Mathew Lacosse
(He/him)
Address: Kunstnernes Hus Atelier (FKDS), Wergelandsveien 17, 0167 Oslo
Floor: 3
Room number: 4
The studio is open Sunday 28 April from 12-17
Mathew Lacosse was born in 1990 in Amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton, Canada. He lives in Oslo, Norway and works as an artist and sometimes organiser. In his practice, Lacosse gleans the components, histories, and potentials of places where he is living and working through fieldwork. With this material he makes minor, and often temporary, alterations and embellishments in the form of site-specific actions, sculpture, text, and images. His work addresses themes of ownership and maintenance of property, residue and order, leisure and labour.
Lacosse completed his MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2023) and BFA with Honors from the University of Manitoba (2018). Selected exhibitions include Heerz Tooya (2023, BG); Clink at Guttormsgaards Arkiv (Solo, 2023, NO); FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL: It’s not too late to change your mind at Kunstnernes Hus (2023, NO); and still-likeness: reworking the photographic medium at Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts (2018, CA). Additionally, Lacosse has been artist in residence at ARV.International (BG), PRAKSIS, Oslo, (NO) and held mentorships with Dr. Shep Steiner and Jenifer Papararo. Upcoming exhibitions include Parlour Coffee (2024, CA) and the FKDS Stipend Exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus (2024, NO).
Sculpture, Installation, Performance, Drawing, and Text