Matias Machado - Le contorsionniste - READY TO HANG

Canvas Informations :
/!\ ORIGINAL PAINTING 1/1 Ready to hang ! /!\

Technique: acrylic , airbrush

Dimensions: 60x60 cm

Support: Cotton canvas

Signature: Hand-signed on the back of the canvas (see photos) , CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY included

Who is Matias Machado?

Originally from Bordeaux, Matias Machado first discovered art through graffiti — a raw, instinctive practice that shaped his deep connection to gesture, rhythm, and color. From those early explorations on urban walls, he retained a taste for spontaneity, imperfection, and freedom — qualities that now define the essence of his painting.

After joining the Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux (EBABX) in 2013, Machado’s work evolved from street-based expression to a more complex and layered visual language. His studio practice merges abstract expressionism, contemporary cubism, and a strong sense of intuitive composition. Yet, beneath this sophistication lies something deeply human: a deliberate return to the naïve, spontaneous, almost childlike impulse of drawing.

In Machado’s paintings, color and line move with instinct rather than precision. His figures are fragmented, distorted, or reassembled — echoing the freedom of a child’s first marks on paper. What might appear as a “child’s drawing” is, in fact, a conscious search for authenticity: an attempt to unlearn control, to strip painting down to its emotional core.

Through this process, Machado transforms visual chaos into structure. His use of oil, acrylic, spray paint, and oil pastels allows multiple layers to coexist — violent gestures beside tender traces, heavy impastos alongside transparent washes. Each work becomes a playground of emotion and contradiction, where vulnerability meets vitality.

The “childlike” style that characterizes his recent works is not a regression but a reclamation of innocence — an act of resistance against over-intellectualization. By embracing imperfection and spontaneity, Machado reconnects painting with its most essential dimension: the joy of creating freely.

Now based in Ireland and exhibiting regularly in Paris, Matias Machado continues to develop a body of work that vibrates between abstraction and figuration, chaos and order, instinct and reflection. His paintings invite viewers to rediscover the beauty of the imperfect — a visual world where energy, emotion, and honesty take precedence over rules.