Matteo Cibic

Matteo Cibic, born in Parma in 1983 and working from Vicenza, describes himself as a sculptor and object ethologist: a transmedia creator who uses craft to explore the world and imagine utopian futures. Through his sculptural practice he gives everyday objects a soul and a personality, treating them as personas that bridge the animate and the inanimate, and for over a decade he has run a sociological research about colours and objects.

His work is rooted in pareidolia, the tendency to perceive faces or emotions in inanimate things, extended in 2022 to the emotions and knowledge of plants, with visual languages built to map their interactions. Playful zoomorphic pottery inspired by plant forms sits at the centre, alongside pieces such as VasoNaso, combining innovative production methods with traditional craftsmanship from around the world.