Jukka Mathijssen creates sculptural objects that place historical imagery in dialogue with contemporary visual culture.

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Drawing from architecture, religious iconography, monuments and symbols of collective memory, Mathijssen reinterprets familiar forms through the lens of digital fabrication, consumer culture and technological transformation. His works exist between past and present, monument and commodity, permanence and obsolescence.

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Rather than preserving historical symbols, Mathijssen subjects them to processes of distortion, reflection and reconstruction. Architectural landmarks bend, sacred forms are reimagined and cultural icons are transformed into contemporary artefacts. Through these interventions, the artist examines how meaning is continuously reshaped within a world increasingly governed by images, algorithms and spectacle.

Working across sculpture, mirrors and object-based installations, Mathijssen combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary production techniques. Reflective surfaces, polished finishes and precise architectural details create an immediate visual attraction while simultaneously questioning the systems of desire, power and identity embedded within contemporary society.

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At the core of his practice lies an interest in the survival of cultural symbols. His works explore what remains of collective memory when historical narratives encounter digital culture, and how objects continue to shape our understanding of ourselves, our past and our future.