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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.

 

 

 

Select exhibitions include Michela de Mattei & Natália Trejbalová: Read More About Atlantis and Connect the Dots, IUNO, Rome, Italy (2026); Toby Christian & Michela de Mattei: Flash_Looking, Belmacz, London, UK (2024); RETROFUTURE, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy (2024); Blushing, Belmacz, London, UK (2019); Please Forgive Me That Little Bit of Disturbance I Bring, SPACES | NON SPACES #2, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome, Italy (2014). 

 

 

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Turning red | text by Lavinia Filippi

A journey through observation | Where’s Art interview

Bodikon | limited edition poster

Ahahaha…, | limited edition screenprint

available works

online portfolio

Artworks

  • Paraflu

    Michela de Mattei & Invernomuto

    Paraflu, 2025

    film still

  • Graft#6 - Ara Coeli

    Michela de Mattei

    Graft#6 - Ara Coeli, 2013

    photographic print
    70 x 100 cm

  • Natura Morte: Verderame, Composition 7

    Michela de Mattei

    Natura Morte: Verderame, Composition 7, 2020

    prickly pair textures, spray paint, steel and magnet
    79 x 56 x 18 cm

  • Round Around, Graft #8

    Michela de Mattei

    Round Around, Graft #8, 2015

    oak wood on fig tree
    92 × 92cm

  • Until lions have their historians, hunters will always be the heroes

    Michela de Mattei

    Until lions have their historians, hunters will always be the heroes, 2023

    lenticular print
    51 x 40 cm

  • Not (one)

    Michela de Mattei

    Not (one), 2019

    thermochromic paint, nichrome wire and timer relay
    160 × 120 cm

  • Grilli of Kilburn (II)

    Michela de Mattei

    Grilli of Kilburn (II), 2019

    photograph and watercolour
    25.5 x 17 cm

  • Animal Attack Series (Crustacean)

    Michela de Mattei

    Animal Attack Series (Crustacean), 2021

    HD video (19'43"), video stills

  • Match Ruins (I)

    Michela de Mattei

    Match Ruins (I), 2013

    photographic print on Dibond Aluminium
    120 x 96 cm

  • Chamber Symphony for Jars (installation view)

    Michela de Mattei

    Chamber Symphony for Jars (installation view), 2018

    terracotta jars, 11 audio-channels, sound (11'13)
    in collaboration with Emanuele de Raymondi

  • Peinture de Paysage

    Michela de Mattei

    Peinture de Paysage, 2014

    photographic print on Dibond
    110 x 80 cm

  • The World Part I: Mirage (installation view)

    Michela de Mattei

    The World Part I: Mirage (installation view), 2020

    HD Video (04'35")

  • Animal Attacks, Drawing Series (V)

    Michela de Mattei

    Animal Attacks, Drawing Series (V), 2022

    pencil and pen on paper
    70 x 50 cm

  • Mercury Retrograde in Virgo

    Michela de Mattei

    Mercury Retrograde in Virgo, 2016

    uv glued glass, ink, steel, plaster
    198 x 72 x 22 cm

  • Untitled (P)

    Michela de Mattei

    Untitled (P), 2014

    glass and painted clay
    17 x 8 x 12 cm

  • Handsightings EXP III

    Michela de Mattei

    Handsightings EXP III, 2024

    scratch card drawings on photo prints, acrylic frame and iron hooks
    60 x 94 cm

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