Growing up in a creative family, Mathijs Siemens (Amsterdam, 1982) was always busy “making things”. During his teenage years, he produced numerous drawings, whose style evolved from street-art to more figurative and surreal drawings. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, he became more interested in architectural perspectives and the function of color and depth. Around this time, Mathijs Siemens started working with different materials, such as resin, wood and foam board, and began adding three-dimensional elements to his surrealist works of art. Eventually, the next logical step for him was to free himself from all realistic limitations and take the step towards abstract art.