Oziel Inácio Stech was born in Blumenau, in the south of Brazil, in 1982. His ancestors come from Italy and Germany.

Art has been a refuge for him since childhood and has served as a means of expressing his feelings. His father was sceptical about the usefulness of art, but Oziel Inácio-Stech was already painting at school.

However, his academic career initially took him down a different path. He studied history and education, specialised in inclusion and finally in art therapy. In art therapy, Oziel Inácio-Stech harmonised his youthful passion for art with his professional destiny.

He signs his works with his first name Oziel and the abbreviation “Oz”, a name that contains the Hebrew words for power and God. Oziel’s painting therefore has many sources. His works often emerge from vivid dreams in which colours and techniques appear before his eyes. A follower of expressionist abstractionism, he often sketches first with coloured pencils and then instinctively applies the chosen colours using a palette knife, a brush or, to go back to basics, simply with his hands.