Artist

Mathis Leroux, a French artist born in 2004, completed a three-year course at an art school.

“When I was younger, I practiced origami, fascinated by how a simple sheet of paper could take on three dimensions. That’s probably where my need to go beyond two-dimensional drawing and create three-dimensional works comes from.

Today, I work mainly with wood and plaster. These are materials that I enjoy manipulating to create reliefs and play with textures. I cut, sand, glue, paint, and varnish to give birth to three-dimensional compositions.

I use a variety of methods, ranging from digital to more traditional techniques. I go through many stages and use various tools to develop my own unique expertise.”

Intentions

“My work explores different forms of illusion.

In my portraits, I want to ensure that the viewer does not remain passive. By changing the distance or angle, the face is transformed. This experience reminds me of life itself: sometimes you have to take a step back to perceive the beauty of a moment. My portraits thus convey a sense of nostalgia.

In my mineral works, the illusion lies more in the material itself. Through textures, reliefs, and paint, I seek to give the impression of a natural rock, shaped by time.

In both cases, my intention is to transform simple materials into something that seems alive or natural, playing with perception, light, and matter.”