Matthieu Haberard
Matthieu Haberard (Toulouse, 1991) lives and works in Paris. He received a BA in Fine Art from the ISDAT, Toulouse, in 2013, and a MA in Fine Art from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, in 2016. Moving between heterogeneous languages, Matthieu Haberard’s artistic practice investigates the threshold that separates childhood from adulthood. It is in this limbo, ambiguous and full of potential, that Haberard’s poetics becomes concrete, poised between childish fantasies – fights, metamorphosis, titanic enterprises and feats – and the ironic representation of reality. Through a playful and attentive look at the contemporaneity, Haberard gives life to sculptures that recall the mystical and warlike imagination of the Middle Ages: masks, swords, shields and armour meticulously decorated and handcrafted with materials such as wood or cardboard. Intended as relics of bygone eras and fictitious battles, his works –desemantized and stripped of their defensive function – remind us of the blurred boundary between play and violence, innocence and malice, childlike desire and disillusionment that inevitably looms with maturity. His drawings are often inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese martial patterns, distilled down to their most minimalist reduction.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2017, 2019 and 2022); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2021); L’assaut de la menuiserie, Saint-Étienne (2021); and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris (2016). His work has been featured in group shows at Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris (2020); Galerie Hussenot, Paris (2020); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2020); Minimarket, Paris (2019); Bwa Gallery, Warsaw (2019); Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2019); Halle de la Villette, Paris (2019); Fondation Emerige, Paris (2018); DOC, Paris (2020); Wendy Gallery, Paris (2018); and Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard (2017). In 2022 Haberard was artist in residence at Maroquinerie de Guyenne in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Gironde) in the context of the Artists’ Residencies program promoted by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.
Matthieu Haberard (Toulouse, 1991) lives and works in Paris. He received a BA in Fine Art from the ISDAT, Toulouse, in 2013, and a MA in Fine Art from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, in 2016. Moving between heterogeneous languages, Matthieu Haberard’s artistic practice investigates the threshold that separates childhood from adulthood. It is in this limbo, ambiguous and full of potential, that Haberard’s poetics becomes concrete, poised between childish fantasies – fights, metamorphosis, titanic enterprises and feats – and the ironic representation of reality. Through a playful and attentive look at the contemporaneity, Haberard gives life to sculptures that recall the mystical and warlike imagination of the Middle Ages: masks, swords, shields and armour meticulously decorated and handcrafted with materials such as wood or cardboard. Intended as relics of bygone eras and fictitious battles, his works –desemantized and stripped of their defensive function – remind us of the blurred boundary between play and violence, innocence and malice, childlike desire and disillusionment that inevitably looms with maturity. His drawings are often inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese martial patterns, distilled down to their most minimalist reduction.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2017, 2019 and 2022); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2021); L’assaut de la menuiserie, Saint-Étienne (2021); and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris (2016). His work has been featured in group shows at Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris (2020); Galerie Hussenot, Paris (2020); Renata Fabbri, Milan (2020); Minimarket, Paris (2019); Bwa Gallery, Warsaw (2019); Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2019); Halle de la Villette, Paris (2019); Fondation Emerige, Paris (2018); DOC, Paris (2020); Wendy Gallery, Paris (2018); and Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard (2017). In 2022 Haberard was artist in residence at Maroquinerie de Guyenne in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Gironde) in the context of the Artists’ Residencies program promoted by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.

- Matthieu Haberard, Left over 1, 2022Forex, acrylic, metal paint, 90x30x18 cm. Ph. Mattia Mognetti
- Matthieu Haberard, Left over 2, 2022Forex, acrylic, metal paint, 90x30x18 cm. Ph. Mattia Mognetti
- Matthieu Haberard, Child History, 2021Oil pastels and painting on canvas, (dyptich). Ph. Alberto Fanelli.
- Dear Friends… 1, 2021Forex, acrylic, metallic painting, tinted wood, inks and pencils, variable dimensions.
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 4, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 3, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 2, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 1, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 6, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 7, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 130x195 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli.
- Matthieu Haberard, Unknown 5, 2021Oil pastels and oil painting on canvas, 114x162 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli.
- Matthieu Haberard, Schedule drawing, 2021Oil pastels and painting, pencils, paper, wood, 73x103x9 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli.
- Matthieu Haberard, Travel time Tapestry 4, 2021Metallic painting and rust on canvas, 153x230 cm. Ph. Alberto Fanelli.

- Matthieu Haberard


- Sophie Ko,
- Matthieu Haberard,
- Lulù Nuti
Nov 4-6, 2022
Main Section
Hall Red – Booth 11

Renata Fabbri is delighted to announce that the artist has been chosen to create a project for the Croatian pavilion at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, to take place April 20 to November 24, 2024.

- Vlatka Horvat
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Opening Sept 14
Until 12/11/2023
Curated by Kristina Bonjeković Stojković

- Vlatka Horvat,
- Tim Etchells,
- Sophie Ko
Artissima
2nd – 5th November 2023
Oval | Torino
Main Section
Hall Orange | Booth 12