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ABOUT


MATTEO DE CAMINADA

(he-him, born 2001, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) is an interdisciplinary artist, architecture graduate and curator working primarily with sculpture, installation and text. His practice moves between spatial design, curatorial work, and activist engagement. His work articulates a clear artistic and political position, interrogating entrenched social conventions and normative ideological structures while advancing gestures of subversion toward more progressive and equitable futures. He lives and works between Italy, Austria, and Germany.



CONTACTS


(Email: matteoandreas@live.com) (Telephone: +39 3315878945)
(Instagram: @matteodecaminada) (Studio Instagram: @studio.matteodecaminada)



EDUCATION



from 2026 -      BA Trans Arts (Transdisciplinary Art) 
                            University of Applied Arts Vienna 
                            (Die Angewandte), Austria

2025 - 2026     Dipl. Freie Kunst (Fine Arts) 
                            Bauhaus University, Germany

2025                  Graduation BSc Architektur 
                            (Architecture) 
                            Technical University Vienna, Austria

2020 - 2025     BSc Architektur (Architecture) 
                            Technical University Vienna, Austria

2015 - 2020     (Language and Arts) High School 
                            Walther von der Vogelweide 
                            Bolzano, Italy

2012 - 2015      Music School Of Bolzano, Italy 
                            (Piano and Flute Lessons)


ADDITIONAL TRAINING


2024                  Restauration Workshop, 
                            Austrian Superintendecy of Fine Arts 
                            Schloss Weissenstein, Matrei, Austria

2024                  Architechture Internship
                            Italian Superintendecy of Fine Arts 
                            Bolzano, Italy

2020                  IELTS C1 Courses
                            The International House 
                            London, United Kingdom

2016                   B2 Spanish Courses 
                            Lacunza International Summer School
                            San Sebastian, Spain

2015                   English Summer School
                            The London School of English
                            London, United Kingdom

2014                   English Summer School
                            Seda Summer School
                            Dublin, Ireland



PUBBLICATIONS



2026                  Bigotry in Evolution

2025                  Rendezvous Dampfbad - Rendezvous Steambath 
                            The Story Of Viennese Gay Cruising

2024                  The Queer Sexualisation of Public Spaces 
                            (as part of Sex und Raum - Queer Feministische Zugänge, 
                            in collaboration with TU Vienna, Institute of Art History)

2023                  Unstigmatising Queer Architecture 
                            - Focusing on Bruce Goff 
                         


STATEMENT


“I believe art is inherently political. If it isn’t, it risks becoming mere ornament. I work mainly with sculpture and installation to examine how social norms, ideological structures, and systems of value are produced, enforced, and internalized. My practice takes a clear political and artistic stance: it challenges entrenched social conventions, questions restrictive ideologies, and advocates for a more inclusive and equitable future. It draws from situated experience, including queer subjectivity and affective memory, and addresses the social issues I encounter, creating a form of “activism through art”.”