Exhibitions
Solo & two-person shows
2006 "Mateo Galvano: Language" MAINSITE CONTEMPORARY ART
Norman, Oklahoma
2006 "Mateo Galvano: Heartland" ALDEN LIBRARY
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2005 "Mateo Galvano: Wonderland" ADDISON ARTS GALLERY
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "Mateo Galvano: Sky Manifesto" MAINSITE CONTEMPORARY ART
Norman, Oklahoma
2002 "Mateo Galvano: Contemporary American Painter"
AUMONERIE Ste. JACQUES, Gordes, France
2002 "Mateo Galvano: Anomaly" BOX GALLERY
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 "Mateo Galvano: Looking for You" BOX GALLERY
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987/8 Solo Shows NIGHTHAWK CAFE Santa Fe, New Mexico
Group shows
2006 "Gallery Artists" ADDISON ARTS GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 "Summer Salon of New Artists" A MUSE GALLERY Columbus, Ohio
2005 "Ten Artists" ADDISON ARTS GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 "Collect" Benefit Auction MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 "Preview 2005" ADDISON ARTS GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "Holiday Show" ADDISON ARTS GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "Winter Show" A LA CARTE GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "Collect3" CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "Before Night Falls" WARD-NASSE GALLERY New York, New York
2003 "Santa Fe Artist's Emergency Medical Fund Benefit" RIVA YARES GALLERY Santa Fe, NM
2003 "Spirit in Art" SWEENEY CONVENTION CENTER Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 "Collect2" PLAN B EVOLVING ARTS Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 "Holiday Party" BOX GALLERY Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 "Collect" PLAN B EVOLVING ARTS Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 "Spring Rites" LA GALERIA SACRED STONE Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 "Monothon12" SITE SANTA FE Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997 Group Show CLOUDCLIFF ARTSPACE Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997 Group Show PLAZA REAL HOTEL Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 "Small Works" WARD-NASSE GALLERY New York, New York
1993 "Summer Salon" WARD-NASSE GALLERY New York, New York
1988 "The Fantastic Image" Invitational, Curated by Robert Livsey Wells
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, Massachusetts
Broadcast
2006 "Mateo Galvano Exhibition" WOUB RADIO & TELEVISION
Public Radio and Telecast, March 14
Publications
2006 "Alden Library Hosts Mateo Galvano Exhibition"
John Lamborn OHIO UNIVERSITY OUTLOOK Athens, February.
2005 "Mateo Galvano: Wonderland: Critical Reflections"
Kathryn M. Davis
THE MAGAZINE Santa Fe, June
2005 "A Driving Force: Abstract painter lets intuition be his road map"
Dottie Indyke JOURNAL NORTH Santa Fe, April 29.
2005 "Patterns of Pilgrimage"
Elizabeth Cook-Romero THE NEW MEXICAN Santa Fe, April 29.
2004 "Artists' oil works captivate viewers: ink and mixed media paintings are also on view"
John Brandenburg THE OKLAHOMAN October 15
2004 "Ernesto Sanchez and Mateo Galvano: New Works at Mainsite"
OKLAHOMA GAZETTE October 15.
2002 "L'art contemporain s'expose a L'aumonerie Saint-Jacques"
LA PROVENCE Luberon Region, Provence, France, September 14.
2002 "Anomaly: New Paintings by Mateo Galvano: Critical Reflections"
Jan E. Adlmann.
THE MAGAZINE Santa Fe, August.
2002 "Painter Mateo Galvano on Dem Bones"
Craig Smith THE NEW MEXICAN June 13.
2002 "Deformed Dancers: painter Mateo Galvano exhibits in Santa Fe"
THE ALIBI Northern New Mexico, June.
2001 Four collages published in the Volume XXIII, Number 2 edition of the
University of Washington's SEATTLE REVIEW.
Mateo Galvano (b.1964) has work included in numerous private collections in the United States and Europe. He is currently represented by Addison Arts Gallery in Santa Fe, A Muse Gallery in Columbus, and Mainsite Contemporary Art in Norman, Oklahoma. He Lives in Athens, Ohio and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
artist statement
Painting is a path that is linked to devotion and to grieving.
It is a way to honor all that is lost and a way to celebrate immeasurable or nearly hidden things.
The current body of work is approached by looking through a veil, by observing mysterious nature to read the signs. Upon entering the seductive world of paint, canvas, paper, ink and brush and following slow paths of lines or drips, I invite storms resolved by tranquil atmospheres and the stillness of time and changing matter. When I work I become witness to a quiet and passionate sense of perception in which marks on the surface can travel or speak, and colors can conjure revelations.
I expect to excite in the viewer a memory of soul, to tell without word or symbol an inchoate and benevolent language, a song.
I paint to recall the future, to contribute to evolution by experiencing something discrete as a particle in the vast human sea.
Mateo Galvano's work is inspired by his passion for language and his devotion to the personal feelings and emotions that are consistent with all humanity.
"When I work I become witness to a quiet and passionate sense of perception in which marks on the surface can travel or speak, and colors can conjure revelations. I expect to excite in the viewer a memory of soul, to tell without word or symbol an inchoate and benevolent language, a song. I paint to recall the future, to contribute to evolution by experiencing something discrete as a particle in the vast human sea."
Galvano's abstract paintings are atmospheric and bold, using colors that are both subdued and excited. Galvano works with the rich textures of oil paints and layers with delicate collaged papers and textures with drawn elements to create small, and larger, images that are detailed and masterfully produced.
"Painting is a path that is linked to devotion and to grieving. It is a way to honor all that is lost and a way to celebrate immeasurable or nearly hidden things. The current body of work is approached by looking through a veil, by observing mysterious nature to read the signs. Upon entering the seductive world of paint, canvas, paper, ink and brush and following slow paths of lines or drips, I invite storms resolved by tranquil atmospheres and the stillness of time and changing matter. "
This is Galvano's second exhibition at MAINSITE Contemporary Art. Mateo Galvano has exhibited his work in places including Santa Fe, New York City and Gordes France. Mateo Galvano lives and works in Columbus, Ohio.