Mathieu Cherkit
Born in 1982 in Paris, Mathieu Cherkit lives and works in Vallery, France.
Mathieu Cherkit is a major figure of the emerging French generation of figurative painters now exhibited internationally. The inspiration for his works comes mainly from the house where he lives. With one floor and a garden that he cultivates, his residence there serves as a pretext to explore multiple subjects, embodied by trinkets, childhood memories, his recent paternity, or even art works that surround him. It also allows him to approach the subject of painting itself and its power to dismiss realism in order to describe a personal universe.
In his colorful works, loaded with oil paint which spills over from the stretcher, Mathieu Cherkit thwarts the principles of central perspective. He mixes viewpoints with the aim of creating different spaces and temporalities and bringing to life the architecture and the objects that he lives with.
Mathieu Cherkit is a finalist of Jean-François Prat Prize, as well as of the Science-Po Prize for contemporary art and Antoine Marin Prize.
Public collections: Fondation Salomon, Alex, France, Musée des Avelines, Saint-Cloud, France, CNAP. Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France Fondation Colas, Paris, France, Caldic Collection/ Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands.
Works
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Mathieu Cherkit
Roulette, 2023
Oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Quartier quadrillé, 2023
Oil on canvas
190 x 280 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Quartier quadrillé, 2023
Oil on canvas
190 x 280 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Fire drill, 2022
Oil on canvas
195 x 228 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Fire drill, 2022
Oil on canvas
195 x 228 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Pool, 2022
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
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Mathieu Cherkit
Hat Tricks, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 140 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Yellow Kitchen, 2021
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Untitled, 2021
Oil pastel on paper
71 x 56 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Côme, 2021
Oil pastel on paper
71 x 56 cm (paper size) -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Blatta Bombo, 2021
Oil on canvas
100 x 178 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Le verre à moitié plein, 2020
Oil on canvas
116 x 89 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Le verre à moitié plein, 2020
Oil on canvas
116 x 89 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Cycle, 2020
Oil on canvas
180 x 230 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Begonia corallina, 2020.
Oil on canvas
22 x 14 cm -
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Mathieu Cherkit
Sushi Spirit, 2017
Oil on canvas
190 x 140 cm
