Christine Mathieu: Statement
My artistic career has been quite atypical; it began in the cultural and corporate visual sector. With L'Epicerie, the graphic arts studio I set up in Paris in the early 90s, I began working in the three areas that most interest me: photography, graphic arts and stage design.
I have been exhibiting my work regularly since 2002.
Subsequent to my encounter with Japanese pictorialism - ancient and modern,
static and animated - my visuals became more streamlined and I developed a simpler, more controlled style. The animistic realm of Japanese culture and its sacred relationship with nature nourished my religiosity.
For me there is a secret continuity between human beings and the cosmos, and each one of my images is an attempt to express this obscure and powerful connection.
Scientific cosmology today provides us with definitions of time and space, the conceptions of which poetically resonate with the ecstatic and visionary intuitions of religious cosmology.
Today we know that the history of the universe is the history of the growth of complexity on the cosmic scale.
This is in order to generate an observer, the human brain, which has the most complex structure known to man.
What is our role in the universe?
Essentially, my work is a reflection on the meaning of life, its biological reality and its spiritual future.
About the Prints
Pigmented Ink Jet print on archival cotton paper.
30/40 cm : 330 euros
Selected images available in larger sizes, please inquire.
40/50 cm : 540 euros
70/90 cm : 1500 euros
For further information on prices or questions about the photographs
please contact the artist
CV
Christine Mathieu lives and works in Paris.
- 1977/1981 ENSAD (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Arts Décoratifs) graphic arts and photography section (Paris)
- 1981/Polaroid Award (National Photography Institutes¹ Competition)
- Exhibition at the Polaroid Centre, Avenue de Wagram (Paris)
- 1982/1985 Graphic Artist, in charge of publishing at the American Center (Paris)
- Continuous training financed by the American Center:
- Animation using digital systems
- ENSAD Institute of Animation (Paris)
- Center of Media Art and Photography at the American Center
1989
Set up L'Epicerie, Graphic Arts Studio in Paris
- Corporate and Cultural graphic arts (museums/exhibitions, institutions)
- Numerous creations in the public and private arenas: visual identity standards, press, publishing, signage, stage design, etc.
Exhibitions, awards, media coverage
- 1990 International Peace Poster Competition and Exhibition - Paris
- 1994/95/96/97 Salon de L'Ephèmère - Fontenay sous Bois, France
- 1997 Auguste Grasset Museum in Varzy - Television broadcast for national channel FR3
- 2003 Minier de Lewarde Historical Centre - Le Monde, Feb. 2002
- 2003 Installation/exhibition at the "Galeru" 94 - France
Photography and Plastic Arts: exhibitions/work/artistic installations
2004
- Solo Exhibition
- Fringe Photography Month/galerie caractère - Paris
- Group Exhibitions and Festivals
- Photography Month /hypegallery/Palais de Tokyo/Paris
- Oyonnax Cultural Centre - France
- Selected for the Fringe Festival - Arles, France
2003
- Solo Exhibitions
- San CUGAT DEL VALLES Monastery Catalonia
- Amarante Museum - Porto, Portugal
- Town of Montrouge France
- Saint Germain en Laye Cultural Centre France
- International Press Centre Vinexpo Trade Show Bordeaux, France
- Collective Exhibitions and Festivals
- Galerie Viaduc des Arts - Paris
- Selected for the Fringe Festival - Arles, France
2002
- European Award at the Montrouge Contemporary Art Show France
- Collective Exhibitions/Work/Shows
- Les Ateliers de la Poudrière - Art Centre - Seyssel, France
- Galerie Trafic Ivry sur Seine, France
- Y'a du printemps dans l'art - Town of Montreuil sous Bois, France
- Association ...et dans la ville - Paris, France
- European Selection at the Montrouge Art Show France
2001
Collective Exhibitions/Work/Shows
- Les Ateliers de la Poudrière - Art Centre - Seyssel, France
- Galerie Trafic Ivry sur Seine, France
- Y'a du printemps dans l'art - Town of Montreuil sous Bois, France
- Association ...et dans la ville - Paris, France
- European Selection at the Montrouge Art Show France
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