Matisse Mesnil (b. 1989, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy) is a Franco-Italian artist living and working in Paris. His artistic practice is grounded in a critical reconsideration of the Albertian paradigm of painting as a window onto the world. From the outset, Mesnil has focused his attention on the frame and the margins of the artwork, exploring the boundary between the work itself and the space that surrounds it. This path led him to adopt metal as his primary material, engaging in a process that navigates between craftsmanship and industrial production. Welding, grinding, and cutting become tools to rethink figuration, revisiting traditional genres such as landscape and still life. His work balances industrial harshness with a contemplative aesthetic, evoking a silent tension in which latent violence coexists with a sense of ritual and spatial precision. 

Mesnil studied at Liceo Artistico Bruno Munari in Vittorio Veneto, Italy. His recent solo exhibitions include Self Service Writing at Centre Pompidou-Metz (2025) and Sopravvivo at Pal Project, Paris (2024). Notable group exhibitions include Passions partagées at Mucem, Marseille (2024), and Revenir du présent at Collection Lambert, Avignon (2024).