Matteo Silva

I was born  in Ulm, Germany and grew up in Bologna, Italy and Lugano, Switzerland. 

Torn between music and painting, after meeting Joseph Beuys at Dokumenta in Kassel and joining the discussion forum of his "Free International University", I enrolled at the Conservatory in Milan where I studied Composition and later at University in Venice where I studied Philosophy.  

During that time I was interested and personally involved in the Fluxus movement, mainly with  sound installations and recordings.

In the '90 's with my friend Michael Vetter, a German musician and multimedia artist, I  deepened the art of calligraphic art which then took us to Korea, Taiwan and Japan where we developed our own personal style which we then integrated in our works. We both were painting musicians. 

Aside from painting and creating light & sound installations, I composed and produced several recordings most of them released by the Amiata Records label  (www.amiatarecords.com).  

Since 2016 I live and and work near Todi, Umbria, Italy.