Biographical Information
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1981
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Born; Miami, Florida
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Selected Exhibitions
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2014
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum; Orlando, Florida
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum; New York
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2015
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The Louisville Slugger Museum; Louisville, Kentucky
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2016
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Disney Springs Resort; Orlando, Florida
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2017
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Mateo Blanco, The Virginia Miller Gallery; Miami, Florida
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2018
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Aloft Orlando Downtown; Orlando, Florida
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The Memphis Zoo; Memphis, Tennessee
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Wafi Mall; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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2019
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"Rusty Batman," Tampa International Airport; Tampa Bay, Florida
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Orlando Museum of Art; Orlando, Florida
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2020
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Jane's Art Center; New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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2021
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Gallery Biba; Palm Beach, Florida
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2022
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Duque Arango Contemporáneo Gallery; Medellin, Colombia
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2023
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Casa Zirio Galeria; Bogota, Colombia
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2024
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Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida
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Museum of Art—DeLand; DeLand, Florida
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The Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio
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Public and Private Collections
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
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George H. W. Bush
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The Butler Institute of American Art
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Disney Springs
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The Walt Disney Company
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Lucy Doughty Art Collection
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Francia Escobar
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FedEx Corporation
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The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
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Diego & Gisela Lowenstein
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Domenico Maurici
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Itay Moalem
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Museo Maja; Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia
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Museum of Art—DeLand
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The ONE Group
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Jim Pattison
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The Jim Pattison Group
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PepsiCo, Inc.
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Dr. Esther Pichardo & Dr. Angel De Los Reyes
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum, multiple locations
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The Ritz Carlton; South Beach, Florida
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STK Orlando
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Francia Escobar de Zárate Art Collection
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Selected Publications
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2018
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"Odd is Art." Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
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2019
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Meyer, Edward. "Buying the Bizarre: Confessions of a Compulsive Collector."
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2021
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"Caged Bird" (film about Mateo Blanco), Fusion Fest; Orlando, Florida
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2024
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“Francia Escobar Field, renowned patroness of the arts in Colombia, opens her doors to the work Colombia by Mateo Blanco,” ArtDaily.com.
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“Museum of Art in DeLand Showcases Mateo Blanco’s ‘Hopi Girl’ Sculpture,” World Art News.
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“Boca Raton Museum of Art presents a special presentation & workshop of American flags by Mateo Blanco,” ArtDaily.com.
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