About
Credit : Noah Ambiehl
Born in 2002 in Saint-Nazaire, Mathis Benestebe lives and works in Toulouse.
He graduated from ETPA in 2023, he develops his work around the themes of intimacy, autobiography, and loss. His artistic process, focused on image experimentation, explores the feeling of containment.
Since 2023, his work has been exhibited at the Circulation(s) festival (Paris), the Parcours de l’art (Avignon), the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland), and the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Paris) as part of the Utopi·e Prize exhibition.
He is currently in residence at the University of Montpellier.
He graduated from ETPA in 2023, he develops his work around the themes of intimacy, autobiography, and loss. His artistic process, focused on image experimentation, explores the feeling of containment.
Since 2023, his work has been exhibited at the Circulation(s) festival (Paris), the Parcours de l’art (Avignon), the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland), and the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Paris) as part of the Utopi·e Prize exhibition.
He is currently in residence at the University of Montpellier.
Exhibitions / Screenings :
- «Ventricule gauche», collective exhibition «10 sur10» Fisheye magazine, cour de l’Archevêché, Arles, july 2024
- «Ventricule gauche», screening, centre culturel saint-cyprien, Toulouse, juin 2024
- «Erinlé», collective exhibition Queer Rising 2, La Fabrique, Toulouse, june 2024
- «Ventricule gauche», collective exhibition , Zoom Photo Festival, Seix, may 2024
- «Erinlé», collective exhibition Queer Heroes in focus, Heidelberg, may 2024
- «Black-out», screening, DJTAL humain 2024 Prize finalists, Ergastule, Nancy, march 2024
- «Ventricule gauche», screening, IEFC, Barcelone, march 2024
- «Ventricule gauche», collective exhibition, Salon Amours V, Remèdes gallery, Paris, february 2024
- «Chimères», Rûm collective exhibition, OAG Kulturverein, Graz, december 2023
- «Chimères», Trigone screening, Carla-Bayle, november 2023
- «Je vous pri de dire que je suis vivan*», La clique screening, Centre d’art et de photographie de Lectoure, september 2023
- «Chimères», exhibition, Galerie des Publics, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, may 2023
- «Chimères», collective exhibition, Le Cenquatre Paris, Circulation(s) festival, march 2023
- «Chimères», Queer Rising collective exhibition, La Fabrique, Toulouse, june 2022
- «Le dernier fil de la corde», Jeune Photographie Occitanie screening, ImageSingulières, Sète, april 2022
- «Chimères», exhibition, Espace Diversité Laïcité, Toulouse, may 2022
Residencies :
- Residency, Photo Festival Baie de Saint-Brieuc, 2024
Awards and grants :
- Laureate of the Utopi-e Prize, 2024
- Laureate of the 3rd «Coup de cœur» prize, portfolio reading «Une Saison Photo à Toulouse», 2024
- Un/Fund Grant 2023, Shortlist
Publications :
- «Ventricule gauche», «Am Stram», «Erinlé» , publication, Der Greif Guest Room, 2023/2024
- «Chimères», publication, Rûm, december 2023
- «Black-out», publication, Fisheye magazine, november 2023
- «Ventricule gauche», publication, See-zeen, november 2023
- «Ventricule gauche», publication, Premier exemplaire magazine, september 2023
- «Am Stram», publication LightReadings, august 2023
- «Chimères», publication, i-D Vice, may 2023
- «Chimères», publication, Télérama, march 2023
- «Chimères», publication, Les coups de coeur Fisheye, march 2022