"I am artist and woman, surrounded by water from all parts. All this makes me cautious of drowning if I fall into the water...but yes, by chance, some time I'd like to reach the other shore. I am praying for enough energy to traverse it, because the current, by its nature, always pushes against me."

Matas’ work is a long way from the conceptual austerity and irony of artists’ performances stereotyped in the 70’s and 80’s. There is something deeply fascinating about the way she plays with elements of clothing; her observations reflecting the place of women in Mediterranean society. Matas’ work invites one to consider questions of emergence. Her work is mysterious and enigmatic, it seems to materialise from her own suffering, and that which has accumulated in the souls of women over the centuries.