Mathilde Steullet is a photographer and collage artist from Nantes, France currently working in Paris. Having studied Set Design and Urban Sustainability at l’Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique, Mathilde challenges the structural elements of her everyday surroundings through black and white, digitally manipulated images. Her work reinterprets reality by pushing the spatial boundaries of architecture and human form, bringing the viewer into a funky dimension of contorted shape and texture. Largely influenced by space, buildings, the human body and fashion design, Mathilde’s photographs and collages celebrates and fuses these themes to create a surrealistic viewing experience. It’s a fresh approach on the bizarre, bringing in digital form and encouraging spatial and societal analysis.
“As an artist, what inspires me is the graphic world, geometric shapes, spatial order, the universe, architecture, and most of all, the simplistic beauty of the things that surround us. I am also wildly fascinated by the fashion world. I love the various lines, the cuts in the garments, and the textures mixed with the staging and dramatization of the body.”
Behind the Work
“Nakedness in broad daylight. The model’s body bent and slightly contorted, with all of the masculine detail of his muscles, bones and fine skin. The skeleton placed on his spine is a visual of what’s beneath the dermis, the provocation of a large skeleton and a slim body.”
Mathilde Steullet, “Another Summer 3”. 2018. Digital photography.
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Behind the Work
"Being very inspired by the graphic world in all its forms, I created an entire series around sculptural graphic compositions which were immortalized by photography. I wanted to express the simplicity of geometric shapes and space, focusing on the relationship between one another. There is a contrast between the rectangular parallelepipeds and the ball, like a game of balance, bringing an aesthetic lightness to the image. It begins to take an almost architectural form, almost like a building model."
Mathilde Stuellet, “Sculpture IV”. 2017. Digital Mixed Media.
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Behind the Work
"This work depicts the march towards the unknown. I love to illustrate space - a universe with such depths and dimensions that seemingly lead to nowhere, and a place no human can rightfully define. There is a freedom there. A freedom to conceive, imagine and transpire, which is much different to the earth we live on. I love to create with this infinite parallel, it is the portal to…whatever it may be."
Mathilde Stuellet, “Spheres C”. 2017. Digital Collage.
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Behind the Work
"My "Imprisoned" series embodies the idea that everyday objects, which may normally bring us comfort, can also create restriction and isolation. It resonates with the main genre of art I so often mimic - surrealism. In surrealist art, everyday objects are never as they seem. They're twisted and construed into different perspectives, ultimately confusing yet bewildering the viewer. This sort of emotional sensation is my main artistic objective."
Mathilde Stuellet, “Foam Mattress I”. 2017. Digital Collage.
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