Damien & The Love Guru

Installation view
Petting Zoo, with Agatha Wara, Basel Social Club, 2024
Pig
2024
Oil, beeswax and epoxy on shaped canvas
35 × 110 cm
Installation view
Petting Zoo, with Agatha Wara, Basel Social Club, 2024
Goat 1
2024
Oil, beeswax and epoxy on shaped canvas
88 × 66 cm
Installation view
Petting Zoo, with Agatha Wara, Basel Social Club, 2024
Exhibition view
Showers, Lagune Ouest, 2024
Exhibition view
Showers, Lagune Ouest, 2024
Shower Suite 2
2024
Oil, bees wax and paper on photo paper mounted on wooden board
102 × 69 cm
Shower Suite 4
2024
Oil, bees wax and MDF on photo paper mounted on wooden board
69 × 102 cm
Exhibition view
Floor Pal V, 2023
Exhibition view
Floor Pal V, 2023
Exhibition view
Floor Pal V, 2023
Au Deux Megots, spring In Paris 3
2023
Mixed media, napkins and matches, on laser print mounted on mdf
92.5 × 65.5 × 6.5 cm
Au Deux Megots, spring In Paris 1
2023
Mixed media, napkins and matches, on laser print mounted on mdf
70 × 86.5 × 6.5 cm
Mathias Toubro
Heater Tv, spaghetti on train
2023
Mixed media an epoxy coated mdf
97 × 72.5 × 30 cm
Sad TV I
2023
Oil paint, epoxy and paper, feathers and sawdust on board
60 × 90 cm
Albert på Andys
2023
Acylics, airbrush, glass and foamboard mouned on board
63 × 85 cm
Alberts hånd
2023
Oil paint, paper and MDF mounted on board
80 × 110 cm
Albert og Øret
2023
Oil paint, paper, epoxy and MDF mounted on board
80 × 110 cm
Wolf with Andersen and Thorvaldsen
2022
Mixed media on shaped canvas
Hans Christian Andersen’s Couch
2021
Cardboard, matches, wooden beads, napkins, acrylic paint, cigareattes laser print on mdf
69 × 45 × 4 cm
Scandinavian Lips
2022
Epoxy, fiber glass and spray paint
240 × 40 × 70 cm
Exhibition view
Mr Toddy and Mrs Caldo, Cucina, Copenhagen, 2022

How does art come into being, and what shapes it, pushes it in new directions, and transforms it into radical forms that engage with subject matter previously considered untouchable? Mathias Toubro traverses various mediums—painting, sculpture, and video—to explore specific places and environments that have left a mark on art history. In his artistic practice, Toubro explores the emergence of art, its historical underpinnings, the socio-political landscapes, prevailing trends, and their influence on various guises of artistic expression.

Education

  • Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, 2010–2016
  • The Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijin, 2012

Upcoming

  • Just Kids, Kunstverein Glstrand, Copenhagen, 2025

Solo & duo exhibitions

  • Showers, Lagune Ouest, Copenhagen, 2024
  • Floor Pal V, with Jared Madere, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2023
  • Mr Toddy and Mrs Caldo, Cucina, Copenhagen, 2022
  • Where Sleeping Cows Lie, Salon 75, Frederiksberg, 2021
  • The Artisan’s Suite / Éclair Cucina, Éclair, Berlin, 2019
  • Kære, Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, 2018 (Mathias & Mathias)
  • Artie, Heart Museum of Contemporary Art Herning, 2017 (Mathias & Mathias)
  • Arite, Tranen, Hellerup, 2017 (Mathias & Mathias)
  • Dumplings, Last Resort, Copenhagen, 2015 (Mathias & Mathias)

Selected group exhibitions

  • Petting Zoo, with Agatha Wara, Basel Social Club, 2024
  • Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, 2024

Public Collections

  • Heart, Museum of Modern Art, Herning
  • National Danish Gallery (SMK)

Residencies and Honors

  • Anne Marie Carl Nielsens talentpris, 2020
  • Sven Dalsgaards Legat, 2018
  • Artist in residence, Aros Public, Aros Museum of Contemporary Art Aarhus, 2018
  • Niels Wessels Bagges Kunstfond, 2017
  • Elly Dalsgaard legatet, 2016
  • Frieze review, Showers at Lagune Ouest, Copenhagen, online and upcoming printed issue April 2024
  • Kunstkritikk, Nordisk kunsttidsskrift , Showers at Lagune Ouest, Copenhagen, February 2024
  • Mousse Magazine, Mathias Toubro and Jared Madere Floor Pal V, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, March 2023
  • Kunstkritikk, Nordisk kunsttidsskrift, 'Artie‘, Tranen, Hellerup, February 2017
  • Mousse Magazine, Mathias & Mathias 'Dumplings‘, Last Resort, Copenhagen, December 2015