based, sometimes I’m in 🇫🇷 France too.


This website is mainly my creative technology portfolio:
- View my art portfolio here.
- View my digital design, UX/UI and branding portfolio here.
- For Ricebox Studio experience, refer to the Ricebox website.


For my solo Spark AR filter work (Instagram + Facebook AR filters), check out my IG account (mobile only) where you can find all of my active filters (over 23+ million impressions since 2023).




Latest features






Thank you to Nicole Fan from Creative Lives in Progress for interviewing me about my practice and usage of Generative AI within storytelling and heritage (2024)


Thank you to Kish Lal for interviewing me for DAZED Beauty to speak about AI filters and machine learning on social media


Thank you to Martine Hess for interviewing me to speak about Ricebox Studio in Bolder Magazine!


Thank you to Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE and Clara Rosario for having me on the Stemettes’ podcast ‘Say What?’ to speak about AI, NFTs, AR and the metaverse (episode 12). Read my feature here and listen below. ⬇️






Thank you to Jess Herrington for the fantastic interview opportunity where I talk about AI, AR and more as a creative


Thank you to LensList for featuring me as 10 AR artists to follow in August 2022


Thank you to the team at AI x Design for adding my work in a guide about AI images, guide by Catarina Rodrigues, Nadia Piet and Ploipailin Flynn

Thank you to Institute of Coding and Our Sisterhood for featuring me at the Do Good With Digital workshop event! ⬇️



Check out all of the press releases for On Your Side UK, the UK’s first helpline launched for East and South East Asians victims of hate crimes (we designed the website): The Guardian (front page), The Independent, MSN, Yahoo News, Perspective Mag, The National Wales, The Northern Echo, EasternEye, Press 24, Morning Star online, Cumbra Times




Current Favourite


🤳 Medium: Augmented Reality, watch my showreel (2021)

🕊 Technique: Two birds one stone

🛸 Project: Déjeuner sur l’herbe - Jocelyn Charles

🪨 Film: Shaolin Soccer - Stephen Chow
🎶 Music: Kaifuku suru Kizu - Salyu

🥧 Read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Eliezer Yudkowsky, check out my fan-made AR cover




Languages  


🇬🇧 English, 🇫🇷 French, some 🇻🇳 Vietnamese 




Links


🖇️ CV

☕️️ Linkedin 

💥️ Instagram 

💭️ Medium 




Past exhibitions


2024

DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION
March to May 2024
“Homage to Quan Âm”
arebyte Gallery
London


Group Show
April to June 2024
“Hardwired into the next reality”
Not For Sale Gallery
London



2023

CIRCLE group exhibition
CICA Museum
Gimpo-si, South-Korea


Experimental Film and Video group exhibition
CICA Museum
Gimpo-si, South-Korea


AR mural in collaboration with Elise Conlin for Bhutila Karpoche MPP @ The BIA Junction,
Toronto, Canada



2022

CADAF group show
Web3 NYC Gallery
5th Avenue, NYC, USA



2021

Every Woman Biennial: Showcase
Copeland Gallery, London

Every Woman Biennial: NFT Showcase
Superchief Gallery NFT, New York

CADAF - Digital Art Month Fair
Paris, France


AR mural in collaboratoin with April Wu for Pinot’s Palette @ The BIA Junction,
Toronto, Canada



2020

Business As Usual
Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax

Uni to Unicorns: Tate Exchange 2020
"The Period Cloud" @ Ricebox Studios
Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern



2019

FREE RANGE
Made in Arts London
Truman Brewery, London

Digital Edge
Somerset House,

London"Festival" Degree Show
BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London


2018

Digital Edge 2018
Digital Catapult, London

Tate Lates 2018
Digital Maker Collective
Tate Modern, 5th floor


Post 2018 Fashion Show
The Bean Collective
Bussey Building, London

CHANNEL the 24h Broadcast
BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts

Student demo
Lumen Awards x V&A Digital Futures
Camberwell College of Arts

Annual Exhibition
Made in Arts London
TM Lighting Gallery, London


2017

Gutenberg Galaxy
BA Graphic Design
The Bear, Camberwell

Mock-Up Fashion Show
BA Graphic Design
Camberwell College of Arts
Workshops + conferences




Selected features


2023

Meet the creative studio using tech for social good, written by Martine Hess for Bolder Magazine

AI machine learning TikTok filters are causing errors in our brains, written by Kish Lal for DAZED Beauty

Finalist @ London International Creative Competition
Award in the Create (Art) category



2022

‘Say What?’ podcast episode 12 with Stemettes, hosted by Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE and Carla Rosario

You’re Not As Special As You Think You Are: The limits of human creativity and advances in AI Art, article interview with Jess Herrington in Deloitte Digital

