Mattia, Christine
My artistic practice combines different mediums (painting, drawing, photography) and looks at evolution, species, myths and roots. It is partly through symbolic bestiary that this self-reflection developed, prompting the view to question the notion of identity and identification, as well as the founding narratives of our civilization.
In the current phase of my research, more than ever, I to try to reconcile man and his inner animal. My work questions the relationship between man and animal, and attempts to define their respective places at the heart of the urban city. Man and animal do not live in separate worlds, our histories are intertwined. We share the same surroundings and yet while we try to evolve and adapt to our environment, our view of the animal remains ambiguous. The animal plays many roles in our society: a working tool, a family member, a source of food and an economic resource.
As urban societies continue to develop we must question our own place in this world, what remains of our animal nature and the environment in which we live.
Solo Exhibitions
2008 : Adieu Frida, Alliance Française, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2005 : Autopsie Généalogique Connexion Gallery, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada
2003 : Résonances, Centre des arts contemporains, Montréal, Qc, Canada
1994 : Galerie Blaue Fabric, Dresde, Allemagne
1994 : Galerie Haus 23, Cottbus, Allemagne
1993 : Institut Culturel Français de Dresde, Dresde, Allemagne
Group Exhbitions
2011 : Moderato...galerie D’art Gala Montréal
2009 :30 ans d’art visuel,collection loto Quebec, Musée national des Beaux- Arts du Quebec.
2008 : Œuvres choisies de la collection Loto Québec, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke, Québec.
2003 : Négritude, mémoire vivante, Musée du Houet, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, dans le cadre
du projet de l’UNESCO, la route de l’esclavage
2001 : Galerie des bains, Sète, France
2000 : Galerie L’uovo di Struzzo, San Pedro in Vincoli, Torino, Italie
2000 : Galerie Lawless, Montréal, Canada
1999 : Galerie Rythmogram, Bad Ischl, Autriche
1996 : Centre culturel français de Dakar, Sénégal
1996 : Centre culturel français de Berlin, Allemagne
1996 : Ateliers de l’Usine de la Planque, Hérault, France
1995 : Miniature, Galerie Damn & Wolker Lenkeit, Nuremberg, Allemagne