Paul Mathieu studied at various universities in Quebec, the United States and England between 1975 and 1987. He has many years of teaching experience as a visiting professor in Japan, Mexico, the United States and across Canada, and has published a considerable number of theoretical texts on ceramic sculpture. His works, which have earned him prestigious awards both at home and abroad, reflect a practice aimed at presenting an ironic view of the former hierarchy in the arts, whether through their forms or through the addition of quotes from grand masters of painting and sculpture. At present, Mathieu is completing a work entitled The Art of the Future: 14 Essays on Ceramics, which looks to put forth a particular theory of ceramics in its different forms.
SEE:
« The Space of Pottery » by Paul Mathieu, ESPACE #27, p. 6.
« Paul Mathieu : Suite serpentin » by Paula Gustafson, ESPACE #48, p. 42.
