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𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦, 2025
Steel, wood
Dimension variables

By Matthildur Valfells @matthildur.v

Balancoire is a piece that responds to the steel doll. Usually facing each other, they are part of a playground of toys that have been cast aside. The swing has burnt steel legs, the underneath of the seat is made of carved wood, a reminder of the scratches and traces found at the playground. Immobilised in a static position, the swing resists its own function; when moved, its legs scrape the floor, marking the present with the violence of friction. Its surface is rusty and invitation becomes refusal. This is metamorphosis as ongoing decay. It is an object caught between what it was made for and what it has become, time layered into material rather than erased by it.

Part of the exhibition 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪
April 4—11, 2026
LaVallée, Brussels

📷 @natashagatasha

⋆𐙚 ̊. happy to announce the group shows I’m lucky to be a part of this year !! .☘︎ ݁˖

20-21.03 THE WAITING ROOM / Peckham
4-11.04 La Vallée / Bruxelles
19.06-30.08 Museum für Druckkunst / Leipzig
11.07-30.08 Maisons Arts Contemporains / Pérouges
20.10-13.11 Hochschulgalerie der HBK / Braunschweig
25.11-17.01.27 Galerie Alte Feuerwache / Berlin
04.12-31.12 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

photos @isis.mrkstdr

⋆𐙚 ̊. happy to announce the group shows I’m lucky to be a part of this year !! .☘︎ ݁˖

20-21.03 THE WAITING ROOM / Peckham
4-11.04 La Vallée / Bruxelles
19.06-30.08 Museum für Druckkunst / Leipzig
11.07-30.08 Maisons Arts Contemporains / Pérouges
20.10-13.11 Hochschulgalerie der HBK / Braunschweig
25.11-17.01.27 Galerie Alte Feuerwache / Berlin
04.12-31.12 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

photos @isis.mrkstdr

⋆𐙚 ̊. happy to announce the group shows I’m lucky to be a part of this year !! .☘︎ ݁˖

20-21.03 THE WAITING ROOM / Peckham
4-11.04 La Vallée / Bruxelles
19.06-30.08 Museum für Druckkunst / Leipzig
11.07-30.08 Maisons Arts Contemporains / Pérouges
20.10-13.11 Hochschulgalerie der HBK / Braunschweig
25.11-17.01.27 Galerie Alte Feuerwache / Berlin
04.12-31.12 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

photos @isis.mrkstdr

⋆𐙚 ̊. happy to announce the group shows I’m lucky to be a part of this year !! .☘︎ ݁˖

20-21.03 THE WAITING ROOM / Peckham
4-11.04 La Vallée / Bruxelles
19.06-30.08 Museum für Druckkunst / Leipzig
11.07-30.08 Maisons Arts Contemporains / Pérouges
20.10-13.11 Hochschulgalerie der HBK / Braunschweig
25.11-17.01.27 Galerie Alte Feuerwache / Berlin
04.12-31.12 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

photos @isis.mrkstdr

⋆𐙚 ̊. happy to announce the group shows I’m lucky to be a part of this year !! .☘︎ ݁˖

20-21.03 THE WAITING ROOM / Peckham
4-11.04 La Vallée / Bruxelles
19.06-30.08 Museum für Druckkunst / Leipzig
11.07-30.08 Maisons Arts Contemporains / Pérouges
20.10-13.11 Hochschulgalerie der HBK / Braunschweig
25.11-17.01.27 Galerie Alte Feuerwache / Berlin
04.12-31.12 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

photos @isis.mrkstdr

the longest sleep ⚒️ a3 pencil

the longest sleep ⚒️ a3 pencil

Une balançoire rouillée

Une balançoire rouillée

Une balançoire rouillée

Une balançoire rouillée

Une balançoire rouillée

Une balançoire rouillée

Poupée d’acier ⛓️

Poupée d’acier ⛓️

Poupée d’acier ⛓️

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼ est une artiste interdisciplinaire islandaise-suisse.
Sa pratique traite de l’inaccessible : de ce qui traverse l’espace ou ne le traverse pas, telle la lumière qui transperce l’objectif ou la lueur d’une peau translucide. Par la surimpression et l’association de formes et de mouvements organiques, elle cherche à aborder l’indicible.

Pendant ses études à la Kunsthochschule de Berlin-Weißensee, elle découvre une multitude de procédés manuels et artisanaux ; que ce soit dans la chambre noire ou dans l’atelier de gravure, elle retrouve dans ces différents gestes une similitude qui lui permet d’approcher cet espace impalpable.

𒊹

(𝗘𝗡)

☼ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 (1999) ☼is an Icelandic-Swiss interdisciplinary artist.
Her practice explores the inaccessible: what passes through space or does not—like light piercing a lens or the glow of translucent skin. Through superimposition and the interplay of organic forms and movements, she seeks to approach the unspeakable.

During her studies at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, she discovered a wide range of manual and craft-based processes. Whether in the darkroom or in the printmaking studio, she found in these gestures a similarity that allowed her to reach toward this intangible space.

Encre sur papier 70x100

Encre sur papier 70x100

Évolution / printing 1 plate on the same paper as it evolves, making each step unique ; the previous state can never be retrieved again

Évolution / printing 1 plate on the same paper as it evolves, making each step unique ; the previous state can never be retrieved again

Évolution / printing 1 plate on the same paper as it evolves, making each step unique ; the previous state can never be retrieved again

Évolution / printing 1 plate on the same paper as it evolves, making each step unique ; the previous state can never be retrieved again

Évolution / printing 1 plate on the same paper as it evolves, making each step unique ; the previous state can never be retrieved again

13x20

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

first week of residency at atelier genevois de gravure ⚔️

My hand your spine… molded tattooed burnt leather

My hand your spine… molded tattooed burnt leather

My hand your spine… molded tattooed burnt leather