MATEO LÓPEZ
Born 1978, Bogotá, Colombia
Lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia

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    Círculo de Palabras

     

    Play

     

    A Room inside a room

     

    Never Look Back When Leaving

     

    Harold Ancart, Kevin Beasley, Mateo López

     

    Rotary Connection

     

    This Isn’t Who It Would Be, If It Wasn’t Who It Is

    Mateo López: Sí Pero No

    Mateo López “Play” in ArtReview

    No beginning / No end: Performance

    Mateo López and Simon Starling mentioned in the New York Times Art Fall Preview

    BOOK LAUNCH: MATEO LÓPEZ XYZ

    Mateo López in Art Review

    Mateo Lopez “Constellations” on Artforum.com

    Mateo López at Museo de Arte Moderno

    Mateo López in The Valise at the MoMA

    Mateo López’s first solo U.S. Museum show is now open at The Drawing Center, New York

    Paula

    2022

    Giclée on cotton

    11.75 x 9.13" / 29.85 x 23.2cm
    Framed: 12.5 x 9.88" / 30.48 x 25.1cm
    Edition 1 of 1 + 2 AP

    Installation view: Mateo López, PEOPLE, Casey Kaplan, New York, February 1 - March 4, 2023

    José

    2022

    Giclée on cotton

    11.75 x 9.13” / 29.85 x 23.2cm
    Framed: 12.5 x 9.88” / 30.48 x 25.1cm
    Edition 1 of 1 + 2 AP

    Installation view, Mateo López: Círculo de Palabras, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Installation view, Mateo López: Círculo de Palabras, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Dew

    2021

    Gouache, ink and pearls on paper

    15 x 12 x 0.13" / 38.1 x 30.5 x 0.3cm
    Framed: 17.25 x 14.25 x 1.5" / 43.8 x 36.2 x 3.8cm

    Centipede

    2021

    Gouache and ink on paper

    15 x 12" / 38.1 x 30.5cm
    Framed: 17.25 x 14.25 x 1.5" / 43.8 x 36.2 x 3.8cm

    Honeycomb

    2021

    Gouache and ink on paper

    15 x 12" / 38.1 x 30.5cm
    Framed: 17.25 x 14.25 x 1.5" / 43.8 x 36.2 x 3.8cm

    Left: Argument | Right: Argument, (Alternate View)

    2020

    Bronze cast, patina, and coca leaf

    2.5 x 1.75 x 6.25" / 6.35 x 4.5 x 15.9cm
    Installation: 41.25 x 1.75 x 6.25" / 104.8 x 4.5 x 15.9cm (equivalent to the artist's measurements)

    Left: Woodpecker | Right: Woodpecker, (Detail)

    2020

    Bronze cast, patina, red pencil

    Bronze cast: 2.75 x 1.74 x 1" / 6.99 x 4.4 x 2.5cm
    Pencil: 5.75 x .25" / 14.6 x .6cm
    Installation: 63.25 x 3.75 x 1" / 14.6 x 9.5 x 2.5cm (equivalent to the artist's height)

    Left: Red Line (Linea roja) | Right: Red Line (Linea roja), (Detail)

    2020

    Bronze cast, patina, red thread

    Bronze cast: 0.75 x 2 x 2.5" / 1.9 x 5.1 x 6.4cm each
    Installation equivalent to the artist's height and wingspan
    Corner installation: 62 x 65 x 31" / 157.5 x 165.1 x 78.7cm
    Linear installation: 62 x 65 x 2.5" / 157.5 x 165.1 x 6.4cm

    Palabras agudas

    2020

    Bronze cast, patina, red pencil

    4.125 x 4 x 6" / 10.47 x 10.16 x 15.24cm

    Bosque paralelo (Parallel forest)

    2020

    Yanchama bark, turmeric and achiote pigments, wood

    Panel: 16.34 x 14.37 x 1.58" / 41.5 x 36.5 x 4cm each
    Installation: 51.78 x 45.78 x 1.58" / 131.5 x 116.3 x 4cm

    Bosque paralelo (Parallel forest), 2020 (Detail)

    Chonta (Serpent)

    2021

    Chonta palm wood, thermometer

    23.62 x 22.44 x 5.91" / 60 x 57 x 15cm

    Chonta (Serpent), 2021 (Detail)

    Parabola

    2020

    Bronze cast, patina, folding carpenter's ruler, ink and paper

    Bronze cast: 3 x 4 x 3" / 7.6 x 10.2 x 7.6cm
    Ruler: 72 x 0.63 x 0.13" / 182.9 x 1.6 x 0.3cm
    Butterfly: 2.5 x 3.5" / 6.4 x 8.9cm
    Installation: 72.25 x 29 x 4" / 125.7 x 73.7 x 10.2cm (placement of bronze cast equivalent to the artist's measurements at 61.25" / 155.6cm)

