Mathilde ter Heijne creates work around the aesthetics of identity, co-creation, collaboration and dialogue. Her projects explore and create communities that offer an alternative to hierarchy-based culture, looking to the historical and ancient past, lesser-known present and still-possible futures for more active, equal, powerful notions of what visual art could be. Known for her feminist art in a wide range of media including installation, video, sculpture, and performance, many of ter Heijne’s recent projects draw on gender studies, archeology and sociology to probe and test the connection between materiality and spirit, with a focus on participatory art as a tool for communicating knowledge and re-distributing power.

Between 1988 and 1992 she studied at the Stadsacademie, Maastricht and 1992-1994 at the Rijksacademie, Amsterdam. Since 2011 she teaches as Professor of Visual Art/Media, Installation, and Performance at the Kunsthochschule, Kassel.

Last update: October 8th, 2019