SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Acequia, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
2021/2 Lacuna, with C. David Russell, Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2016 Nectar, Bodhi Tree Guesthouse and Studio, Athens, Ohio
2015 Remedy, Holzer Clinic, Athens, Ohio
2014 Sanctum, Hilton Columbus Downtown, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Catch and Release, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
2011 Book of Tides, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe New, Mexico
2010 Metamorphoses, Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, Ohio
2009 Book of Tides: Paintings and Works on Paper, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Persuasion, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2007 Double Life, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Language, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma
2006 Heartland, Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2005 Wonderland, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Sky Manifesto, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma
2002 Contemporary American Painter, Aumonerie Saint Jacques, Gordes, France
2002 Anomaly, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 Looking for You, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 One in/and Seven, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
2019 Currents New Media— Lacuna: collaborative multimedia installation with C.David Russell. El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2019 School of Art + Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Ohio University, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio
2018 Duality, Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, New York
2018 In The Field - Ohio University Painting + Drawing Alumni, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
2018 Flora, The Webster Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018 Fifteen: Majestic Members Alumni Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
2016 Ohio University School of Art + Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio
2015 Drawing Discourse: Sixth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2015 Athens Voices, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2015 Athens Voices, Arthur Butcher Gallery, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia
2015 Athens Voices, Alabama Center for the Arts, Athens, Alabama
2014 Expansion, Applelton Gallery, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
2014 Athens on Paper, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2014 Athens Paints, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2013 Purely Aesthetic, Chicago Printmaker’s Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois
2013 Quiet Calm, Church of the Good Shepherd, Athens, Ohio
2013 Lights in the Dark, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
2013 OH+5: Ohio Border Biennial, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
2012 Sculpture + Expanded Practice, Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, Ohio
2012 Fledgling Theory, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2012 The Birds, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Ohio Artists, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Grand Re-opening Show, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Revolving Winter Show, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Spring Thaw, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Birds of a Feather, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Through the Looking Glass, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Fall Redux, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Best of a Muse, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 New Art for New Spaces, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2007 Galvano, Sessler, Stuart: The Cutting Edge: 3 Artists, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2007 Miniatures, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2006 Gallery Artists, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Preview 2005, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Ten Artists, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Collect: Benefit Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Winter Show, A La Carte Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Holiday Show, Addison/Parks 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 Artists Emergency Fund Auction, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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
1998 Monothon 12, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997 The Shrine Show, Cloudcliff Artspace, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997 The Pantheon Show, Plaza Real Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 Spring Rites, La Galeria Sacred Stone, 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 Collage & Collaboration, Nighthawk Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1988 The Fantastic Image, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
2015 CERTIFICATE of MUSEUM STUDIES, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2014 MASTER OF FINE ARTS: Painting + Drawing. Ohio University
2009 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: Painting. Ohio University
RESIDENCIES
2019 Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Fellowship, Clearmont, Wyoming
2018 Willapa Bay AiR Fellowship Award, Oysterville, Washington
2017 Jentel Foundation Artist Residency Fellowship, Banner, Wyoming
2009/10 Lancaster Festival Artist in Residence, Lancaster, Ohio
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Isabel Nissley, Athens Post, Two OU professors explore ‘the space in between’ through 'LACUNA' art exhibit https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2021/09/ohio-university-kennedy-museum-lacuna-art-exhibit
2020 About Place Journal https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/practices-of-hope/tending-together/mateo-galvano/
Volume VI, Issue I May 2020 Images and text
2019 Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, Lacuna, Ohio Today, Fall
2019 Miriam Sagan, Miriam’s Well: Lacuna, Entering the Liminal, July
2019 Ucross Foundation Announces Spring 2019 Artists-in-Residence Artforum.com
2018 About Place Journal, https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/roots-and-resistance/
Volume V, Issue II October 2018 RainPages Digital Photos and text
2018 Miriam Sagan, Miriam’s Well: Interview with Mateo Galvano, May
2018 BraveArt Blog, June 2018, braveArt consultants, Mateo Galvano’s Alluvium Variations
2016 BraveArt Blog, November, 2018 Ostrander, Tasha. Mateo Galvano: Trace of Gesture
2015 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume #29
2015 Faller, Angelita. Wide Canvas: Mateo Galvano mixes drawing, photography, sculpture, sound, and poetry in his vast installations,
Perspectives Magazine, Ohio University, Summer Issue
2015 Beldue, Tamie. Catalog. Drawing Discourse: 6th annual exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Department of Art & Art History,
University of North Carolina Asheville.
