Mathilde Friis is a visual anthropologist and curator based between London and Oslo. She is a PhD researcher in Visual and Material Culture at Northumbria University in Newcastle. Her research and work explore issues around sexuality, feminism and gender in curatorial practices. 

Her recent curatorial projects include the group exhibitions Purity & Danger (2024) at Guts Projects and Working Girls! (2024) at Gallery 46, both in London, which explored the intersections of art, sex work, labour, and the art market. As part of Working Girls!, Mathilde also curated a public programme in collaboration with Lover Management held at Gallery 46 and the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) in London. As a co-curator, she has curated the exhibitions Virtual Beauty (2024) at HEK in Basel, Switzerland, which is set to tour in 2025 to Somerset House in London. 

Additional projects include the solo presentation Sketches by Isabella Benshimol (2024) and the group show Oops…Something Went Wrong (2021) in collaboration with Goldsmiths University. Previously, Mathilde worked at Gagosian, London, coordinating large-scale art installations. She holds an MA in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Arts & Cultural Management from King’s College London.