Mathilde ter Heijne (FR/NL/DE) (b.1969) works as a visual artist, filmmaker, and professor of fine arts specializing in time-based media and performance. She instigates and realizes artistic projects centered around the aesthetics of identity, co-creation, collaboration, and dialogue. Within her projects, she actively fosters, investigates, and constructs temporary communities that provide an alternative to hierarchy-based culture. Delving into historical and ancient contexts, as well as lesser-known present and potential futures, ter Heijne activates more dynamic, egalitarian, and potent conceptions of visual art.
Renowned for her intersectional, feminist art across diverse media, including installation, video, sculpture, and performance, many of ter Heijne's recent endeavors draw upon gender studies, archaeology, and sociology. Through these explorations, she seeks to unravel the interplay between materiality and spirit, testing participatory art as a means to mediate knowledge and redistribute power. Her projects and works have been featured in numerous solo- and groupshows in museums, galleries, videofestivals and non-profit spaces including the PS1 Moma in New York, Singapore Art Museum, Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, MIGROS Museum of Gegenartskunst Zürich, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, LagosPhoto, and the Shanghai Biennale. She is also a founding member of the feminist artist run knowledge-exchange hub art&dialogue e.V in Berlin.
