Salvatore del mondo by Vincent Mattina

Artist: Vincent Mattina

Title: Salvatore del mondo

Material: laser engraving on wood panel

About the artist: Vincent Mattina is a multidisciplinary artist who works in digital, mixed media, photography and assemblage art. His richly detailed work transports you to an alternate reality where science, nature and spirituality evolve. His distinctive personal style emanates a surreal and mysterious quality that evokes the spirit and atmosphere from another existence.

Born in St. Louis, Mattina began his love affair with art when he was first able to hold a pencil. This interest was cultivated during his teenage years and further developed in college where he received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Fine Art and Illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design. After graduation he moved out of the Midwest and into the Los Angeles area where worked as a Graphic Designer, Art Director and then Creative Director. There he became fluent in Photoshop and found a new tool to create his art.

At the end of 2016 he moved to Salt Lake City pursuing a better quality of life. Here he is continually inspired by the natural beauty, open spaces and the majestic local mountains. He is often juried into major shows at the Springville Museum of Art, a key promoter and contributor to local artists. Vincent’s solo show “Timescapes”, was featured at the prestigious Finch Lane Gallery.

He was praised in a 15 Bytes article by Geoff Wichert on his show, “Sleepless”, where the artist explored his reluctant dependency on his CPAP machine. “Anyone can, and likely does, feel a strong connection between consciousness and floating, dreaming and drowning, or even sleep and death; in this way, Vincent Mattina’s sleep-deprived suffering becomes a meditation to share.”

His artwork is included in numerous private art collections throughout the U.S. as well as being published and collected internationally.