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Bio

BIO

Matteo’s passions and talent lie in new media video art combined with modern sculpture. 

His work and accolades in the design, commercial entertainment and advertising industries have kept him on the edge. He has chosen that peripheral position as a cultural observer bringing the outside in and the downside up. 

He has been awarded two grants from the renowned Burning Man arts foundation for his large-scale interactive video sculp- tures “HeadSpace” and “Spectre” which exhibited in 2005 and 2006. Reception was spectacular. He brought people art they could virtually step inside of and universally relate to because of the ubiquitous internet and media experiences. Layered with visual complexity, his art responds to, challenges and reinvents the technology-driven changes in human interaction and communication. 

Matteo has been working in the arts since he was a young man in his hometown of Toronto. He rapidly outstripped the traditions of a classical arts education and film study at the University of Toronto, where his father was founding director of the Cinema Studies Program. 

At age 18 he became an entrepreneur –successfully producing, directing, shooting, editing and marketing his special brand of video art for use in nightclubs in the U.S. and Europe. 

His many pursuits kept him conceptually engaged with contemporary culture as his technical savvy and business skills brought him deeper into entertainment industries. His successful video art compilations led him to establishing, designing and managing startling new and different nightclubs like Caribou Club, Enertia Nightclub, Alligator Bar and Flix Lounge. 

His work earned him popular accolades: “The next new wave in groovy hangouts” –The Toronto Star. “The wildest decor in Toronto history! A great place for dancing and lounging the night away!” –The Toronto Sun. 

Relocating to Los Angeles in early 1992, Matteo worked with world-class production designers who understood the level of his talent, including Jeremy Railton (three-time Emmy award winner) and Bruce Rogers (1996 AT&T Olympic Pavillion, concert stage design for Sting, Madonna and Fleetwood Mac). 

In 1995 he established his own design company, Matteo Industries Inc. Design Division. Since then he has won numerous design awards for his work in television, music video, stage, concert, special event and commercial production, including five International Broadcast Design Awards. His clients are household names: The Jim Henson Company • Dick Clark Productions • MTV • VH1 • ABC • NBC • CBS • The Eagles • Alanis Morissette • Sega GameWorks • Mattel • Intel • Nissan • Larry King • Novell • iLink • Nickelodeon 

Another of Matteo’s trajectories is creating and designing 360 ̊ concept commercial venues, restaurants, offices and residen- tial interiors. Beautifully crafted and unique contemporary furniture and details transforms these projects into living installa- tions. 

Matteo is comfortable in all circles of art and design but his move to bring art closer to life both ties him to the early history of design – when it was still art – and the post-modern situation of merging and deconstructing known and knowable areas. 

Matteo brings original, fresh and unique creative skills to his projects. He understands technology, he knows business, he is a passionate and cutting-edge force who is always ahead of the curve. Matteo continues to bring new and memorable work to the art world.