Mat Dubé has always been a heady and headstrong individual.

Whether composing an eclectic mix of electro-acoustic sounds in his now-defunct musical duo called StrayOtic or illustrating a personal urban angst from under his Dubium street art persona, Dubé wields a creative repertoire that is at once untamed and carefully considered.

There’s more of that paradox in evidence in his coming solo fine art show Head Space to be mounted by the Council for the Arts in Ottawa (CAO) from June 10 to July 11 in the Micaela Fitch Room at Arts Court.

Most works in this collection of drawings, paintings, and sculptures offer the male figure as an embodiment of modern chaos manifested with architectural and other forms sprouting from mutating skulls atop mostly emancipated bodies.

Heady stuff, indeed.

“The perpetual flow of thought that takes place within the realms of consciousness has the power to dictate our feelings, behaviors—even to shape our physical self,” explains the artist.

Not surprisingly, the shaped selves in the artworks are quite bizarre. Dubé’s contemplative figures seem like a strange blend of outer space alien, African god, and junkie denizen of the urban ghetto.

The figures also seem somewhat lost in thought; Dubé says as much in his artist statement: “The many questions, fears and insecurities that once lay lurking are given life through strange and distorted beings, the dwellers of Head Space.”

The show opens with a reception Friday, June 10 (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.) that’ll feature eats and drinks as well as beats provided by Dube’s former StrayOtic collaborator, Yves Néron.