PAINTING

The paintings below are made with my personal technique where the line is the ruler of the paintings, outlining the empty space which is represented by the white spaces. Each line is traced at the exact pace of the breath. The tracing of lines is in fact an embodied experience. The images are the results of residencies abroad, geo-the-political issues, and spiritual inquiries.

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Matlakas during his solo exhibition at Sansok Lighthouse museum in Wanju, South Korea, 2019.

Photo © Minsok Yu

Riccardo Matlakas and his diptych, created following an invitation from the Seoul Street Art Festival in South Korea, 2025.

White Falg

101x140cm

Acrylic and Oil on canvas

London, 2024

Shizen

Oil and Acrylic on canvas

111x150cm

London, 2024

Masquerade Party

123x92cm

London, 2024

Musical Beings123x92cm

100x100cm oil and acrylic on canvas

New York, 2023

Groovy

130x89cm

Oil and acrylic on canvas

NYC, 2023

The Arrival of a new God

150x100cm

Oil and acrylic on canvas

NYC, 2021

In The Dream

100x100cm

Oil and acrylic on canvas

NYC, 2021

Turning Point

170x90cm

Acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

Technohuman

120x100cm

Acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

Filling our Heads

100x100cm

oil and acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

The Little Prince

100x100cm

oil and acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

"painting" "art" "matlakas" "contemporary art" "america"

The American Dream

100x100cm

oil and acrylic on canvas

London, 2017

Feeling Half

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

UNIVERSE WITHIN

Oil and acrylic on canvas

102x200cm

YEREVAN, ARMENIA, 2017

MELTING BORDERS

Oil and acrylic on canvas

117x170cm

LONDON, UK, 2017

Inspired by "Melting Borders' performance.

The Rain Dance

Oil and acrylic on canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2017

Head inside out

Oil and acrylic on canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2017

Contemporary Hieroglyphs

100x100cm

oil and acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

Fucktory Detox

100x120cm

oil and acrylic on canvas

South Korea, 2019

A Cellular Transformation

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2016

Elektroshock Series -Collaboration with

Fayez Barakat.

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

The Liberation From The Mind (Available also in a larger size)

Oil and Acrylic on canvas

76x151.5 cm

LONDON, 2017

CITY-ZEN

Oil and acrylic on canvas

155x196cm

LONDON, UK, 2017

The Shadow of Intentions

Oil and acrylic on canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2017

The Substance of Things

Oil and acrylic on canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2017

WHEN THE SHAMANS SING

Oil and acrylic on canvas

89X136 each

LONDON, UK 2017

Quantum Pee-ory

Oil and acrylic on canvas

102x180cm

LONDON, 2017

True Hegemony

Oil and acrylic on canvas

76x155cm

LONDON, 2017

CONTEMPLATION

Oil and acrylic on canvas

115x166cm

LONDON, UK, 2017

Timeless Coalition

Oil and acrylic on canvas

88x166cm

LONDON, 2017

NEW MYTHOLOGY SERIES

The Mythology series is a new painting project which sees myths coming again on our planet, changing their role, perhaps getting addicted to it or just coming having a look to what's happening. The myths travel through time to help us solving the main issue on earth, spiritual and physical.

The Day When All being Will be Free

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

152x122 cm

London, 2017

The Day When All being Will be Free

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

152x122 cm

London, 2017

VIDEO

Red Car

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

100x100 cm

WANJU, 2016

(Private Collection)

One More Arrow

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2015

Global Is Warming My Icecream Up

Oil and fluo paint on canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2016

The Anal Og Truth

Oil on Canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2016

Venus Poo

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2016

Even Myths Have To Change Role Nowadays

Oil on Canvas

150x120 cm

LONDON, 2016

Cesso D'esistere (I Stop Existing)

