Christelle Mas

Christelle Mas (b. 1984, Paris, France) is a French photographer and mixed media artist based in Finland. Her work explores the human connection to technology and other species, focusing on themes of species co-existence and human interaction with technology in utopian future scenarios and alternative fictions. Her creative process merges scientific and artistic methodologies through numerous interdisciplinary collaborations, using soft materials, installations, videos, interactive video game, and photography.

Christelle Mas has a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor’s degree in the philosophy of art from the University of Sorbonne in Paris. She has displayed her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Finland and internationally (Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, France, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain). Works by Christelle Mas are included in the collections of the Oulu Art Museum and Kemi Art Museum, as well as in private collections. Mas is a member of the Bioart Society and the Association of Photographic Artists in Finland. Mas represented the gallery Huuto at the Supermarket Art Fair 2025 in Stockholm. Her artworks was in Mänttä Art Festival in 2015. She was selected as the Visual Artist of the Year 2024 by the Northern Photographic Centre for the Oulunsalo Soi Chamber Music Festival. Her work was exhibited in autumn 2024 at the Triennial of Art and Science at Klaipeda Culture Communication Center in Lithuania. She is working on upcoming interactive shows for OODI Central Library, Oulu Art Museum, CreVa Festival (Spain, Valladolid), Gallery Reflektor in Serbia and Gallery Myymälä 2 in Helsinki.

She is participating in the CULTURHUB online residency, a pioneering digital co-residency program by Art House Turku, Finland, funded by NextGeneration EU. This initiative fosters global artistic collaboration through cutting-edge metaverse technology, redefining the future of cultural co-production. Curated by Ville Laaksonen, whose work explores the intersection of art, technology, and innovation, the program serves as a hub for experimental and forward-thinking artistic exchange in the digital realm.