2014 “Athens Paints” Opens at Dairy Barn Arts Center, WOUB Public Media
2014 OU Student’s work featured at Majestic Galleries, WOUB Public Media
2014 Mateo Galvano’s ‘Sanctum’ at Hilton Columbus Downtown, Columbus Arts
2014 Barn Exhibit shows off art by 34 local artists, past and present, The Athens News
2013 Shimizu, Karen. Ohio: Hilton Columbus Downtown, Saveur
2012 Catalog. The Hilton Columbus Downtown Art Collection
2012 Sheban, Jeffrey. New Hilton hotel to become gallery for central Ohio talent, The Columbus Dispatch
2011 Mcmahon, Jeff. Artists of Facebook: Mateo Galvano, Contrary Magazine
2009 Galvano Named Festival’s Artist-in-Residence, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
2008 Kotwall, Kaizaad. Abstracts cap celebration of anniversary year. The Columbus Dispatch
2008 Kotwall, Kaizaad. Abstract painter inspired by nature, mortality. The Columbus Dispatch
2006 Ishmael-Waldrop, Sherry. Mainsite: Sarah Williams-Hearn and Mateo Galvano, Art Focus Oklahoma
2006 Burr, Elizabeth. Galvano Transcends Technique at Mainsite, Pop Magazine, The Norman Transcript
2006 Alden Library Hosts Mateo Galvano Exhibition, Ohio University Outlook
2006 Mateo Galvano Exhibition, WOUB Public Radio & Telecast
2005 Indyke, Dottie. A Driving Force: Abstract painter lets intuition be his road map, Albuquerque Journal North
2005 Cook-Romero, Elizabeth. Patterns of Pilgrimage, The New Mexican
2005 Davis, Kathryn M. Mateo Galvano: Wonderland: Critical Reflections, THE Magazine
2004 Brandenburg, John. Artist’s oil works captivate viewers: ink and mixed media paintings are also on view, The Oklahoman
2002 L’art contemporain s’expose a L’aumonerie Saint-Jacques, La Provence, Luberon Region, France
2002 Adlmann, Jan E. Anomaly: New Paintings by Mateo Galvano: Critical Reflections, THE MAGAZINE
2002 Smith, Craig, Painter Mateo Galvano on Dem Bones, The New Mexican
2002 Deformed Dancers: Painter Mateo Galvano exhibits in Santa Fe, The Alibi
1995 Santa Fe Gallery Tour on the Internet (cover image) The New Mexican
1990 Gwynn, John, Customizing the Art of Performance, The New Mexican
1989 Nizalowski, John, A brilliantly disturbing experience, The New Mexican
1989 Nizalowski, John, The active art of the performance poet, The New Mexican
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Alluvium Variations, Mateo Galvano Projects, Edition of 3 hardbound
2012 RainPages, Mateo Galvano Projects
2012 Which are the Secrets the Moon Keeps? Edition of 3 handmade artist books; wood, cloth, handmade paper, acrylic, Sumi ink,
graphite and found objects. One copy is in the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Alden Library, Ohio University
2011 The Ghost Gesture, Mateo Galvano Projects
2011 Haunted Grove, Mateo Galvano Projects
2011 Looking for You: Julian & Teddy, Mateo Galvano Projects
2011 Ghostlight, Mateo Galvano Projects
2010 Book of Tides: Monotypes, Mateo Galvano Projects
2009 Paintings, Mateo Galvano Projects
2008 Persuasion, Mateo Galvano Projects
2001 Four full-color, mixed media collages. The Seattle Review, Volume XXIII, Number 2, University of Washington, Seattle
CURATORIAL
2021 Legacy: Don Adleta and Karen Nulf: 60 years of Graphic Design. Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. February-March
2019 Alexandra Eldridge, One Must Pass Inward and Æthelred Eldridge, Memories and Reflections,
Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio. October