Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, Mateja Petkovic studied Fine Art and Design at the University of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Since 2012 he has lived in Munich, Germany, working as a Senior Concept Artist on video games by day, and exploring personal interests as a painter by night.

Beginning his artistic journey as a traditional painter using primarily acrylic and oil on canvas to express himself, Mateja has also accrued over 12 years of experience in the digital art world, distinctly blurring the lines between the two worlds.

Velasquez, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Jenny Saville, Adrian Ghenie as well as Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Joaquin Sorolla have deeply influenced his art. Besides the visual aspect of the arts, he was greatly inspired by the emerging art forms of the 80s and 90s pop culture, from fashion to music to movies to comics and video games. Mateja has exhibited his work in Europe and the United States of America.