Mathilde Rosier
Mathilde Rosier
For two decades, Mathilde Rosier's work has demonstrated a remarkably unique preoccupation with the tension between humans and nature. In her paintings, performances and films, she constructs poetically surreal worlds between dream and intellect and reflects on visible and hidden relationships between man, culture and nature. Her works “ rapture” us into new models of thought and at the same time are based on precise research into political, social and economic contexts. This combination is based on Mathilde Rosier's studies in social and economic sciences, which she completed before studying art. Already in the 1990s, during and after her studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, she lived and observed the contrasts between city and countryside, between nature and agriculture. At the beginning of the noughties, Mathilde lived and worked in the metropolises of Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles and Berlin before deliberately moving back to the French countryside in Burgundy in 2015, where she deepened her exploration of the tension between nature and agrarianism. Mathilde Rosier: “My workshop has a panoramic view of the countryside: Every spring and summer, I look out on a painting - that of the fields whose colors change over time.”
Mathilde Rosier (FR, 1973) lives and works in Burgundy and Basel. Her works are part of institutional collections such as the Kadist Art Foundation; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Musée d’Art Contemporain de Strasbourg; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Museo MADRE, Naples; MUCEM, Marseille; the Hessel Museum of Art, New York; the Julia Stoschek Collection; and the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation. Currently, her work is on view in “Le verre, au-delà de la matière” at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC+), Saint-Étienne, France. Recent solo exhibitions were held at MUCEM, Marseille (2023); Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris (2023); Museo MADRE, Naples (2020); and MASP, São Paulo (2020). In 2025, she was part of the group exhibition “MELTING SANDS – Glass in Contemporary Art” at the Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany. Earlier in her career, she exhibited at Dortmunder Kunstverein (2012); Camden Art Centre (2011); Musée Jeu de Paume (2010); and Serpentine Gallery, London (2009). Recent group exhibitions include “Amongst Plants” at Museum Sinclair-Haus, Foundation for Art and Nature, Bad Homburg; “Sensing Painting” at Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (2024 & 2025); “L’Écorse” at CRAC Alsace; “De leur temps” at FRAC Grand Large, Dunkerque; and “Chrysalis” at Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (all 2023).
