Mathieu Gagnon

My artistic work is based on the use of photography and technologies such as photogrammetry (3D scanning), which is considered here as an extension of photography. My practice is centered on the urban environment and motivated by the desire to contribute to the re-appropriation of spaces such as industrial wastelands and neglected or abandoned architectural heritage.

The idea of reconstitution is central to this approach, both in terms of form and concept. I conduct research on how the archiving and representation of existing sites, through photography and other graphic tools, can provoke commentary or critique on urbanity, its policies, and our relationship to the territory. This is combined with experiments using various materials as a support for digital and photographic images to create in-situ artistic interventions in public spaces.

Mathieu Gagnon is an artist and photographer from Quebec who lives and works in Montreal. His work has been exhibited at Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie (2018), Maison de la Culture du Plateau Mont-Royal (2019), and Centre Skol. He has undertaken several artist residencies abroad, including the Atelier Mondial residency in Basel, Switzerland (2021), and in New York in 2018 through the CALQ residency program.

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Mathieu Gagnon. "Wish". Ink transfer on plaster slates, 76 x 100 cm, 2023.