Mathias Toubro (DK)

Mathias Toubro works with environments, both as staged social performative events and in his image production. In his recent series, Toubro portrays the artist bar as a significant site for the artist to nurture their network and get inspiration. He draws information from historically important places such as Antico Caffè Greco in Rome, Les Deux Magots in Paris, and Krasnapolsky and Andy’s Bar, both in Copenhagen. By incorporating personal experience and actual material from the restaurant business in his artistic practice, Toubro’s environments become equal parts realistic and illusory.

Mathias Toubro (b. 1986; DK) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Toubro holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2016) and Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing (2012). Recent and upcoming exhibitions include: Etablissement d’en Face (Brussels; BE), Damian & the Love Guru (Brussels; BE), Lagune Ouest (Copenhagen; DK), Cucina (Copenhagen; DK), Kunstverein Hamburg (Hamburg; DE), Éclair (Berlin; DE), and Salon 75 (Frederiksberg; DK). As Mathias & Mathias he exhibited at Holstebro Kunstmuseum (Holstebro; DK), Overgaden (Copenhagen; DK), Heart Museum of Contemporary Art (Herning; DK), Tranen (Gentofte; DK) and Last Resort Gallery (Copenhagen; DK). Toubro is the recipient of Anne Marie Carl Nielsen’s talent prize (2020), the Niels Wessel Bagge’s prize (2018) and the Sven Dalsgaard reward (2018). His work is represented both in private and public collections such as The National Gallery of Denmark - SMK (Copenhagen; DK).