Mik Matter (they/them, b. 1987)

mik.matter@me.com, mikmatter.com
ring me up +41 79 916 50 74

Based in Bern, Switzerland, Mik Matter is a queer nonbinary photographer working across portrait, editorial, and product photography. Mik prioritizes authenticity, empathy, and human connection as core values in their visual storytelling.

In their personal work, Mik explores their visual language through a queer lens, rethinking body and gender beyond conventional representation. Their images seek new ways of seeing, understanding, and embodying identity.

Photo: Samira Golin

Work / Curation / Community / Projects
2025 Part of “TenderPhoto” (ongoing)
2025 Producer’s Club at SOSO.space (ongoing)
2025 Queer Photographers Meetup (ongoing)
2024 Co-founding of Studio BOMO at Seftigenstrasse 14, Bern
2023 Co-founding of Atelier-Rex (left)
2019 Freelance Photographer, Bern (ongoing)
2015 Hallo Magazin
2013 Kulturpool Luzern at Neubad Luzern
2012 Jurassic Lab – workshops
2011 Kulturbüro Luzern transformed into Materialpool Luzern

Exhibitions / Shows / Residencies
2025 “Midnight Rising” at Coin Coin Zürich, with Vasil Shterev and Hausvrau
2025 OAK Zine / EP Release – Exhibition, Panel Talk
2025 HAUSVRAU – ON HER FEELS at Dampfzentrale (music/support)
2025 Photo Schweiz, group exhibition
2024 Genderremix Release, group exhibition
2019 Diploma Exhibition in Fine Arts at ZHdK, group exhibition
2017 Burkina Faso at ZHdK, group exhibition
2017 Burina Faso Residencie
2015 “Clash of cultures” at Sedel, with André Krysl
2015 “Dedicated To” at ZHdK, group exhibition
2015 Photobastei Zürich, group exhibition
2015 Weiss der Kuckuck at Kunstraum Teigi, Kriens, group exhibition
2014 École d’Humanité, Senior Students, solo exhibition

Publications
2026 WAM ZIne
2025 Marina di Camerota
2025 Oak Zine, collab. with Hausvrau
2016 Hallo Magazin Nr. 3
2015 Hallo Magazin Nr. 1
2014 Serie Kleine Brüder

Sound Projects
2025 Remix Release – OAK EP
2025 Co-founding of “express” TINFA DJ Collective (left)
2024 Gendercocktail
2022 1/3 Machine Melody Mechanics (Ongoing)
2020 Modular Synths / Live Techno / Modular Soundscapes aka MIk0 (Ongoing)

Education
2015 – 2018 VFO – Bachelor in Fine Arts, ZHdK
2013 – 2015 Internships and Assistantships at Herbert Zimmermann, Fotosolar,
Rolf Willimann Fachfotografie, and others
2012 – 2014 Fotodesign HFP

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