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Mateo López
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, 2023
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, 2023
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, 2023
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, 2023
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, 2023
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.
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, 2017.
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, 2014.
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, 2013.
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011.
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011.
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011.
Brazil. 2010.
Brazil, 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, 2010.
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 choreographies. 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 include: ‘the moon is not the sun at night’, Goodman Gallery, Miami (2022); I am a Citizen of the World, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, California (2021); Did You Ever Think There Would Come A Time?, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2021); South South, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (2021); Soft Architecture, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2021); Where the threads are worn, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (2021); Nuestra América, Galeria Luisa Trina, São Paulo (2020); 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; Collection Instituto Inhotim, Brazil; Banco de la República, Colombia; CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, USA; Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Venezuela and USA; Colección Berezdivin, Puerto Rico; Colección Hochschild, Peru; Blanton Museum Collection, USA
Mateo López lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.
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.
ART BASEL 2023 | Travesía Cuatro
Travesía Cuatro will be located in Hall 2.1, Booth R8 at Art Basel, Messe Basel, Messeplatz 10, Switzerland.
Private days: June 13 – 14
Public days: June 15 – 18
Artists: Teresa Solar Abboud, Mateo López, Donna Huanca, Jose Dávila, Gonzalo Lebrija, Mariela Scafati, Jorge Méndez Blake, Milena Muzquiz, Sara Ramo, Jorge Eielson, Ana Prata, Eleonore Koch, John Isaacs, Álvaro Urbano.
MAC, Lima | Mateo López
The MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Lima, Peru, presents the exhibition Pasado Futurista by Mateo López. The show brings together the artist’s latest projects: disturbing objects and devices to be activated and intervened. Curated by María Wills and Julien Petit, the exhibition will open on April 21st, 2023.
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.
