Matteo Ciampi

Matteo Ciampi is a Milano-based artist working in Black and Grey Realism and Microrealism, with a surreal turn. He trained at an art-focused high school in Tuscany, where he learned realist drawing and black and white portraiture before moving to tattooing. He went on to work across different media, and that range still shows in how he builds a composition.

His references come from Metaphysical painting, Surrealism, and religious iconography: Madonnas, classical sculpture, medieval demons, objects placed where they do not belong. The technique stays realistic; the scene does not. Every piece is drawn custom for the client, starting from their idea and the placement on the body.