Céline Mathieu

Jun 24

‘Hifi Stereo Vacuum Tube’

24.06.2023 — 27.08.2023

In her first exhibition in a commercial gallery, Céline Mathieu (1989, Belgium) looks into the (in)visible circulation of goods. The idea of a constant stream of material and its crossings with value, economy and feelings, forms the basis for Hifi Stereo Vacuum Tube.

Her practice is both conceptual and sensory, and sound sets a slightly hypnotic tone. As often in her performative installations, the exhibition is site-and-condition specific. At PLUS-ONE Gallery she gives insight into the fridge/gut of the gallery workers, shares author rights to an influencer's image, and plays on the home interior of potential buyers.

In her broader research 'Conditions for Raw Materials', Céline looks for ways to make exhibitions without being left with material to store after the exhibition. She makes transparent the (buying/selling) value of her work, by f.e. selling work at the price of her rent. Through text, she seeks ways to translate and archive subtleties of a viewing experience and the thinking that goes into her installations.

Céline Mathieu (°1989) lives and works between Berlin and Belgium.
Céline Mathieu is an artist and writer. Her site and condition-specific practice considers material and economic circulation in work that evokes a feeling of falling away. The work is both sensory and conceptual.
She had recent solo exhibitions at PLUS-ONE Gallery (Antwerp), Sentiment (Zürich) and at Gr_und (Berlin). She was part of group exhibitions at Gauli Zitter (Brussels), Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp), Gallery Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), La Virreina (Barcelona), Mu.Zee (Ostend), Corridor and PuntWG (Amsterdam), CLAPTRAP and AAIR (Antwerp).
With her duo CMMC she presented at Museum M, Leuven; 019/SMAK, Publiek Park Ghent, M HKA Lodgers; Antwerp and they had a solo exhibition at IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen.
Her research ‘Conditions for Raw Materials’ was supported by the Royal Academy Antwerp in 2022-2023 and she will be a resident at Jan Van Eyck Academie Maastricht in 2023-2024. Céline’s work was recently featured in Mousse Magazine n° 81