Mathieu Mercier (b. 1970; Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France)

Mathieu Mercier is a contemporary French conceptual artist who uses everyday objects to explore the boundaries between functionality and artistic purposelessness. His work investigates key tropes of modern art and design, bridging media and styles in its interrogation of utopian movements such as De Stijl and Russian Constructivism, all while engaging mass-produced consumer objects. Mercier questions the larger cultural context within which these objects exist, often referencing avant-garde artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Piet Mondrian.

Born in 1970, Mercier went on to study at the École nationale supérieure d'art in Bourges, among other institutions. Mercier has exhibited at many major museums and institutions around the world, including solo exhibitions at Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany; Kunst museum St Gallen, Switzerland; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Musee d’Art Moderne de la Villede Paris, France; FRAC Bourgogne, France; Le Crédac, Centre d’Art Contemporain d’Ivry, Ivry, France; Foundation d’Entreprise Ricard d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; and Kunsthalle Nürmberg, Germany; amongst others.

In 2003, Mercier was honored with the prestigious Marcel Duchamp award.

He lives and works in Paris, France.

Selected Exhibitions

Mathieu Mercier: Neither Nor

OSMOS Address

February 9 - March 5, 2017