Mattia Malis was born in Bassano, a town located on the slopes of Mount Grappa, from which he takes his name, on 24 March 1992. Since childhood, he has demonstrated a feverish passion for drawing and creativity in general and cultivates his talent tirelessly. , at home, at school, during the day, at night.

Despite his obvious inclination, he pursued classical studies in compliance with his parents’ demands, after which he conducted his artistic career between the academies of Brescia and Venice, perpetually in conflict with the instructions of the teachers, who found his language exaggeratedly crude, scathing and inalienable from bodily figure, but does not accept compromises, remaining faithful to his own perception. finally he retreats to the family property in Pove, even closer to the same mountain, where he still carries out his artistic activity in abundance on a daily basis.

Polyhedral artist with more than ten years of experience, Mattia Malis spends his youth between Brescia, Venezia and
the native land on the sloes of mount Grappa.

After completing classical studies he dedicates himself totally to his original vocation, studying painting and sculpture first at santa Giulia accademy in the brescian area, then at public accademy of Venice .

In this period he attends actively every artistic contest, gallery, collective or creative opportunity that chance offers, working hard and testing himself.

Once achieved his training objectives, he decides to withdraw to his atelier, in Pove del Grappa, where he spends all
his time in his personal artistic research, perpetually focused on the expressiveness of bodies, on their possibilities of
trasformation and distortion in order to highlight the most powerful and effective traits on a communicative level.

Initially he investigates myths and legends, without hiding a certain fascination for popular folklore in all its nuances.
After that his interest shifts to collective archetypes, reminiscence, panic phenomenon and nightmare, until he embraces the entire dreamlike subject, right to the roots of the imaginary and the unconscious