10 AR Filters’ Creators You Should Follow | August 2022,
article feature by LensList

Contribution to AI x Design on a guide about AI images
, guide by Catarina Rodrigues, Nadia Piet and Ploipailin Flynn


Interview about Ricebox Studio with Radio Bicocca
University of Milan Bicocca
Milan, Italy


On Your Side UK 
UK’s first helpline launched for East and South East Asians victims of hate crimes: The Guardian (front page), The Independent, MSN, Yahoo News, Perspective Mag, The National Wales, The Northern Echo, EasternEye, Press 24, Morning Star online, Cumbra Times


2021

These young women are leading the way to period equality
Article by Smiley News


2020

'Design a Feminist Chatbot' Future Learn course
Feminist Internet and UAL Creative Computing Institute
Video contribution to course


2019

'Building Feminist Voice AI bots', featuring ‘Page’ our team prototype
Article written by Alex Fefegha

'Feminist Internet: Designing a Feminist Alexa' featuring ‘Page’ our team prototype
Article written by Rhiannon Williams

'Ep.1 Is a Feminist Alexa possible ?'
Feminist Internet Podcast,
Somerset House, London

"The Beta Test"
Article written by Victor Sande-Aneiros


Workshops + talks & conferences


2024

Panellist for AI and design @ Science Museum Lates “AI: Friend or Foe To the Design Industry?”

AI, storytelling and heritage @ Autonomous Sheep, HYPHA Studios

Talk on Generative AI and design @ Let’s Talk AI, hosted by Kingston University

Panellist “Lost Archives Found” @ arebyte, with Sophia Luu and Trà My Hickin


2023

Panellist @ The Storyteller and the AI AI Fringe, hosted by UAL and AKO Storytelling Institute, part of Fringe AI

AR and activism @ Maryland Institute College of Art

Intro to Generative AI and how to include it in your process
Workshop at London College of Fashion @ BA Critical Practice and Media in Fashion

Periods on Social Media talk @ University of Sheffield

Talk to Nike stakeholders on using digital activism for young people
Hosted by B + A and Nike London 

Practice talk to BA Graphic Design students @ Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

Practice talk to design and fine art students @ University of East London



2022

Worldbuilding panel at London College of Fashion
Panellist

Hosted by Kath Melandri

AR + Activism: Artivive AR Summit 2022
Keynote speaker on AR + Activism


Creative Futures Talks: Creative Working Practices and the Pivot
Panellist 
University of the Arts London


Festival GenerAzioni
Panellist on Art, design and Activism
University of Milan Bicocca
Milan, Italy


Envisions workshop
Workshop expert on facial recognition, surveillance and deepfakes


Digital Designer Expert: Sisterhood School
Our Sisterhood
Anomaly, London


Alumni practice talk to students in BA Graphic Design @ Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London



2021

UAL CCI: Tech & Power Activism workshop
Hybrid participant
 
NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS: Anti sexual harassment campaign
Our Sisterhood x Our Streets Now
Mentor
 

2020

Screen Walks with Zaiba Jabbar
with The Photographers' Gallery and Foto Museum
Panellist

Do Good With Digital Workshop
Our Sisterhood x Institute of Coding
Digital Mentor 

UAL CCI: Draw Using Python Programming
Workshop Host
Online at UAL: Creative Computing Institute

MODUAL: Open Futures
Lead Broadcaster
London

MODUAL: Climate Emergency
Broadcast Researcher
London

What's the Problem with Surveillance
& Facial Recognition? - Panel with Privacy InternationalBig Brother Watch & CRIN
Panelist @ CRIN
Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern

Uni to Unicorns: Tate Exchange 2020
Co-Creative Producer, Project Lead @ DMC x CRIN
Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern


2019

IAM Conference 19'
Workshop Leader @ Interpolate
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

You Are What You Share - Facial Recognition Workshop
with Privacy International and Defend Digital Me

Workshop Host
Hull, UK

Beta Utopia: Tate Exchange 2019
Workshop Leader @ CRIN
Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern


2018

Sonic workshop with Southside Young Leaders
Workshop Leader
Camberwell College of Arts, UAL

DEL Conference
Workshop Leader @ Interpolate
York University, Toronto, Canada

Technology: Tate Exchange 2018
Workshop Leader @ DMC
Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern

MODUAL: Kickstarter 2018
Workshop Facilitator
Somerset House & Glasgow School of Art

 


Education


2016-2019

BA Graphic Design (First Class Honours)
Camberwell College of Arts
University of the Arts London (UAL)



2015-2016

Foundation Art & Design: Graphics (Distinction)
Ravensbourne University London


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