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“When historical visibility has faded, when the present tense of testimony loses its power to arrest, then the displacements of memory and the indirections of art offer us the image of our psychic survival” Bhabha
Haiti-born, Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist, Manuel Mathieu is known for his paintings, which investigate themes of historical violence, erasure, as well as Haitian visual cultures of physicality, nature, and religious symbolism. Marrying abstract and figurative techniques, his compositions carve out space for us to reflect on Haiti’s transformative history while inviting us to consider the different futures the act of remembering creates. Drawing from a wide-range of subjects, Manuel’s practice combines his Haitian heritage and his formal arts education, which culminated in an MFA Degree from Goldsmiths, University of London.
EDUCATION
2016
Goldsmiths, University of London
Masters in Fine Arts
2010
University of Quebec in Montréal (UQAM)
Bachelors in Visual and Media Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Wu Ji, HDM Gallery, Beijing China
2018 The Spell on You, Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Nobody is watching, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA
2018 Solo booth, Armory show NY, Tiwani Contemporary Gallery
2017 Truth to Power, Tiwani Gallery, London, UK
2017 Solo Booth, Art Brussels, MARUANI MERCIER, Belgium
2016 One future, Goldsmiths Graduating show, UK
2015 49/50, Fig 2, Curated by Fatos Üstek, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
TWO-PERSON/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The otherside of Now, PAMM, Miami USA
2018
Frieze NY, Kavi Gupta, NY
Here we are here: Black canadian contemporary art, Museum of fine arts Montreal, Montreal
Armory show, Kavi gupta, NY
2017
Art Basel, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Miami
1:54 art fair London, Tiwani Contemporary
We are all very anxious, Dye House 451, London
Foire Papier, Galerie Division, Montreal
In-visibilité Ostentatoire, Fondation Clement, Martinique
RESIDENCIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany
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