Oil on Canvas

250x95 cm

LONDON, 2016

Bingo

Oil on Canvas

250x95 cm

LONDON, 2016

Ice Ching

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

180x90cm

WANJU, 2016

CELLULAR SERIES

A Cellular Transformation

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

100x100cm

LONDON, 2016

Arabesque

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

100x100 cm

NAPLES, 2016

Dos Mundos

Oil on Canvas

80x80 cm

NAPLES, 2015

(Private Collection)

A Loud Conversation

Acrylic on Canvas

160x130 cm

NAPLES, 2015

Body and Love

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

IBIZA, 2013

Space Achieve

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

160x160 cm

LONDON, 2016

LA salvacion del ritmo

Mixed Media on Canvas

160x130 cm

NAPLES, 2015

Tourist Of The Past

Oil on Canvas

180x100 cm

LONDON, 2016

(Private Collection)

Enlightment Comes by Playing

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

130x160 cm

NAPLES, 2015

New Organs of Perception

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

130x160 cm

NAPLES, 2015

(Private Collection)

Identity and Truth

Oil on Canvas

250x60 cm

LONDON, 2013

KOREAN SERIES

All in one

Painting for Jeju Arts Festival, 2015

Oil on canvas

180x165cm

All We Need

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

270x300 cm

SOUTH KOREA, 2014

(Private Collection)

Who We are

Oil on Canvas

150x170 cm

SOUTH KOREA, 2015

Korea is Sinking

Oil and Acrylic Spray on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2014

Demofuture

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

100x100 cm

SOUTH KOREA, 2014

(Private Collection)

All We Need

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

150x100 cm

SOUTH KOREA, 2014

Sarang

Acrylic on Canvas

60x60 cm

SOUTH KOREA, 2014

(Private Collection)

ENTANGLED SERIES

The Pineal Gland

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

NAPLES, 2012

Womb

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

IBIZA, 2013

1x1 = 1

Acrylic on Canvas

100x100 cm

CAPE TOWN, 2015

Il Giorno Della Civetta

Mixed Media on Canvas

85x95 cm

LONDON, 2009

Untangle

Oil on Canvas

85x85 cm

NAPLES, 2011

Betrayal (4 pieces)

Oil on Canvas

40x40 cm each

NAPLES, 2011

Tog

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2013

Downloading

Oil and Oil Pastel on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2013

Kronstadt Rebellion

Oil on Canvas

150x80 cm

ST PETERSBURG, 2013

The Same Cycle

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2013

Notti Folli E Giorni Pennati

Anti-Rust Paint and Water Color on Canvas

200x150 cm

TUSCANY, 2009

(Private Collection)

War Injustice

Oil on Canvas

160x100 cm

LONDON, 2009

Tanksgivingday

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

Elektroshock

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

Surfing Irony

95x95cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

Ludic Learning

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2013

GlobalWarning

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

The Ship, Sheeps and the ones who blow

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

The Organic Mass

95x95cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

Writing the Future

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2013

The Harvest

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

LONDON, 2009

The Essence of Knowing

Oil on Canvas

160x110 cm

LONDON, 2009

Treble Cref

Oil On Canvas

100x100 cm

BERLIN, 2010

(Private Collection)

Feeling Half

96x136cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

100% Just Before the Border

Oil on Canvas

100x100 cm

BERLIN, 2010

Organic Mass #2

100x150cm

oil on canvas

London, 2018

Ipothetical Communication

Oil on Canvas

160x155 cm

LONDON, 2006

Checkmate

Oil on Canvas

350x110 cm

BELGRADE, 2007

MUSEUM OF PALESTINE IN CAPETOWN

In 2015 after being invited in Palestine for a theo-political Tour, I have been invited after a few months to Cape Town where I painted a 8 metres canvas inspired by the Trip to Palestine and the last Station of the Via Dolorosa in analogy with the current polittical situation in Palestine . The Canvas is 8 Metres, which is the height of the wall which divided Israel and Palestine, the Painting is now a permanent work present in the museum of Palestine in Cape Town.