Mathis Collins

Mathis Collins creates works ranging from wood sculptures to installations and performances. Central to the artist's work are concepts and understandings of transmission, apprenticeship, craft, social practice, and the figure of the participant. The figure of the clown is his alter ego on which many of his paintings, performances, and objects are based, drawing on folk arts and traditions. His wooden sculptures often depict imaginary scenes from the suppression of street theater at the end of the 17th century.