The Mata Lee Art collection, created by Lanaudière-based artist-designer Luc Perreault, is built on a process of deconstruction and recombination. Each portrait is constructed like a puzzle of human elements, assembled into a coherent yet subtly dissonant figure.
This intentional fragmentation echoes generative algorithms that aggregate countless sources to create an image that does not exist in reality.

My choice to use widely spaced eyes, a minimal face, and destabilizing proportions creates a slight visual unease—an indicator that something has been altered, recomposed, reinvented. This unease is not a trap; it is an invitation to look more closely, to question what seems familiar, and to recognize that this face is not “true,” yet expresses an emotional truth.

Technically, my work blends manga influences, refined surrealism, and a sharp sense of contemporary stylization. I work with flat areas of color, subtle textures, and smoothed forms to reinforce the synthetic, almost digital character of my figures. Even when painted by hand, they retain an algorithmic aura—as if they had been generated as much as they were painted.