ADAM MUSCAT IS A LONDON-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, WHO STUDIED ARCHITECTURE
AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS. HE HAS SINCE GONE ON TO WORK FOR ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE FENDI AS THEIR IN-HOUSE FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER IN ROME, SHOOTING AND EDITING CAMPAIGNS, BTS FOOTAGE, AND DOCUMENTARIES. ADAM HAS ALSO WORKED AS AN ART DIRECTOR FOR SERGIO TACCHINI, CREATING END-TO-END CONTENT FOR THE BRANDS CAMPAIGNS. OTHER COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE DIOR, ZARA MAN, MONTBLANC, PLEASINGS, FILA, EDWARD CRUTCHLEY, SOLID HOMME, DUST MAGAZINE, AND REUBEN SELBY.
ADAM GRADUATED FROM THE MA FINE ART COURSE AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS IN 2022.
HIS ART PRACTICE COMPRISES EXPERIMENTAL FILM, SOUND, DRAWING, AND INSTALLATION.
MUSCAT’S PROCESS CONSISTS OF LAYERING AND ERASING MUD, CHARCOAL, AND OIL PAINT TO CREATE EVOCATIVE COMPOSITIONS. THROUGH A SUPERPOSITION OF MATERIAL AND MEDIUMS, HE CHALLENGES THE VALIDITY OF MEMORY, WITH EACH ELEMENT A RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST THAT IS ERASED OR LAYERED, POSITING MEMORY AS A FLUID PHENOMENON. MOREOVER, HIS WORK EXTRACTS SIGNS AND SYMBOLS INHERENT TO EARLY JEWISH MYSTICISM (KABBALAH) AND DEVIATES FROM THEM TO ENCOMPASS THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRAXIS. THE WORKS ARE THEN CONFIGURED INTO SPATIAL INSTALLATIONS, EXPANDING ON THE MATERIALITY INHERENT TO THE PIECES. MUSCAT UTILISES MULTIPLE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION LANGUAGES, TRANSCENDING THE WORK FROM SOMETHING FAMILIAR TO SOMETHING IDIOSYNCRATIC THAT REQUIRES A SENSORY EXPERIENCE TO BE COMPREHENDED.