Mareo Rodriguez
b. 1981 Mexico City. Raised in Medellín, Colombia
Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona-based and Colombian-bred sculptor, painter and architect Mareo Rodriguez’s work is filled with the grittiness of natural territory: mountains, rocks, waveforms and lava. His work is inspired by nature, the ever-changing topography of mountains, the condensation of light and the process of transformation and expansion of energy over time.
Matter is condensed light. Mareo’s work is constantly moving, like a tectonic plate, and depicts powerful and beautiful earth forces spanning an array of different scales within his artistic approach. He has exhibited internationally in Spain, Italy, France, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Emirates and England, among others.
EDUCATION
2013
M.F.A, Universidad Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
M.A. Design, ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain
2004
B.A. Architecture, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Portals, A.M. Bjiere, New York, New York
2021
Portals, Valletta Contemporary, Malta
Portals, Flagger Street Art Festival, Artrepublic Global + SuperRare, Miami, Florida
2019
Stones, JLS Gallery, CDMX, Mexico
Black Desert, Madison Gallery, San Diego, California
2018
Expansion, E3 Arte Contemporánea, Brescia, Italy
Expansion, JLSGallery, CDMX, Mexico
2017
Expansion, Opera Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Scapes, Cage Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2016
Estampos Hechos Polvo, Centre civic Urgell, Barcelona, Spain
2015
Materia Fugit, Casa Italia, Barcelona, Spain
Estamos Hechos Polvo, Nomad Gallery Berlin, Germany
2014
Pieles Desiertas, Hotel Charlee, Medellín, Colombia
Pieles Desiertas, Centro cultural Borges. Buenos aires, Argentina
2010
Topographias Intermitentes, Suramericana, Medellín, Colombia
2004
Fuerzas de la Naturaleza, C. Colombo Americano, Medellín, Colombia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Roma Arte in Nuvola, E3 Gallery, Italy
Artverona, E3 Gallery. Italy
Art Madrid, Artburo, Spain
2020
Artverona, Fair Digital, E3 Gallery, Italy
Pinta, Miami Fair Digital, GBG Gallery
Praise of the Dark, Macadam Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Artefiera, Bologna, E3 Gallery, Italy
Art Palm Springs, Madison Gallery, California
Art Palm Beach, CBG Arts, California
2019
Strings, Whitenoise Gallery, Rome, Italy
Artefiera, Bologna, E3 Gallery, Italy
2018
Artverona, Fair, E3 Gallery, Italy
Subasta Grupo de los 16, CDMX, Mexico
Autentica, Fair, Ivy Node, Verona, Italy
Territorial Lines, Benjamin Eck Gallery, Munich, Germany
LA Art Show, Rofa Projects, Los Angeles, California
2017
Art Context Miami, Rofa Projects, Miami, Florida
Art Toronto, Rofa Projects, Toronto, Canada
Art Marbella, Rofa Projects, Marbella, Spain
2016
Art Med, Imaginart Gallery, Colombia
Geometrias Variables, Imaginart Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2008
ArtExpo, NYC, New York
2006
Bournemouth Arts Institute, England
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019
We Are, Installation for SIAF Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Emirates
2018
Carre Latin, Palais Royal, Paris, France
Desert Skins, Installation for SIAF Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Emirates
Viaggio, Art installation in Palazzo Ferrero, Biella, Italy.
2017
Become Become, Art residency at Arebyte Gallery, London, UK
2016
Emerging Topographies, Land art sculpture, Biella, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Exit (Book), Ludvig Rage. Austria.
2020
Matter is Condensed Light (Book), Spain
2018
Expansion (Book), Vanillaedizioni and E3 Contemporanea, Italy
2018
Circuitos del Arte, Latinoamerica, Arte al Límite, Chile