    Parabola, 2020 (Detail)

    Achiote Suit

    2021

    Linen, achiote paint, hanger

    63.25 x 25.25 x 4.25" / 160.7 x 64.1 x 10.8cm

    Achiote Suit, 2021 (Detail)

    Banco de Pensamiento Tortuga (Turtle Bench)

    2021

    Carved wood, print

    Bench: 16.93 x 14.17 x 14.17" / 43 x 36 x 36cm
    Print: 47.13 x 31.38" / 119.7 x 79.7cm
    Installation: 68.25 x 45 x 31.25" / 173.4 x 114.3 x 79.4cm

    Wiphala

    2021

    Balsa wood, vinyl paint

    Cube: 1.97 x 1.97 x 1.97" / 5 x 5 x 5cm each
    Installation: 11.81 x 27.56 x 27.56" / 30 x 70 x 70cm

    Little fire (Right arm bones)

    2017

    Bronze cast

    3 x 12 x 12" / 7.6 x 30.5 x 30.5cm

    Nightstand (Femme Maison)

    2021

    Laser cut MDF, vinyl paint

    15.35 x 13.39 x 17.72" / 39 x 34 x 45cm

    Staccato (On the Tip of My Tongue)

    2021

    Wood trestle, cardboard, graphite, red pencil, vinyl paint, metal rods

    76.39 x 27.56 x 35.43” / 194 x 70 x 90cm

    Staccato (On the Tip of My Tongue)

    2021 (detail)

    Wood trestle, cardboard, graphite, red pencil, vinyl paint, metal rods

    76.39 x 27.56 x 35.43” / 194 x 70 x 90cm

    Installation view, Mateo Lopez: Drawings, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 23 - April 24, 2021

    Structure that wants to be another structure

    2020

    Graphite, watercolor, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75” / 21 x 29.7cm

    Pata de Cabra

    2021

    Cut out paper, wood veneer, map pins on paper

    11.75 x 8.125” / 29.7 x 21cm

    Installation view, Mateo Lopez: Drawings, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 23 - April 24, 2021

    Origami

    2020

    Graphite, red pencil, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75” / 21 x 29.7cm

    Cane

    2020

    Graphite, watercolor and map pins on paper

    11.69 x 8.26” / 29.7 x 21cm

    Bricolage

    2021

    Graphite, watercolor, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75”/ 21 x 29.7cm

    Installation view, Mateo Lopez: Drawings, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 23 - April 24, 2021

    Pocket Watch

    2021

    Ink, watercolor, map pins on paper

    11.75 x 8.125” / 29.7 x 21cm

    Puddle

    2020

    Graphite, watercolor, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75” / 21 x 29.7cm

    Small Fire

    2021

    Graphite, ink on paper, map pins on paper

    11.75 x 8.125” / 29.7 x 21cm

    Installation view, Mateo Lopez: Drawings, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 23 - April 24, 2021

    Martini

    2020

    Chinese Ink, watercolor, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75” / 21 x 29.7cm

    Flute

    2020

    Graphite, watercolor, map pins on paper

    8.125 x 11.75” / 21 x 29.7cm

    Estructura Modular No. 8

    2019

    Powder coated steel, latex paint, wooden dowels, dowel screws

    54.125 x 43.017 x 5" / 137.48 x 109.50 cm

    Estructura Modular No. 8

    2019 (Alternate View)

    Powder coated steel, latex paint, wooden dowels, dowel screws

    54.125 x 43.017 x 5" / 137.48 x 109.50 cm

    Estructura Modular No. 8

    2019 (Detail)

    Powder coated steel, latex paint, wooden dowels, dowel screws

    54.125 x 43.017 x 5" / 137.48 x 109.50 cm

    Installation View: Mateo López,Play, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 11 - February 16, 2019

    Installation View: Mateo López,Play, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 11 - February 16, 2019

    Be the sentence

    2018

    Graphite and ink on paper

    Paper size: 30 x 22.9" / 76 x 58cm Framed: 32.5 x 25.25 x 1.25" / 82.55 x 64.14 x 3.81 cm

    Be the sentence

    2018

    Graphite and ink on paper

    Paper size: 30 x 22.9" / 76 x 58cm Framed: 32.5 x 25.25 x 1.25" / 82.55 x 64.14 x 3.81 cm

    Parquet

    2018

    White oak, natural wax, linen

    Variable dimensions; each 8 x 8 x 1/2" / 71.12 x 71.12 x 1.27cm

    Parquet (detail)

