Sculptural art · Gisa Matos

Nature, reimagined by hand.

Nature-inspired sculptural art, with organic textures and rustic and medieval influences.

Sculptural wall panel with stone-like relief, a wood-textured planter, green foliage and white orchids — Amona, the Guardian of Time
Sculptural wall work
About the work

Featured work

The story behind Amona.

I created Amona, the Guardian of Time, with a founder’s story in mind and the journey of building a business. I wanted to express that journey in a piece that could also hold a written account of it.

The stone-like forms, wood texture and plants reflect the challenges, roots and renewal within that story.

Close view of bark-like texture meeting sculpted stone relief — Bark-inspired texture

Crystal nestled between sculpted stone-like surfaces — A crystal among the contours

Side view showing the planter end and foliage — Form and botanical detail

Amona · a place for memories

A place to keep a letter.

I added a compartment to hold a letter in the words of the person who lived that journey, so those who come after can learn how it all began.

Amona’s memory compartment with the lid removed — The compartment, open

Amona’s memory compartment with its wooden lid in place — The compartment, closed

Earlier work

Relief and form in architecture.

Selected earlier projects exploring texture and volume at the scale of architectural spaces. Photographs from the studio archive.

Pergola project with a stone-inspired wall and some wood forms recreated by Gisa Matos in cement — Pergola, stone-inspired relief and selected wood forms reproduced in cement

Three large planters shaped as tree trunks with spreading roots — Sculptural planters, trunk and root forms

Textured interior wall with organic stone-like relief and a framed painting — Residential wall relief, sculpted wall surface

The artist

Gisa Matos

Charlotte, North Carolina

I am a Brazilian artist living in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have worked with cement, wood and natural stone for more than ten years. I draw inspiration from the shapes of rocks, tree trunks and roots, creating pieces with a rustic medieval style.

My practice began with large-scale work and now extends to wall pieces and sculptural objects. I am interested in the relationship between materials, time and the stories a work can hold.

Practice

Relief, modeling and hand-painted surfaces bring the appearance of stone and wood into constructed forms. Close observation of bark, roots and rock informs the work.

Gisa Matos

Studio inquiries

Acquisitions and projects

For information about works and project proposals, please contact the studio.

New works are developed in dialogue with the space and Gisa Matos’s artistic practice.

gisamatosbr@gmail.com