'Mitochondria provoke questioning about memory and its transmission. They symbolize the essential and proliferating sap of the cell of life—universal and yet uniquely individual in its essence'
Working on the accumulation of patterns and the rehashing of her own memories and obsessions, Sophie Borneck gave birth to her first Mitochondria in 2014. Since then, this series has continued to evolve over time, guided by an automatism of creation that seeks to exhaust its initial form.
Linking the tiny to the whole, the Mitochondria, conceived as inner landscapes, offer a colorful and vivid radiography of the process of creating the canvas, akin to a self-portrait and an intimate exploration. Developed from a memory or emotion, starting from color patches and evolving into motion, the Mitochondria, unique and singular in their individuality, eventually build unconscious and recognizable images arising from their assembly.
They become hypnagogic, evoking clouds that sometimes create fleeting and ephemeral shapes, appearing legible before instantly disappearing—much like memories transforming with time, in constant evolution.
At the core of this artistic exploration, the Mitochondria provoke questioning about memory and its transmission. They symbolize the essential and proliferating sap of the cell of life—universal and yet uniquely individual in its essence.
The artist primarily practices acrylic painting, impulsively using colors to capture a moment of her memory. Then, with delicacy, she adds black ink lines to create the form, the cell, and finally the eye, granting each Mitochondrion its own personalized identity.
These elements are combined in superposition, and the resulting works carry both a complete image of this memory and a multitude of juxtaposed cells, giving life to a hybrid cellular group where each possesses its own personality.
Born in France. Self-taught artist.
Lives and works in Nouméa, New Caledonia
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2022 November - VAGABONDRIES - La Villa Cachée - Nouméa - New Caledonia
2019 December – MITOCHONDRIAC, la suite… – DZ Galerie – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2019 October – MITOCHONDRIAC – Design Festa Gallery – Tokyo – Japan 2019 July – DECHRONOLOGIE – Centre Culturel – La Foa – New Caledonia
2018 November – MITOCHONDRIAQUE – DZ Galerie – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2018 September – MITOCHONDRIAC – Cellule A2 – Dumbéa – New Caledonia
2016 April – SO! – Galerie Label’image – Nouméa – New Caledonia Selected
Group Exhibitions :
2022 March – PANGRAMME – La Villa Cachée – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2021 December – GROUP EXHIBITION – La Villa Cachée – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2020 November – INSOLITE – DZ Galerie – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2019 November – SHIBUYA STATION EXHIBITION – Second edition – Tokyo – Japan
2019 September – BIG AWARDS – Cage Gallery – Barcelona – Spain 2019 September – FUSION – Le Chevalet d’Art – Nouméa – New Caledonia
2019 April – FUSION – Centre Culturel – La Foa – New Caledonia.
2017 December – MITOCHONDRIA – L’Amirauté La Galerie – Nouméa – New Caledonia 2017 April – KONEXION #2 – Centre Culturel – Dumbéa – New Caledonia
