MIKA REVELL

BIO

Mika Revell (b. 1985, Sydney, Australia) is a Chinese-American multimedia artist. Her work delves into the complex relationship between symbols of power and commodified objects, contrasting the ominous and alluring. Using pink pigments and polished finishes, she investigates the processes of manufacturing and labor. Her sculptures interrogate the global supply chain of resources and human life. Revell explores how weapons and commodification shape our desires. Her latest series addresses themes of power, war, and wealth both beautiful and unsettling. She received her MFA in Sculpture from Central Saint Martin’s, London, and international residencies in Riyhad, Tokyo, and Los Angeles.

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Her recent solo show, SOFTCORE WAR, explores the natural world wrapped in fetishized commodity. Territorial, ideological, and environmental conflicts surround us, yet we are desensitized, entertained, and addicted. Softcore War examines this seemingly contradictory, but accepted, reality.

Using her signature pink as a panacea, Revell subverts symbols of violence with pacifism and levity. She employs satire and absurdity to expose how we accept our dystopian present. An inflatable bomb mocks the grotesque celebration of destruction, while post-human, sculptures depicting rapid evolution hint at the effects of industry on the body.

Combining organic and manufactured materials, with symbols of violence and enjoyment,  Revell exposes the ways we package and accept a brutal and competitive world.