Mathilde Cazes
Mathilde Cazes (b. 1991, Toulouse, France), graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2021 after also studying at the Kyoto City University of Arts (Japan), lives and works between Finistère Nord (Brittany) and Paris (in Poush). Having previously worked as a midwife, Mathilde developed a strong connection with the human body and life.
Recent exhibitions: À Première Vue, Galerie Mingei, Paris (2022); L'Appel, Théâtre des Expositions, Paris (2022); Deux îles, Galerie Sono, Paris (duo, 2021); Ces herbes folles, Beaux-Arts de Paris (2021); Coup de projecteur, Photo Saint Germain, Paris (2020); Si loin si proche, Galerie Yoshii, Paris (2019).
“The crisis of our sensitivity to the living reflects in a lack of "culture of the living". Working to enhance our culture of the living is therefore also a political gesture, at a time when we finally understand the profound toxicity of relating to the living as the simple decoration of our lives.” — Estelle Zhong Mengual, Apprendre à voir, 2019
Mathilde Cazes' practice encompasses photography, sculpture and installation. She questions our past, present and future relationship with nature and the other living and non-living things around us. This leads her down many different paths, questioning feelings and facts related to death, hope, and the disappearance of animal and plant species... I remain in search of pure lines, oscillating between a minimal aesthetic close to Japanese thought and a more dreamlike approach.
Trained in traditional Japanese ceramics in Kyoto, she developed a deep connection with Japan and Japanese culture. As a potter, she also designs and makes functional object
