Exhibition and Set designer, Creative Lead
About
Mathilde graduated from the high education school of applied arts Ecole Boulle in Paris, before completing a Master’s degree in Design, Product & Scenography at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure in Cachan, France.
She started her career as Exhibition Designer at the studio Agence NC Nathalie Crinière in Paris, where she worked for national and international museums such as the Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou Metz and Denver Art museum. She also developed installations and window displays for fashion houses (Christian Dior, Berluti).
As an independent designer, she created window displays for the leather goods brand Moynat (LVMH).
After moving to London in 2014, she worked for the architecture studio Adjaye Associates as Interior and Exhibition specialist, before joining Christie’s auction house in 2015 as Lead Exhibition Designer.
Since 2023, she is the Head of Design at Candlestar / Photo London where she develops all the creative assets for the Photo London fair at Somerset House and the Prix Pictet touring exhibitions.
Embracing a multidisciplinary practice between exhibition design, graphic design, set design and illustration, her aim is to help people to connect with art by creating compelling environments.