Description
Mathilde Nardone develops a distinctive photographic practice using a scanner, transformed into a creative imaging tool.
She composes floral still lifes inspired by Flemish traditions, rooted in her family history and connection to place.
The granddaughter of an immigrant miner, she gathers her subjects — wild and naturalized flowers — from the slag heaps of Wallonia, enduring witnesses of the region’s industrial and social past.
These man-made hills become the poetic ground of a living memory.
Through her scanographies, Nardone questions traces, presence, and the ability of landscapes to speak.
Her lush compositions, bathed in soft light and devoid of spatial reference, achieve an almost tactile density, balancing between intimate memory and universal gesture.
Biography
Mathilde Nardone (31) holds a degree in Photography from the École de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in Brussels, following studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, the Uccle Academy, and the Lower Academy of Fine Arts.
Her artistic practice revolves around memory, territory, and family heritage.
As the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of miners, her work is deeply rooted in this working-class and migratory legacy.
Her experimental approach, blending photography and floral composition, is represented by several galleries including Luisa Catucci (Berlin), Rehma Gallery (Seoul), Baudoin Lebon (Paris), and the Galerie Nardone (Belgium).
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