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Works
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Audi A3 2011 & C1R - Seaside Blue PRL - BMW, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Mercedes Clase E Cabrio 2017 & B21 - Atacama Yello - BMW, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Mercedes CLS 2014 & 200 - Alpineweiss III - BMW, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Mercedes G 2018 & 896 - Bluewater Met - BMW, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Nissan Rogue 2017 & Y2G - Solar Orange - Audi, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Jeep Grand Cherokee 2014 & 794/A - Verde Cedro - Fiat, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Undefined Landscape Mercedes Clase V Marco Polo 2014 & M6B - Lizard Green - Porsche, 2023
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Mathieu Asselin, Bosch_EDC17C46, 2022
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SeriesBiography
Mathieu Asselin (b.1973, France) works and lives in Arles.
He began his career working on film productions in Caracas, Venezuela, but shaped his photography practice in the United States. His work mainly consists out of long term investigative documentary projects, such as his widely known book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation, which received international acclaim, winning the Kassel FotoBook Festival Dummy Award in 2016, the Aperture Foundation First Book Award in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2018. Les Rencontre d'Arles in France, Photographer’s Gallery in London, Fotomuseum Antwerp in Belgium and the European Parlement in Strasbourg are amongst recent venues where his work has been exhibited.
Mathieu Asselin holds a Masters degree from ENSP in Arles, France.
CV
British Journal of Photography article
Exhibitions-
EXPOSED | Mathieu Asselin
2 May - 2 Jun 2024True Colors, by Mathieu Asselin, inspired by the Dieselgate scandal, questions the contemporary industry’s deceptive ecological narrative. The project recontextualizes the industry’s own visual marketing tools, including photography, video, advertising...Read more -
Hasselblad Foundation | Mathieu Asselin
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION' by Mathieu Asselin 20 Apr - 9 May 2021The times we live in have been characterised as a period of post-truth – one in which fact-based truths are often replaced by so-called alternative facts. Emotions and personal beliefs...Read more -
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION'
Mathieu Asselin 29 Jun - 31 Aug 2019The Ravestijn Gallery hosted the exhibition Monsanto®: A Photographic Investigation by Mathieu Asselin in collaboration with guest curator Sergio Valenzuela Escobedo. The exhibition shows Asselin’s exhaustive project about the origins,...Read more -
FOMU | Mathieu Asselin
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION' 9 Mar - 10 Oct 2018Mathieu photographs dumpsites in the United States, portraits both Vietnamese and American victems of the chemical product Agent Orange, and reveals practices linked to lobbying. By using photographs, advertisements, news...Read more
Art FairsIn Conversation WithPress-
Fotografen worden ‘artivisten’: kun je met foto’s werkelijk dingen veranderen?
Rianne van Dijck, NRC, October 31, 2023 -
Hartslag #23: Franse fotograaf Mathieu Asselin gepresenteerd op Unseen Amsterdam 2023
Bernadette Sayar, Institut Français NL, September 22, 2023 -
Mathieu Asselin winnaar Meijburg Art Commission 2023
Meijburg & Co, September 22, 2023 -
11th UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR in Amsterdam
Anja Hermann, Arts Talk Magazine, September 22, 2023 -
‘We need to stop the bullshit’: Mathieu Asselin’s exhausted landscapes
Alex Daniel, British Journal for Photography, July 19, 2023 -
Meet the work of Meijburg Art Commission 2023 nominee Mathieu Asselin
unseen editorial, unseen, July 18, 2023 -
Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation
LensCulture, September 14, 2016