    2018

    White oak, natural wax, linen

    Variable dimensions; each 8 x 8 x 1/2" / 71.12 x 71.12 x 1.27cm

    Parquet(detail)

    2018

    White oak, natural wax, linen

    Variable dimensions; each 8 x 8 x 1/2" / 71.12 x 71.12 x 1.27cm

    Installation View: Mateo López,Play, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 11 - February 16, 2019

    Triadic (Head, heart, hand)

    2018

    Powder-coated steel, metal bolts

    19.75 x 21 x 21" / 50.1 x 53.3 x 53.3cm

    Triadic (Head, heart, hand)

    2018

    Powder-coated steel, metal bolts

    19.75 x 21 x 21" / 50.1 x 53.3 x 53.3cm

    Triadic (Head, heart, hand)

    2018

    Powder-coated steel, metal bolts

    19.75 x 21 x 21" / 50.1 x 53.3 x 53.3cm

    Handrail (Police Batons)

    2018

    Wood, enamel

    Each: 23.6 x 7 x 1" / 60 x 17 x 3cm; Installed: 141.6 x 7 x 1"/ 359.66 x 17 x 3cm

    Handrail (Police Batons) (detail)

    2018

    Wood, enamel

    Each: 23.6 x 7 x 1" / 60 x 17 x 3cm; Installed: 141.6 x 7 x 1"/ 359.66 x 17 x 3cm

    Installation View: Mateo López,Play, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 11 - February 16, 2019

    I am Sitting in a Room

    2017

    Wood, brass hinges

    39 x 25.25 x 45.5" / 99.06 x 64.14 x 115.57cm

    I am Sitting in a Room

    2017

    Wood, brass hinges

    39 x 25.25 x 45.5" / 99.06 x 64.14 x 115.57cm

    My futurist Past (Mi pasado Futurista)

    2016-2018

    Gouache, graphite, ink, gold leaf on recycled paper, mounted on board

    Installed: 78.63 x 48 x 1.38” / 199.72 x 121.92 x 3.51cm, Individual: 13.13 x 9.63 x 1.38” / 33.35 x 24.46 x 3.51cm

    My futurist Past (Mi pasado Futurista)

    2016-2018 (detail)

    My futurist Past (Mi pasado Futurista)

    2016-2018 (detail)

    My futurist Past (Mi pasado Futurista)

    2016-2018 (detail)

    4/4

    2018

    Powder coated steel, brass screws

    8 x 16 x 16” / 20.32 x 40.64 x 40.64cm,Extends To: 8 x 29 x 11” / 20.32 x 73.66 x 27.94cm

    4/4

    2018 (detail)

    Moon (Luna)

    2018

    Powder coated steel, screws

    11.5 x 11.5 x 0.625” / 29.2 x 29.2 x 1.5cm

    Wing

    2017

    Alpharag Mat board, wood, screw

    15.75 x 8 x 2.75” / 40 x 20.3 x 6.9cm

    Threshold

    2017

    Screens

    Dimensions variable

    Installation view, Mateo López,Undo List

    The Drawing Center, New York, 2017

    Serpentine

    2016

    Wood, graphite on paper

    36 x 36 x 36'' / 91.4 x 91.4 x 91.4cm

    Serpentine

    2016 (detail)

    Installation view, Mateo López,Undo List

    The Drawing Center, New York, 2017

    Bed Slats (Vertical)

    2016

    Wood veneer and graphite on paper

    30 x 22.9" / 76 x 58cm

    Installation view, Mateo López,Undo List

    The Drawing Center, New York, 2017

    Time As Activity

    2016 (video still)

    Three channel video installation, Stop Motion animation, video and remastered sound

    Edition 2 of 3

    Installation view, Mateo López,Undo List, The Drawing Center, New York, 2017

    Table, Helix, Apple, Plié (Folding Ruler), Set, Spatial Construction No. 27, Bird

    2015 - 2016

    Installed: Dimension variable

    Disclose

    2016

    Ink, watercolor, graphite, and red pencil on paper

    30 x 22.9" / 76 x 58cm

    Break forward with left foot

    2016

    Oak, screws

    Dimensions variable

    Break forward with left foot

    2016

    Installation view,Traces of Existence, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

    2016

    Installation view,Traces of Existence, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

    2016

    Celestial Pole

    2015

    Paper, metal, marble rock, compass

    98 x 19.25 x 21'' / 248.9 x 48.9 x 53.3cm

    Celestial Pole

    2015 (detail)

    Installation view,A Room inside a room, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    R/e/a/d/i/n/g Positions (After Bruno Munari)

    2015 (detail)

