BIO

Gianluca Mattia was born in Bari, Italy. Qualified in the Institute of Art with qualifications of Art’s Master and architect’s designer and interior decoration. After he has specialized trough different professional courses, like expert in digital painting and graphic design 2d/3d.

"I adore  illustration, the colours, my artworks are drawn using a digital pen on software 2d and 3d, but my  principal tool is¨my mind. I spent most of my  time drawing ,trying  to represent my emotions, to express a part of me. I personalize and I distort the bodies with small lives and forms out of the reality, dream and sketch with strong colours, that complete my form of expression together with the forms".

EXTRACTED FROM A RECENT INTERVIEW ON YUHMM

In your illustrations, the female body is extremely distorted with large breasts, tiny wastes and bodacious hips & tushes. We’re assuming this is your ideal body type, correct?

This has always been my idea of beauty but not the only prototype of a perfect woman (I adore abundant forms of women). The shape is similar to a “monster” like Frankenstein formed by different pieces sewn together including feelings that cause a deformation of the look like an exaggerated surgical operation.

What intrigues you the most about the female body?

The thing that intrigues me the most about the female body is the soft curves generously designed from the body’s movements.

Are your illustrations based on real women or are they fictional characters that you’ve created?

Usually, real models inspire me after I masquerade them with my fantasies. Sometimes they are subjects created by me and their look doesn’t belong to a real woman. Surely, I’m not worried about recreating the perfect reality, so I can enjoy myself with the design.

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COLLABORATION AND CLIENT:

Metro Orange Art Gallery, Gelaskins Inc, Suicide Girls, Banzai Labs, Sexy Art Gallery, Pixeleye,  Erotic signature, Darkside clothing, Go Go Dolls and Guys, Maxon Computer, H-Art & Tecnology, Art 5, C4dzone, GRM Studio, Imago Edizioni, Zeus Design.

BOOKS, PRESS......

Eccentric Design - (May 25, 2010)...includes 10 pages with my work.

Tattoo Extreme no. 40 (april 2010)..features a 6 page...

Semi Permanent 2010 1st edition book.

My Name Is? book vol.5 - November 2009 issue, features a 17 page interview.

The World's Greatest Erotic Art of today vol. 3 (2009).

Tattoo Italia -  Issue 16, November/December  2009 - interview.

Dynamite - November  2009 issue 61, spotlight on "hotnews".

Yuhmm Magazine - Issue 8 -  October 2009 - interview.

BABYBOSS magazine edition 8 (2009) - features a 5 page interview.

The World's Greatest Erotic Art of today vol. 2 (2008).

Arize Magazine issue #3 (September 8th, 2008).

NewWebPick e-zine, issue 13 (2007) - interview.

Kult Magazine (november 2007).