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: Listening to walls wear off their colour, Performance Baxter Theater, Cape Town (2026); Time Again, Joyce Theater with Trisha Brown Dance Company, NYC (2025); Ballet Bachué, in the framework of BOG25 Bienal Internacional de Arte y Ciudad, Teatro el Parque, Bogotá, Colombia (2025); Pasado Futurista, Museo de la Tertulia, Cali (2025); Pasado Futurista, NC ARTE Bogotá, (2024); Camina Habla Canta Baila, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid (2023), Pasado Futurista, MAC, Lima (2023); 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: MAMU, Bogotá Colombia (2023); Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (2023);  Whitechapel Gallery, London (2022); 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).

His main awards and residencies include the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, as William Kentridge’s protégé in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2012, and the Gasworks Residency Program in London, United Kingdom, in 2010, which was followed by an exhibition. His work is included in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, USA; Inhotim, Brazil; Banco de la República, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia; CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, USA; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection; Berezdivin Collection; and , Brazil.

Mateo López lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.