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Surya Mattu

Artist, Engineer, and Journalist

Brooklyn, New York

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Surya Mattu is a Brooklyn-based investigative journalist, artist, and engineer who looks at the ways in which algorithmic systems perpetuate systemic biases and inequities in society. Currently Mattu works as an investigative data journalist at The Markup. Previously, he was a contributing researcher at ProPublica, where he worked on Machine Bias, a series that aims to highlight how algorithmic systems can be biased and discriminate against people. Machine Bias was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Explanatory Journalism. Mattu has also worked at Gizmodo’s Special Projects Desk and been a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. Mattu has shown work at The Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Museum of Art & Design, The Whitney Museum, V&A Museum, and Bitforms Gallery.

Donor -This award was generously supported by The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation.

This artist page was last updated on: 12.15.2024

Artwork by Surya Mattu.

Last Seen by Surya Mattu, 2016. Software. Presented as part of Laura Poitras' exhibition ASTRONOISE. Whitney Museum Of American Art.

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Artwork by Surya Mattu.

More&More by Surya Mattu, 2017. Website, Swimsuits and Postcards. Here are Dragons group exhibition at Maison Pop, Montreuil, France.

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Artwork by Surya Mattu.

From The Dark by Surya Mattu, 2015. Framed print; collection of Wi-Fi networks stored in the memory of a smart phone captured as the phone attempted to connect to Wi-Fi in a public space. New York City, NY.

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Artwork by Surya Mattu.

UnfitBits by Surya Mattu, 2015. Website, video, animated GIFs in collaboration with Tega Brain. Brooklyn, NY.

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Artwork by Surya Mattu.

FromTheDark by Surya Mattu, 2015. Digital media; a rendering of the Wi-Fi data we leak through our smart devices. New York City, NY.

Photo courtesy of the artist.