I use a bold color palette and a loose painting style to create a playful and ironic treatment of my subject matter. The paintings incorporate elliptical texts, producing an ambiguous dialogue that complicates the reading, offering the tools to the viewer to transcend the content. The series of work references my personal web of relationships. Using a diaristic aesthetic, I observe and translate details that are often dismissed or largely accepted, to re-contextualize them and suggest a new awareness. Painting is used as a tool to enhance the difference between what is experienced and what the mind reenacts.

About Mathilde van Nuffel d’Heynsbroeck

Mathilde van Nuffel d’Heynsbroeck (b. 1994, Brussels) obtained her BFA in photography from La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium and her MFA in fine arts from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA. She has exhibited photography, painting, and ceramics in Belgium and the US, including PHOTOGRAPH IT BEFORE YOU EAT IT, UUU Gallery, Rochester; NEW IMAGES, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; ARTSPACE x PRATT, artspace.com; PLAIES/PAUSE, Le Botanique, Brussels. Van Nuffel has received two fellowships from Made in NYC, a Master Art Prize award, and a merit-based scholarship through Pratt Institute. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS 2020 CONCEAL/REVEAL, Group Exhibition organized by The Art Vacancy PAST EXHIBITIONS 2019 PHOTOGRAPH IT BEFORE YOU EAT IT, Solo Exhibition at UUU Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 2019 NEW IMAGES, Group Exhibition at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2019 ARTSPACE x PRATT, Online Group Exhibition​ 2019 SCROLL DOWN, Thesis Exhibition at Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2019 F1: OUT INSIDE, Group Exhibition at Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2018 THE WATERING HOLE, Group Exhibition at Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY 2017 PHOTO & VIDEO 2017, Sony Square NYC, New York, NY 2017 IMMOBILE, Group Exhibition at LaVallée, Brussels 2016 MIRAGES, Group Exhibition at 186 Avenue Louise, Brussels 2016 PLAIES/PAUSE, Group Exhibition for SLAJ-V at Le Botanique, Brussels 2015 EREWHON, Workshop mixing sculpture, urban design, and photography, at 22 Quai de Willebroek, Brussels, with and for the migrants arrived during the summer 2015 ARTIFICES, Group Exhibition at Le Botanique, Brussels CURATION 2019 NEW IMAGES, Group Exhibition at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2019 SPRING, Group Exhibition at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2018 THE WATERING HOLE, Group Exhibition at Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY ​ AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS​ 2020 Master Art Prize Winner 2017- 2018 – Awarded a fellowship from Made in NYC – Merit scholarship from Pratt Institute.