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 USA, his multimedia work combines light and sound with marble, his preferred raw material, to illuminate and enrich it. His artwork is featured in private and public collections in several European countries, Brazil, the USA, Canada, China, and India. In 2009, he founded the Sculpture Factory in Sintra, which serves as both a studio and an art gallery. His work falls within the conceptual line of contemporary art, expressing ideas and concepts rooted in the central and vital structures of matter and the archetypal and symbolic forms of the Universe, as demonstrated by his magnificent series of mazes presented in four color variations in his prints. His acrylic pieces, which combine squares and circles, evoke the structure of mandalas, instruments for meditation and integration of the self in the Cosmos.

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