Mona
Filleul

Born in 1993.
lives and works in Lausanne, Brussels and Paris.

Filleul’s relief works are built from industrial objects such as insulation boards, foam panels, and concrete, onto which an eclectic variety of materials are applied, ranging from beeswax and mulberry fiber to hemp and LED lights. On the textured, illuminated surfaces of these works, which are often scaled to the proportions of an iPhone, Filleul creates constellations of images with traditional techniques such as clay molding, papier-mâché, tempera, and hot wax painting. Using the gallery’s architectural supports to stage continually shifting perspectives of the works, the sculpted and painted images — depicting anime characters, stuffed animals, and quotidian selfie shots — appear on one side of a given work, while the viewer’s spatial wandering engenders an encounter with a manipulated composition of electronic chips and wiring on the other side. In these ways, Filleul’s works challenge dematerialized conceptions of the online world, instead grounding its profound identity-producing and embodiment-altering effects through a materially attuned visual language.

Deeply committed to the trans community to which she belongs, Filleul often initiates dialogue with other artists who share her experience through her artistic and curatorial projects. As playful as they are intimate, they become acts of dissent, a testament of queer people’s resilience in the precarious present.




ARTWORKS

Phantasia 2 - Kuromi 2024 Tempera, cellular concrete, mulberry fiber, beeswax, fabric, LED lights, screen 80,5 x 62 cm	Phantasia 1 - My Melody 2024 Tempera, cellular concrete, mulberry fiber, beeswax, fabric, LED lights, screen 80,5 x 62 cm	Thank you and me ( with Gaia Vincensini ) 2024 Ceramic, cement, wood, tempera, mulberry fiber, beeswax, fabric, embroidery 38 x 3 x 10 cm
E+E (And & And) 2024 Tempera, oil, hemp, mp3, mulberry fiber, beeswax, led, hair 48 x 34 cm	Starmix 1 2023 Insulation plates, Mulberry fiber, tempera, beeswax, hemp, mp3, led 120 x 60 x 8 cm	Starmix 2 2023 Insulation plates, Mulberry fiber, tempera, beeswax, hemp, mp3, led 120 x 60 x 8 cm
Starmix 4 2023 Insulation plates, Mulberry fiber, tempera, beeswax, hemp, mp3, led 120 x 60 x 8 cm	Ta lyubit tu 1 2020 2022 Mulberry fiber, beeswax, tempera, rhinestone jewelry 53 x 90 x 12 cm
EXHIBITIONS

Sissy Institute Swiss Institute, New York 2025	Air de Tranny Air de Paris 2025	Party Mix Krone Couronne, Biel / Bienne 2024