Mattia Bonetti

Mattia Bonetti (born 1952) is a Paris-based artist and designer. Bonetti was born in Lugano, Switzerland, and studied textile design at the Centro Scolastico per l’Industria Artistica. Bonetti moved from Switzerland to Paris, where he now lives and works. Prior to designing furniture, Bonetti worked as a stylist and photographer. In 1979, he began designing furniture. All of his work begins as a freehand sketch, which is then fabricated. Bonetti has worked with the same fabricators for decades, employing craftsmen to transform his drawings.

For the booth of Paul Kasmin Gallery at the 2015 edition of TEFAF Maastricht, Bonetti was responsible for the design of the entire display, which also included the wooden floors, upholstered chairs, and tables, and designed wallpaper based on one of his watercolours.

Selected solo exhibitions 2017: "New Works," David Gill Gallery, London (June, upcoming) 2014: "New Works," David Gill Gallery, London 2013: "Indoor, Outdoor," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2012: "New Works," David Gill Gallery, London 2011: Duke & Duke, Los Angeles 2010: "New York," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2008: "New Works," David Gill Gallery, London 2008: Galerie Cat-Berros, Paris 2004: "New Works," David Gill Gallery, London

Public collections Mattia Bonetti's work is included in the collections of the Le Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; Seibu Museum, Tokyo; Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany; Le Grand Hornu, Belgium; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, the Museum of Carcassonne, among many others.

Selected press Wyma, Chloe, "'I Refuse to Classify': Mattia Bonetti on Blurring Boundaries in Design," ArtInfo, 04/15/13.

Green, Penelope, "Mattia Bonetti's Loud Furniture," The New York Times, 02/17/13. 'Lucia Van der Post, Mattia of Importance, Financial Times, June 5, 2012. Nicole Swengley, Mattia Bonetti at David Gill, Financial Times, How to Spend It, June 25, 2014.