Mathieu CASSEAU, selected exhibitions:
since 2007: participated in numerous editions of
Journées de la Céramique, Paris, France (07,09,16,19)
2012: Group exhbition, Gallery Tim Andrews, Woodbury, England
2014: “terres sigillées”, Gallery L’Artmateur, Canet, France
2020: Gallery Loes & Reinier, Deventer, Netherlands
2021: Saint Sulpice Céramique, Paris, France
2022: “Les Matières du Feu”, Couvent de Treigny, France
2023: “Terres Sigillées”, Musée Bernard Palissy, Saint Avit, France
2023: Gallery Adrienne D, Marke, Belgium
Mathieu Casseau is based in Bretagne (Douarnenez) and uses Terra Sigillata as his primary mode of creation. Terra Sigillata is a technique of ancient Roman origin.
Mathieu utilizes refined iron-bearing natural clay slips to finish his perfectly thrown bowls. In the wood-firing and subsequent smoke-reduction-firing those slips create intense colours as well as beautiful naturalistic black micro-cracks and discolourations.
The combination of his refined and symmetric throwing style with the wildness of smoke fired terra sigillata creates a unique contrasting balance and beauty.
