Madrid raised London resident, self-taught Chino Moya, takes a multidisciplinary approach to his work. He combines photography and filmmaking to explore themes of loneliness, collapsing utopias and the decline of traditional masculinity often employing dark and absurd humour. In 2021, he released his first feature Undergods, a sci-fi film funded by the British Film Institute and Ridley Scott’s company. It premiered in cinemas in the US and the UK and was chosen as Film of the Week by The Guardian and toured through film festivals around the world. It also appeared in The New York Times, the BBC and El País amongst other places. His first solo photography show, Monosodium Glutamate, opened this September at Pocko gallery in London. More of his latest photography and video work is currently on show at Solo museum in Madrid. It was also part of MMMAD digital art show and DongGang International Photo Festival in Korea this year. He has collaborated with artists like St. Vincent and his previous film work has been showcased and collected awards in festivals worldwide. He has been featured in publications like Time magazine, Rolling Stone and The Huffington Post. His comic book Flat Filters was published in 2019 and he has also created the horror cinema podcast Terrordrome. He has filmed and shot photographs in many countries across the world and his search for failing models of society has taken him to places like Iraq, Palestine and North Korea.
