Who is Mira Ruido?

My real name is Joseba Elorza, and I was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a small city in the Basque Country, Spain. I studied to become a sound technician and later spent a couple of unfruitful years in art school. It was from this synesthetic hodgepodge that Mira Ruido emerged; I used to spend my mornings as a sound technician at a radio station and my evenings working on collages. Gradually, sight prevailed over hearing, and soon I was able to start making a living as an artist, illustrator, and animator. I've created illustrations for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Esquire among many others, and I've produced animations for clients like National Geographic, Amazon Studios, and music bands like Green Day.

Throughout these nearly two decades of my creative career, I've combined client work with personal art projects that have served as a spearhead for my creative development. I use the copy and paste technique to decontextualize general knowledge, reconfigure our senses, and remix the known past with the unknown future. My works offer snapshots of a different world, in which everything seems possible, and they convey a sense of ironic humor aimed at society. I present ordinary, well-known things in a confusing new way.