Artist Information:
Julio Mateo
Truth or Consequences, NM
United States
Member Since: Oct 2000
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Artist Statement:
My recent paintings are part
of a continuing series of
painting-cycles begun in 1984
that explore diverse aspects
of cosmic creation. They deal
in part with the evolution of
universally significant
pictorial systems from
elemental marks and shapes.
The connections between basic
spatial configurations in
nature and art were some of
the starting points of my
explorations of how rhythm and
energy activate principles of
Sacred Geometry to create
natural forms. In considering
art as a metaphor for cosmic
creation, and of the artist as
the prime creator, my work is
concerned with how things come
to be, and with how they may
become.
Art's ability to encompass the
fields of psychology, physical
science, religion and
philosophy enables it to weave
meaningful images out of the
individual strands of
knowledge from other, more
restrictively focused
disciplines. Future works will
continue this wide-ranging
exploration of how meaning
emerges in abstract art and in
art's potential for providing
insight into the nature of
life.
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I use the term metaphysical in
my work to signal my concern
with matters unlimited, and in
particular, unseen.
I use the term in the sense
that Aristotle meant "wisdom,"
"theology" or "the first ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
BORN: April 16, 1951, Havana,
Cuba
EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.),
University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, USA 1978
Bachelor of Fine Arts
(B.F.A.), University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA,
1973
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1989: "Visual Artists
Fellowship Grant," Painting.
National Endowment for the
Arts, ...
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Artist Galleries:
METAPHYSICAL PAINTINGS by
Julio Mateo,
http://www.Mateo.net/
James Baird Gallery,
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-b
in/JamesBairdArt?optype=artist_
page&artistid=0000000603
Pegasus Art Gallery,
http://www.pegasus00.com/galler
y/ring/mateo.htm
dArt Fine Art,
http://dart.fine-art.com/dgalle
ry.asp?i=4099
The Art Source, http://...
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Julio Mateo's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Julio Mateo's Portfolio. Browse Mateo's body of work: My recent paintings are part of a continuing series of painting-cycles begun in 1984 that explore diverse aspects of cosmic creation. They deal in part with the evolution of universally significant pictorial systems from elemental marks and shapes.
The connections between basic spatial configurations in nature and art were some of the starting points of my explorations of how rhythm and energy activate principles of Sacred Geometry to create natural forms. In considering art as a metaphor for cosmic creation, and of the artist as the prime creator, my work is concerned with how things come to be, and ... |
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