The practice of Mateo López speaks of cartographies, journeys and construction processes, while simultaneously revolving around themes such as chance, encounter, time and the connection of events that occur in our daily lives. His work traces a conceptual approach and develops from drawings to installations, architecture, films and sculptural choreographies.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Pasado Futurista, NC Arte, Bogotá, Colombia (2024); Pasado Futurista, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru (2023); Camina Habla Canta Baila, Galería Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain (2023); Círculo de palabras, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, USA (2022); Palabras de cierre, Galería Diablo Rosso & Festival Prisma de Danza, Panama (2022); Hesitante, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2021); Sí pero no, Banco de la República, Bogotá (2020); Goodman Gallery, London (2020); Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City (2020); Ruta del Castor, Mexico City (2020); Bodega Piloto, Bogotá (2019); Travesía Cuatro, Madrid (2019); Casey Kaplan, New York (2019); Travesía Cuatro, Guadalajara (2018); Blue Project Foundation, Barcelona (2018); 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 exhibitions include: 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).
Collections that include his work are: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, USA; CACI Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil; Banco de la República, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia; CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, USA; Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Venezuela and USA; Colección Berezdivin, Puerto Rico.