• Michela de Mattei
available works
Michela de Mattei, Dominoe Ruins, 2013
wood, domino plates, dimensions variable
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, 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, Cospirazione, for Allevamento di Tiranni, 2017
white concrete (installation view), 25 × 20 cm
Michela de Mattei, Mercury retrograde in Virgo, 2016
uv glued glass, ink, steel, plaster, 197 × 72 × 22cm
Michela de Mattei, to delude, 2015
mixed media, mixed papers, 43 × 31.5cm (framed)
Michela de Mattei, Untitled (P), 2014
glass and painted clay, 17 × 8 × 12 cm
Michela de Mattei, Death in Venice, 2018
pen on paper, marker on perspex, 78 × 58cm
Michela de Mattei, animal attacks, drawing series (e), 2022
drawing, 50 x 70 cm
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Estée Lauder - the VR experience, 2022
documentation of artist made VR experience
15’26”, loop
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, Cage, 2018
Michela de Mattei, Untitled (tu reviens toujour sur tes pas), 2016
blue fountain pen and pencil on paper, 58.5 × 31.5cm
Michela de Mattei, Untitled blue A, 2015
fountain pen, blue ink, eraser on paper, 37 × 27.5cm (framed)
Michela de Mattei, Acquavideo, 2021
two-channel video installation 4.1 audio system
10'16"
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] The World Part I: MIRAGE, 2019
single channel video
4’35’’
Michela de Mattei, Carl, 2019
photograph and watercolour, 39.5 × 24.5 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
Michela de Mattei, [trailer] Blushing, 2019
single channel HD video
07'58"
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, 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, Peintures de paysage (triptych), 2014
video stills, print on dibond aluminium, 85 x 56.7 cm each
Michela de Mattei, Graft 8, Round Around, 2015
print on Dibond Aluminium, 60 × 33 cm
Michela de Mattei, Natura Morta con Rosa, 2012
dry prickly pear fibre
Michela de Mattei, Fondaco, 2012
prickly pear, pigment and plaster of paris on wood, 70 × 37 × 20 cm
Michela de Mattei, Natura Morta, 2018
dry prickly pear fibre
Michela de Mattei, Resistance, 2012
dry prickly pear tissues and nails, 20 × 30 cm
Michela de Mattei, Fall's geometries, 2012
leaf, wire, 16 × 8 × 6 cm
Michela de Mattei, Scaffolding, 2012
leaf, wire, 20 × 13 × 12 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.