In the millennial history of the relationship between art and technology, artists have always sought to make technological support more effective, production faster, and the result, in most cases, closer to the original idea. This is not a recent trend: it is a constant that runs through centuries of experimentation, from the printing press to the synthesizer, from photography to the digital. Matteo Mauro follows the same approach: in his works, surfaces and volumes are generated by an algorithm that represents, in some way, the evolution of the brush or the chisel — a tool that doesn't replace the artist's vision, but translates it with a precision that wouldn't otherwise be difficult to achieve.
In Matteo Mauro’s studio, where art is made with AI
In his Milan studio, Matteo Mauro shows how Nvidia Studio is changing the way an artist works, produces and preserves his own work.
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- La redazione di Domus
- 29 April 2026
In his studio there is no air of the traditional atelier: the works are kept company by Nvidia computers on which 3D models of sculptures yet to be made run.
His sculptures have already toured the world, have been presented at major fairs with Prometheus Gallery representing him globally, and, as he tells us, generative experimentation is just one of the reasons he makes so much use of technology. Relying on it means two specific things for Mauro, which he explicitly links to his family and his children. Software allows him an optimization of time that frees him from constant attachment to work, that romantic image of the artist chained to the studio, always indebted to the canvas. And they guarantee a preservation of work that, over the years, will be unmistakable evidence of his digital legacy, an archive that does not fade.
For all these goals, its partner is Nvidia Studio: a platform for creatives that combines GeForce RTX GPUs with AI-accelerated workflows and dedicated optimizations for leading 3D graphics, video, and modeling software. GeForce RTX reduces rendering times, accelerates AI-based effects, and enables real-time work on complex projects without breaking the creative flow, which is exactly the kind of interruption an artist, according to Matteo Mauro, cannot afford.
In his studio, where we paid a visit, there is no air of the traditional atelier. The works keep company with Nvidia computers on which 3D models of sculptures yet to be made run: forms that, with the rigor of the Baroque line, construct a new language. A tool that still divides, and probably will continue to do so. But in art as in all fields, technologies do not wait for consensus to occupy space.