Mathilde Denize

Mathilde Denize was born in 1986 in Sarcelles, France, now lives and works in Paris, France. Her practice is oriented towards painting, installation work, sculptural composition, performance, and video. She often cuts up her older paintings and then weaves them into new forms with found materials. Thus, new artworks are born from remnants of the past, a metaphor for the complicated existence of human beings. Inspired by great experimental artists, like Carolee Scheemann, she utilises the body as much as the painting. Her garments, which often resemble a sexualised female form, act as both armour and camouflage. Her paintings are an open diary, punctuating and dialoguing with her sculptures. With subtle gestures, Denize constitutes a set of forgotten and anonymous forms, witnesses of a contemporary archeology.

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Mathilde Denize Solo Show