The works of Mathilde Rosier draw on her interest in the physical and psychological experience of ancient rites and rituals.. Her art often embodies fictional offshoots or parts of a narrative, where constellations of self-made costumes, mystic representations of animals and nature often seem like props, an abandoned stage set, or solitary protagonists of an unfamiliar yet compelling reality. Through the combination of painting, film, dance and theatre, Rosier constructs oneiric situations that allow the beholder to lose any sense of space and time, opening a portal between conscious and unconscious realms. Rosier creates art that comments on and illustrates the need to return to harmonious ways of integrating human activity with the ‘natural environment’, including pre-industrial practices that might seem anti-rational, observing the world from the vantage of the present-day countryside.
Since 2016, she has been a lecturer at FHNW , Institut Kunst, University of Art and Design, Basel, CH
Recent solo exhibitions were shown at MADRE Naples (2020), MASP Sao Paulo (2020). Solo exhibitions and performances has been shown at Camden Arts Center London, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Serpentine Gallery London, Kunstverein Hannover , Musée du Jeu de Paume Paris. She took part in group exhibitions including Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Galleria de Arte Moderno, Milan, Kunsthaus, Graz, Abteiberg Museum, Moenchengladbach, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
