German and international artist Matthias Contzen (b. 1964) has been based in Portugal since 1998 and currently lives and works in Lisbon. Represented by important galleries in Paris and the United States, his multimedia work combines light and sound with marble, his preferred material, to illuminate and enrich it. His work is represented in private and public collections in various countries in Europe, Brazil, the United States, Canada, China, and India. In 2009, he founded the Sculpture Factory in Sintra, which serves as both a studio and an art gallery under his direction. His work, which falls within the conceptual line of contemporary art, expresses ideas and concepts rooted in the central and vital structures of matter and the archetype and symbolic forms of the universe, as evidenced by the magnificent series of labyrinths presented in his prints in four different color variations. His acrylic pieces that combine the square and the circle evoke the structure of mandalas, instruments of meditation and the integration of the self into the cosmos.

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