    Installation view,A Room inside a room, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Tables on top of each other

    2015

    White oak, iron screws, ink on paper, passport

    83 x 73 x 24'' / 210.8 x 185.4 x 61cm

    Tables on top of each other

    2015 (detail)

    Window 6pm

    2015

    Recycled paper mounted on board, graphite and red pen

    36, each: 11.75 x 8.25'' / 29.9 x 21cm, Installed dimensions: 76.75 x 56" / 194.9 x 142.2cm

    Installation view,A Room inside a room, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Ladder for Corner

    2015

    White oak

    113 x 48 x 31.5'' / 287 x 121.9 x 80cm

    Installation view,A Room inside a room, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Draughtsman Chair

    2015

    White oak

    30.3 x 15.7 x 15.7'' / 77 x 40 x 40cm

    Old Ideas Stuck in Corners

    2015

    Pine, plywood, white enamel, paper, ink, watercolor, black string, veneer, graphite, pins

    7 panels, each: 104 x 72.5 x 2.5'' / 264.2 x 184.2 x 6.4cm, 40 drawings: dimensions variable

    Installation view,A Room inside a room, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Time as Activity

    2015 (still view)

    Frame by frame animation

    5 minute loop

    Paper architecture (1)

    2015

    Collage on paper

    12.8 x 18.7'' / 32.5 x 47.5cm each, Installed dimensions: 38 x 90.5 x 36" / 96.5 x 229.9 x 91.4cm

    Paper architecture (1)(detail)

    2015

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

    2015

    Carpenter mallet, wire and paper, watercolor ink on paper, wood and ink in paper, graphite on marble balls

    Installed dimensions: 58 x 71 x 12" / 147.3 x 180.3 x 30.5cm

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter(detail)

    2015

    Kissing pencils

    2015

    Watercolor and red pencil on paper

    11 x 9'' / 27.9 x 22.9cm, Framed: 13.25 x 11.5" / 33.7 x 29.2cm

    Brazo (arm)

    2014

    Fiber glass and charcoal

    3.5 x 22 x 5'' / 8.9 x 55.9 x 12.7cm

    Blackboard (Shoe)

    2014

    Chalk and chalkboard paint on canvas, wood

    58.25 x 58.75'' / 148 x 149.2cm

    Globe

    2013

    Found object, paint

    18.25 x 11 x 11.9'' / 46.4 x 27.9 x 30.2cm

    Video Still, El Minutero(Minute vendor)

    2014

    Stop-motion animation

    3:41 minute loop

    Video Still, El Minutero(Minute vendor)

    2014

    Stop-motion animation

    3:41 minute loop

    Steps

    2014

    6 Acrylic and ink on paper mounted on wood

    13 x 9.5'' / 33 x 24.1cm each

    Harold Ancart, Kevin Beasley, Mateo López

    Casey Kaplan

    February 27- April 26, 2014

    Apple

    2013

    Paper, acrylic paint, apple seeds and stem

    2.75 x 2.75 x 2.75''/ 7 x 7 x 7cm

    Dancer

    2013

    Cardboard, drawing compass, pencil

    8.5 x 5 x 3.75'' / 21.6 x 12.7 x 9.5cm

    Graphite Rock

    2013

    Steel, plaster, paper, graphite

    17.5 x 18 x 17'' / 44.5 x 45.7 x 43.2cm

    Parallel lines

    2014

    Watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on wood

    11.9 x 8.25'' / 30.2 x 21cm

    Crossword

    2014

    Graphite and ink on paper mounted on wood

    11.9 x 8.25'' / 30.2 x 21cm

    Disoriented House

    2013

    Salón Nacional de Artistas, Medellin, Columbia

    Disoriented House

    2013

    Salón Nacional de Artistas, Medellin, Columbia

    Disoriented House

    2013

    Salón Nacional de Artistas, Medellin, Columbia

    Disoriented House

    2013

    Salón Nacional de Artistas, Medellin, Columbia

    Disoriented House

    2013

    Salón Nacional de Artistas, Medellin, Columbia

    Casi un objeto

    2013

    Galería Travesia Cuatro. Madrid, Spain

    Casi un objeto

    2013

    Galería Travesia Cuatro. Madrid, Spain

    Casi un objeto

    2013

    Galería Travesia Cuatro. Madrid, Spain

    Mateo López

    Traveling Without Movement

    2008

    CIFO, Miami

    Mateo López

    Traveling Without Movement

    2008

    CIFO, Miami

    Mateo López

    Traveling Without Movement

    2008

    CIFO, Miami

    Mateo López

    Topologías: Materia en tránsito

    2006

    Casa de la Moneda, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia

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