Guest artist

Matthias Sieff, born in Cavalese in 1982, lives and works as a sculptor and art teacher in Mazzin, in Val di Fassa (Trentino). After the art institute in Pozza di Fassa and the sculpture school in Selva di Val Gardena, he studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, graduating in 2006.
At the heart of his work is the human figure. In polychrome wood, Sieff creates monumental, static figures – often without arms, because the essential is already present – built on the intersection of horizontal and vertical axes. Inspired by the Moai of Easter Island and the Egyptian sphinx, his forms are simplified and geometric, yet remain organic.

For me as a sculptor, the human figure is the most frequently depicted form in the history of art. Through the body, artists have always sought to understand and portray the human being. In sculpture, the human figure is not only a form: it also expresses emotions, identity and our presence in the world.