Michela de Mattei

Michela de Mattei (b.1984, Rome, Italy) 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.

Education. Michela de Mattei (b.1984, Rome, Italy) studied Philosophy at Universita di Roma la Sapienza.

Select exhibitions. The Protagonist, Belmacz, London, UK (2025); Chez Paint It Black, Paint It Black, Turin, Italy (2024); Flash_Looking, Belmacz, London, UK (2024); RETROFUTURE, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy (2024); Dive-In, Porto Design Biennale, Porto, Portugal (2023); (online) MAXXIVERSO, MAXXI L’Aquila, Italy, (2022 – 23); Il chiostro animato – lo spazio è solo rumore, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Italy (2022); Post-Turismo, Post Ex with Giuliana Benassi, third show at Via Tasso 161 (Municipio IX), Rome, Italy (2022); Sinfonia per orci, Hypermaremma, installation site Terme di Vulci, Tuscany, Italy (2021); Nuovo Cinema Galleria, Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon, Portugal (2020); CHAPTER II, act one: La città sommersa, Hypermaremma, installation site Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Antica Città di Cosa, Ansedonia, Tuscany, Italy (2019); Blushing, Belmacz, London, UK (2019); Bodikon, Belmacz, London, UK (2017); THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME 4°, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME, installation site Riverside dock, Lungotevere San Paolo, 48, Rome, Italy (2016); InterKontinental, Belmacz, London, UK (2016); LA PELLE, Fondaco with Officina, Brussels, Belgium (2016); Feets, Don’t Fail Me Now, Belmacz, London, UK (2015); Vogliatemi Perdonare Quel Po’ di Disturbo Che Reco, SPACES | NON SPACES #2, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome, Italy (2014); Innesto #6, Ri-orientamento, Autunno Contemporaneo, installation site Sala Santa Rita, Rome, Italy (2013)

Projects. The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish, Part 1: Language, Serpentine Galleries, London, UK, installation site ZSL London Zoo (2018).

Awards and residencies. In 2019 Michela was in residence at the Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai.

Michela lives and works in Milan.