| ABOUT |
Born in Strasbourg in 1991, Mathilde Rohr is an artist who lives and works between France and Canada. Graduate of a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal (2017), she has continuously been trained since 2013 in different approaches of body movement such as action art, physical theater, dance, and yoga. Her creative practice is interdisciplinary, moving between performance, drawing, video, installation, collaborations, relational art, printmaking and writing. Her work has been presented in public spaces as well as in various contemporary art centers and events in Quebec, France and India (European Center for Contemporary Artistic Actions, Strasbourg, International Biennial of Contemporary Printmaking, Trois-Rivières , DARE-DARE, Montreal, Zone HoMa Festival, Montreal). Her artistic approach is spiritual, ecosophical, somatic, and intuitive.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Being part of a universe of interdependencies, I observe and question our relationships with the other - human, environment, nature, non-human - therefore with our relationship to ourselves. I enjoy challenging our behaviors tinged with capitalism to see our authentic and genuine, sometimes vulnerable, attitudes/nature blossom. I create moments of ephemeral pauses, like chimerical bubbles in the real, where artistic experience arises from this encounter with the Other. Sometimes initiated by the mind, sometimes by the instinct, my practice is interdisciplinary; however, performance allows me to ground myself in my body and reach states of presence and consciousness that I wish to explore. Interested in the subtle layers of existence, I give importance to the imperceptible. Symbols, rituals, myths, memory, dreams and sacredness constitute, among others, the background of my creative process. Recently, I've also been focusing my research on food, for its multisensory qualities as well as the ethical, ecological, spiritual and cultural issues that are related to it.
EDUCATION
2013-2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
EXTENDED EDUCATION
2019 Traditional Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Course - Val-Morin, QC
2019 MindBody, Tedi Tafel - Studio Z, Montreal, QC
2019 Movement and Meditation, Égo/Éco - Parc du Bic, QC
2019 Zen and Art, Les Cinq Sens - Plounévez-Lochrist, FR
2019 Halfbreadtechnique, Martin Schick - Pôle Sud, Strasbourg, FR
2018-2019 Physical Movement, Katiouschka Kuhn - School of Physical
Theatre, Strasbourg, FR
2018 Professional Training in Cultural Mediation: Developing Educative and
Social Actions for Disadvantaged Audiences - CIPAQ, Paris, FR
2018 Nature and Movement, Sabine Blanc, La Petite Pierre, FR
2018 Bollywood Dance, Alokapari - CIRA, Strasbourg, FR
2018 Butoh, Yannick Unfricht - Cabaret Onirique, Strasbourg, FR
2018 Throat Singing, Hombeline - Courant d'Art, Strasbourg, FR
2013-2017 Indian Dance, Anne-Josée Grégoire - Studio Danse,
Montreal, QC
2016 Performative Narrations, Francis O'Shaughnessy - UQAM,
Montreal, QC
2016 Between Intimicy and Architecture, Victoria Stanton, Studio 303,
Montreal, QC
2016 Boundaries of the Body : A Post-Studio Performative Practices
Intensive, Victoria Stanton - Montreal, QC
2016 Atteindre une Présence Maximale, Sylvie Tourangeau - Studio 303,
Montreal, QC
2015 Attitudes et Présences Performatives, Sylvie Tourangeau - Studio
303, Montreal, QC
PERFORMANCES
2020 Seeds and Blooms - Val-David, QC
2019 Droit dans le mur, tu fonceras - Alasace, FR
2019 PROPAGEZ-VOUS ! - CEAAC, Strasbourg, FR
2019 Mom's Coat and Childhood Totem - Le Donon, FR
2016 Bring Something To Do Nothing - Collectif Vierge - DARE-DARE,
Montréal, QC
2016 Les trajectoires des souffles, POPOP Gallery, Montreal, QC
2016 La plage de sucre -Zone HoMa Festival, Montreal, QC
2016 (Amour Maternel) - Espace Scudéri, Montreal, QC
2016 Divers Dix vers D'hiver - Lézarts Loco, Val-David, QC
2016 Holding Knowledge - Collectif Vierge - Grey Nuns' Garden,
Montreal, QC
2016 Les Berceuses - Collectif Vierge - Montreal, QC
2015 Tell Me A Story I'll Give You A Peanut - Montreal, QC
2015 Make A Mark - Concordia University, Montreal, QC
PARTICIPATION AS A PERFORMER
2019 Spirit Matters - Bonnie Baxter - Clark Centre, Montreal, QC
2019 Trois éléphants passent - Compagnie Oposito - FARSe,
Strasbourg, FR
2018 RatKind - Bonnie Baxter - MAC LAU, Saint-Jérôme, QC
2016 L'explosion existe - Association des Ouvrières et Ouvriers du
Sensible - OFFTA, UQAM Gallery, Montreal, QC
2016 Lost Time - Marlène Laberge - Montreal, QC
2015 Dancing Umbrella - Iqrar Rizvi - Concordia University,
Montreal, QC
2015 J'étais une enfant calme - Gabrielle Desrosiers - Montreal, QC
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Piratages urbains - Urbaloko, Trois-Rivières, QC
2017 En chair et en bois : Une impression d'été - BIECTR,
Trois-Rivières, QC
2017 Who Came First: Stories They Tell - Mouseprint Gallery,
Montreal, QC
2016 INTERPOSE - POPOP Gallery, Montreal, QC
2016 Un paradis sans pommiers - Grey Nuns' Garden, Montreal, QC
2016 Esprits d'hiver - Val-David Exhibition Centre, Val-David, QC
2016 Can You Tell Us What They Said? We're Taped - Webster Library,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2016 OFF THE BLOCK - POPOP Gallery, Montreal, QC
2015 Ferme ta Boîte - BIECTR, Trois-Rivières, QC
2014 Residency Exhibition - PECAH, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Inde
2013 Week-end Jeunes Talents - Brumath, FR
2012 Solo Exhibition - Galerie Nocturne, Strasbourg, FR
2012 Exposition Nocturne - Fossé des Treize, Strasbourg, FR
2011 Week-end Jeunes Talents - Brumath, FR
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2017 Risque d'échec - Art Matters Festival, MainLine Gallery,
Montreal, QC
RESIDENCIES
2020 Caetani Cultural Centre, Vernon, BC, Canada
2017 Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop, North Adams, MA, USA
2014 PECAH. Manila, Uttarakhand, India
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019 Exhibition assistant for Bonnie Baxter, Exposition RatKind:
Paradise Lost, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC
2018-2019 Cultural mediator and exhibition assistant, CEAAC,
Strasbourg, FR
2019 Illustrations for the tourist guide Strasbourg autrement -
Itinéraires architecturaux, Editions Bleu Comm
GRANTS
2016 FASA Large Special Project Grant
2016 Concordia Print Department Paper Grant
VOLUNTEERING
2016 Student Print Association - Executive Board Member -
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2016 Art Matters Festival, Montreal, QC
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Constructing Impressions, l'Esprit-d'hiver, auto-edition
2016 A la rescousse : the one-hour spatial residency, pouf! art +
architecture
