Pete Mattila

Artist Blacksmith

Place of birth: Bessemer, MI, USA

Year of birth: 1981

Lived in Launceston: On and Off for 14 years

“The photo that you took has captured the a critical moment in my arts career, I was currently undertaking the my largest sculpture to date. This moment captures me after 10 years of trade training and arts education. The majority of it all in Tasmania..full of inspiration and determination all of which have propelled me into a profession that holds fast onto industrial traditions but transforms that into contemporary art. ”