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, Serbia). 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. She is also a member of M-Cult, an agency for the development and promotion of media art and digital culture. Mas represented the gallery Huuto at the Supermarket Art Fair 2025 in Stockholm. Her artworks were exhibited 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. In spring 2025, Christelle exhibited at the CreVa Festival in Valladolid, Spain

In summer 2025, Christelle will unveil for the first time an interactive artwork in the form of an immersive video game, created in collaboration with a game developer. The installation will be presented in the Kuutio immersive space at Oodi Central Library in Helsinki, a landmark cultural venue in the city. She is also working on upcoming exhibitions at Gallery Reflektor in Serbia.

Looking ahead to 2026, several projects are in development. These include her upcoming exhibition at the House of Visual Art in Oulu, part of the Oulu2026 programme for the European Capital of Culture. In 2026, she will exhibit at the Gallery Myymälä2 in Helsinki and at Inselgalerie in Berlin.

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. The program whose work explores the intersection of art, technology, and innovation serves as a hub for experimental and forward-thinking artistic exchange in the digital realm.