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Art by Matei

Sacred Lines. Hidden Truths.

Welcome to Art by Matei Where Symbols Speak, and Silence Reveals.
Art is not decoration. It is transmission.
It is code — carved in line, wrapped in shadow, cloaked in allegory.
From the temples of Egypt to the catacombs of Christendom, from alchemical diagrams to Gnostic manuscripts, the deepest truths were never spoken — they were drawn.
At Art by Matei, this tradition continues.
Through the disciplines of graphite, ink, and spiritual intent, each work becomes a vessel of meaning — a mirror, a mystery, a map. The symbols you see are not aesthetic flourishes; they are keys. They carry the memory of what was once hidden:

  • The Ark of the Covenant

  • The sacred geometry of creation

  • The divine struggle between man and spirit

  • The forgotten lineages of guardians, prophets, and exiles

This is art as initiation.
It does not shout. It whispers. To those who can see, it reveals.
 
“The symbol is older than the word. The image is older than the doctrine. This is how the sacred survives — not in books, but in lines.”
Welcome to Art by Matei. You are not here by accident.

Welcome to the Threshold
You have entered a space where the mystical meets the visual, and the esoteric becomes tangible through the discipline of graphite and ink. Art by Matei is not merely a gallery — it is a visual codex, a portal into the symbolic, sacred, and secret. Each piece is a ritual of pencil, pen, and patience — where the ancient whispers in shadows and the unseen takes shape.

GALLERY

A Language of Shadows and Symbols
This is more than a gallery — it is a visual codex.
Each drawing is a portal: a fragment of ritual, a whisper of forgotten truths, a collision of sacred form and hidden meaning. Rendered in graphite, ink, and silence, these works are meant to be read as much as seen.
Step inside carefully.
Some images are blessings.
Some are warnings.
All of them are true.
“To the uninitiated, they are lines and figures. To the seeker, they are signs.”
Explore the collections below — sorted by theme, symbol, and spirit.
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ABOUT MY ART

🜁 The Hand Behind the Hidden
Art by Matei is the visual ritual of an artist who draws from the silence of the sacred and the shadows of forgotten histories.
Working with graphite, charcoal, and fine liners, Matei creates detailed works rooted in occultism, esotericism, and symbolic storytelling. Each piece is a meditation — a sacred geometry of thought, belief, and archetype rendered in black and white or color.
Matei’s influences include:

  • Medieval iconography and sacred manuscripts

  • Masonic, Templar, and Hermetic traditions

  • Christian mysticism, Gnostic texts, and apocryphal lore

  • The landscapes of ancient Europe and forgotten rites

But this is not past-worship. Matei’s art is a translation — of timeless truths into modern form, of hidden symbols into visible lines.
 
“I believe the veil can be drawn back, and that art is one of the few ways to do it.”

Based in Linz,Austria, Matei is currently accepting selected commissions and actively exhibiting through digital platforms and curated collaborations.

MMNTO.MORI

To Remember is to Awaken In every line I draw, there is a whisper:
"Remember you must die."
But Memento Mori is not about fear. It is not obsession with death — it is resistance to forgetfulness. In a world of distraction and illusion, death is the great clarifier. It strips away vanity, noise, and false identity. It leaves only truth. In my work, Memento Mori appears in many forms:

  • Skulls, bones, and relics buried in symbols

  • Empty eyes and veiled faces

  • Withering roses and broken crowns

  • Sacred geometry surrounding mortal remains — showing that death exists within divine order

These are not macabre ornaments. They are invitations to reflect, to descend inward, to prepare for the only certainty we all share. Because to remember death is not to reject life — but to live it more consciously, more honestly, more sacredly.
 "Only the one who knows he will die begins to truly live."
In this way, my art becomes a mirror and a memento. Not just of mortality — but of meaning.

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