Mathis Altmann
(*1985, München)

Mathis Altmann creates detailed and explicit urban worlds through architectural models, figurines, LED signs, detritus, dust and graphic design. Rooted in the Swiss nightclub and off-space milieu, he honed his craft and ingenious form of assemblage through an intelligent and humouristic, often dark, series of works, where his practice just seemed to expand and get more real; also physically, each new piece growing scale-wise.

A contemporary tale of decay; the wall sculpture “Pierced Booger” from 2017 comes fully equipped with a “haschish-troll” and maggots, cocooning inside a diorama built with parts from the popular oldschool tool the “overhead projector” (as it was known in Sweden).

Upcoming and recent exhibitions include: Efrimidis, Berlin; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 2021, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, 2020; “SI ONSITE”, Swiss Institute, New York; “It‘s Urgent (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist), Luma Westbau, Zurich, 2019; “The Delve of Spade”, Istituto Svizzero, Milano,and “The Shovel of the Garbage Collector”, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris, 2018