Michela de Mattei (Rome, 1984) is currently based in Milan. She works across different formats and media, developing fictional scenarios and unusual ecosystems in which animal-human affairs are often hijacked by technologies to question standards of authority and control, while addressing issues of animal agency and the changing dynamics of communication systems.
Recent collaborations include: GAMeC, Bergamo (2025); FLASH Looking, Belmacz, London (2024); Retrofuturo, MACRO, Rome (2024), Dive-In, Porto Design Biennale, Porto (2023); Performative 02, MAXXI L’Aquila (2022); Aquaria - The illusion of a boxed sea, curated by Angela Rui, MAAT Museum, Lisbon (2021); Hypermaremma, Terme di Vulci (2021); The Dreamfish, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2019); Blushing, solo show at Belmacz, London (2019); The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish, Part 1: Language, curated by Filipa Ramos and Lucia Pietroiusti, Serpentines Galleries/ZSL London Zoo (2018); Estée Lauder series, Italian Cultural Institute, London (2018); Inscape Rooms, Istituto Svizzero, Rome (2017).
Recent collaborations include: GAMeC, Bergamo (2025); FLASH Looking, Belmacz, London (2024); Retrofuturo, MACRO, Rome (2024), Dive-In, Porto Design Biennale, Porto (2023); Performative 02, MAXXI L’Aquila (2022); Aquaria - The illusion of a boxed sea, curated by Angela Rui, MAAT Museum, Lisbon (2021); Hypermaremma, Terme di Vulci (2021); The Dreamfish, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2019); Blushing, solo show at Belmacz, London (2019); The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish, Part 1: Language, curated by Filipa Ramos and Lucia Pietroiusti, Serpentines Galleries/ZSL London Zoo (2018); Estée Lauder series, Italian Cultural Institute, London (2018); Inscape Rooms, Istituto Svizzero, Rome (2017).
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