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
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
@2025 Riccardo Matlakas
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
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
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
A Cellular Transformation
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
100x100cm
LONDON, 2016
CELLULAR SERIES
Dos Mundos
Oil on Canvas
80x80 cm
NAPLES, 2015
(Private Collection)
Arabesque
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
100x100 cm
NAPLES, 2016
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)
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
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.
MUSEUM OF PALESTINE IN CAPETOWN
Mama, Devo fare la Cacca (Mama, I need to Poo)
Oil, Oil Pastels and Acrylic on Canvas
150x800 cm
CAPE TOWN, 2015.
Video dicumentation recorded during a commission in Central London, uk, 2021
Video: Eren Cebeci
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