German and international artist Matthias Contzen (b. 1964), based in Portugal since 1998, lives and works in Lisbon. Represented by important galleries in Paris and the US, his multimedia work combines light and sound with marble, his privileged raw material, to illuminate and enrich it. His work is represented in private and public collections in various countries in Europe, Brazil, the US, Canada, China, and India. In 2009, he founded the Sculpture Factory in Sintra, which he directs and operates as a workshop and art gallery. His work, which falls within the conceptual line of contemporary art, expresses ideas and concepts grounded in the central and vital structures of matter and the archetypal and symbolic forms of the Universe, as evidenced by the magnificent series of labyrinths presented in his four-color prints. His acrylic pieces, combining the square and the circle, evoke the structure of mandalas, instruments of meditation and integration of the self into the Cosmos.

Maria João Fernandes - International Association of Art Critics (AICA)