• Michela de Mattei
available works
Michela de Mattei, Carl, 2019
photograph and watercolour, 39.5 × 24.5 cm
Michela de Mattei draws upon occluded narratives to explore the complexities of authority. In particular, Michela draws connections between the natural world and our relations to it.
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Blushing, 2019
single channel HD video
07'58"
Michela de Mattei, Peintures de paysage (diptych), 2014
video stills, print on dibond aluminium, 150 x 100 cm each
Michela de Mattei, Peintures de paysage (diptych), 2014
video stills, print on dibond aluminium, 150 x 100 cm each
Michela de Mattei, Peintures de paysage (diptych), 2014
video stills, print on dibond aluminium, 150 x 100 cm each
Michela de Mattei, Until lions have their historians, hunters will always be the heroes, 2023
lenticular print, 51 x 40 cm
Michela de Mattei, Until lions have their historians, hunters will always be the heroes, 2023
lenticular print, 51 x 40 cm
Michela de Mattei, Until lions have their historians, hunters will always be the heroes, 2023
lenticular print, 51 x 40 cm
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder - the VR experience, 2022
HD video
15’26”, loop
Michela de Mattei, Estée Lauder VR experience, 2022
print, variable
Michela de Mattei, Estée Launder, 2016
fountain pen, blue ink, eraser on paper
Michela de Mattei, Cage, 2018
metal wires, wood and paint, approx. 50 x 40 x 50 cm
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder – Hypnosis session, 2018
single channel video
08'08"
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder - The Fear of Mistakes, 2016
single channel video
03'57"
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder - Adapting, 2016
single channel video
04'03"
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder – How to speak like president, 2015
single channel video
02'02"
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (I), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (II), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (III), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (IV), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (V), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Grilli of Kilburn (VI), 2019
photograph and watercolour, 25.5 × 17 cm
Michela de Mattei, Not (west), 2019
thermochromic paint, nichrome wire and timer relay, 120 x 100 cm
Michela de Mattei, Not (going), 2019
thermochromic paint, nichrome wire and timer relay, 150 × 120 cm
Michela de Mattei, Not (here), 2019
thermochromic paint, nichrome wire and timer relay, 160 × 120 cm
Michela de Mattei, Not (sure), 2019
thermochromic paint, nichrome wire and timer relay, 120 × 100 cm
Artist biography
Michela de Mattei (Rome, 1984) studied Philosophy at Universita di Roma la Sapienza. Michela works across different formats and media, often developing fictional scenarios and unusual ecosystems in which animal-human affairs are hijacked by technologies. In doing so, her works question standards of authority and control, speaking to issues of animal agency and the changing dynamics of communication systems.
Select exhibitions include: RETROFUTURE, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), Rome (2024); Dive-In, Porto Design Biennale, Porto (2023); SOTTOPALCO, Campo Teatrale, Milan (2023); Estée Lauder, Expanded/Extended, MAXXI L’Aquila, Rome, and IL MAXXIVERSO, online (2022); .The animated cloister – space is just noise, Museum of Rome in Trastevere, Italy (2022); Post-Turismo (curated by Giuliana Benassi), Post ex, Rome, Italy (2022); Aquaria -The illusion of a boxed sea, curated by Angela Rui, MAAT museum, Lisbon (2021); Hypermaremma, Terme di Vulci (2021); Nuovo Cinema Galleria, Galeria Vera Cortez, Lisbon (2020); Hypermaremma ( Chapter II ), Antica Città Di Cosa, Italy (2019); Blushing, Belmacz, London (2019); Estée Lauder series (curated by Lavinia Filippi), Italian Cultural Institute, London (2018); The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish, Part 1: Language (curated by Filipa Ramos and Lucia Pietroiusti), Serpentines Galleries / ZSL London Zoo (2018); Allevamento di Tiranni, Una Vetrina, Rome (2017); Bodikon, Belmacz, London (2017); There is no place like home 4°, Riverside dock, Rome; InterKontinental, Belmacz, London (2016); La Pelle, Project by FONDACO, Officina, Brussels (2016); Rétrospective I: Fail Compilation, Détail, Paris (2016); Feets, Don’t Fail Me Now, Belmacz, London (2015); Vogliatemi perdonare quel poco di disturbo che reco, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome (2014); Innesto #6, Orientamento | Michela de Mattei, Sala Santa Rita, Rome (2013).
In 2019 Michela was in residence at the Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai.
Michela lives and works in Milan.