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Mateo López
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
Banco de la República – Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia, 2021.
2017. The Drawing Center, New York, United States.
2017. The Drawing Center, New York, United States.
2017. The Drawing Center, New York, United States.
2017. The Drawing Center, New York, United States.
2017. The Drawing Center, New York, United States.
2017. Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
2017. Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
2017. Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
2017. Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
2014. MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín), Colombia.
2014. MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín), Colombia.
2014. MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín), Colombia.
2014. MAMM (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín), Colombia.
2013. Salón Nacional de Artistas (Jardín botánico de Medellín), Colombia.
2013. Salón Nacional de Artistas (Jardín botánico de Medellín), Colombia.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2013. MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, United States.
2010. Gasworks, London, United Kingdom.
2010. Gasworks, London, United Kingdom.
2010. Gasworks, London, United Kingdom.
2010. Gasworks, London, United Kingdom.
2010. Gasworks, London, United Kingdom.
The practice of Mateo López (Bogotá, 1978) speaks of cartographies, journeys and construction processes while revolving around the themes of chance, encounter, time, and the connection of events that take place in our daily life. His work traces a conceptual approach and expands from drawings to installations, architecture, films and sculptural coreographies. He reproduces memories and converts them into something susceptible to displacement through the creation of portable modules that host different collections of objects.
Recent solo shows include: Círculo de Palabras, Casey Kaplan, New York (2022); Disclose, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2022); Si Pero No, Casa Republicana, Museo Banco de la República, Bogotá (2021); Hesitante, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2021); Make Do And Mend, Goodman Gallery, London (2020); Escultura de viaje (with Bruno Munari), Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City (2020); Ruta del Castor, Mexico City (2020); Bodega Piloto, Bogotá (2019); N+1, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid (2019); Play, Casey Kaplan, New York (2019); XYZ, Travesía Cuatro, Guadalajara (2018); Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona (2018); Undo List, Drawing Center, New York (2017); Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2016); Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (2015); Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2011).
Recent group shows: Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2019); KMAC Museum, Louisville (2019); Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, (2019); Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Puebla (2019); Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (2018); Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit (2017); MuBE, São Paulo (2017); MoMA, New York (2017); MANA Contemporary, Jersey City (2016); UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2016); Drawing Room, London (2015).
Major awards and residencies include the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, William Kentridge’s Protégé, Geneva Switzerland in 2012 and the Gasworks Residency Program, London, UK in 2010, which was followed by an exhibition.
Collections which his work is part of include: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, USA; CACI Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil; Banco de la Republica, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia; CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, USA; Coleção Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Venezuela and USA; Coleção Berezdivin, Puerto Rico.
Mateo López lives and works in New York, USA.
2016. Structure in wire, gypsum, charcoal and wooden chair. Variable dimensions.
2018. Hand painted ceramics. Variable dimensions.
2013. Paper,color ink, apple seed. Variable dimensions.
2016. Ink on paper. 66 x 100 cm.
2016. Ink on paper. 66 x 100 cm.
2018. Steel, automotive paint, wood. 120 x 80 cm
2014. Graphite on paper, structure. Variable dimensions.
2015. Wood, paper collages. 90 x 80 x 60 cm
2015. Wood, paper collages. 90 x 80 x 60 cm.
2015. Wood, Watercolor and ink on paper. Variable Dimensions.
2015. Wood, Watercolor and ink on paper. Variable Dimensions.
2010. 29 Bienal de Sao Paulo. Brazil.
Variable dimensions.
2010. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
WHITECHAPEL GALLERY | Mateo López
Mateo López is part of the exhibition A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020 at Whitechapel Gallery in London, on view from 24 February 2022 until 5 June 2022.
BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA | Mateo López
The solo show Sí pero no by Mateo López is open at Casa Republicana, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Banco de la República in Bogotá, Colombia. It is curated by Maria Wills and Julien Petit and will be on view until October 15, 2021.
SALA DE ARTE SANTANDER, MADRID, SP | Mateo López, Jose Dávila, Jorge Méndez Blake & Alexandre Estrela
Mateo López, Jose Dávila, Jorge Méndez Blake and Alexandre Estrela are part of a group exhibition “There will never be a door. You are inside.” curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas at Sala de Arte Santander will remain on view until June 9th.
