CV
MAREO
(Mario Rodriguez Echeverry)
Born 1981 in Mexico City
Raised in Medellin, Colombia
Based in Barcelona, Spain since 2014
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 FISURA Galeria Hilario Galguera. CDMX, Mexico
2026 PORTALS: ORIGIN OF THE VOID, Escat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2025 PORTALS, DC Foundation residency. Miami, USA
2024 PORTALS, Load Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022 PORTALS, Kostuik gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2022 PORTALS, AM Bjiere, New York, USA
2021 PORTALS, Valletta Contemporary, Malta
2019 STONES, JLS Gallery, CDMX, Mexico
2019 BLACK DESERT, Madison Gallery, Solana beach, USA
2018 EXPANSION, E3 Arte contemporánea, Brescia, Italy
2018 EXPANSION, JLS Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 EXPANSION, Opera Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2017 SCAPES, Cage Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2016 ESTAMOS HECHOS POLVO, Centre civic Urgell, Barcelona, Spain
2015 MATERIA FUGIT, Casa Italia, Barcelona, Spain
2015 ESTAMOS HECHOS POLVO, Nomad Gallery Berlin, Germany
2014 PIELES DESIERTAS, Centro cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Latin American Pavilion at the Casablanca Biennale in Morocco
2025 MATERIA FISURAS LUZ, Casa Hotbook. CDMX, Mexico
2025 Pablo Atchugarry and DC foundation. Miami, USA
2025 Museo ARTE AL LIMITE. Valparaiso, Chile
2024 FIACI Museum of contemporary art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2022 XI BIENNALE Museo dell´Alto Mantovano. Italy
2022 FIVE HORIZONS, Alongside works of CHRISTO. Hexton Gallery, Aspen, USA
2021 ILLUMIA Artrepublical +SuperRare. Miami, USA
2020 PRAISE OF THE DARK Macadam Gallery. Brussels, Belgium
2019 STRINGS Whitenoise gallery. Rome, Italy
2019 WE ARE Installation for SIAF Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival. Emirates.
2018 DESERT SKINS Installation for SIAF Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival. Emirates
2018 CARRE LATIN Palais Royal. Paris, France
2018 VIAGGIO Art installation in Palazzo Ferrero. Biella, Italy
2018 TERRRITORIAL LINES Benjamin Eck Gallery. Munich, Germany
2017 BECOME BECOME Residency. London, UK
2016 EMERGING TOPOGRAPHIES Land art sculpture. Biella, Italy
2016 GEOMETRIAS VARIABLES Imaginart Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
SELECTED PROJECTS
2026 PORTAL Black Gold Museum. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2025 PORTAL Public Installation at Plaza Colon. Madrid, Spain
2024 INOTA light festival. Hungary
2024 PORTALS Load Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2022 WAVELENGTH Times Art Museum. Beijing, China
2022 TRIENNIAL Istanbul, Turkey
2021 PORTALS Valletta Contemporary. Malta
AWARDS
2025 ROOM Diseño Awards, Winner Art Category. Matadero, Madrid
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Black Gold Museum. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Gerry Bonetti, Bruno Tropeano. Palazzo Ferrero, Italy
Margot & Dennis Knight, DC Collection. USA
Hotel Atlantis II. Dubai, UAE
Arteallimite Museum. Chile
META foundation. Malta
Sandstorm Gold Headquarters. Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED ARTFAIRS
ArteFiera Bologna, Italy
ArtVerona, italy
Art Toronto, Canada
Art Context Miami, USA
LA Art Show, Los Angeles USA
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Revista HOTBOOK tomo 59, Mexico
2025 Revista ROOM Diseño 49, Spain
2025 Revista ARTE AL LIMITE Edición 108, Chile
2024 MONOPOL Magazine, Germany
2022 STIR Magazine, India
2022 i NEWS Magazine.China
2022 VC 03- Valletta Contemporary, Malta
2022 THE FOUND Magazine, China
2021 NASTY Magazine, Italy
2021 EXIT Book. Ludvig Rage. Austria
2020 MATTER IS CONDENSED LIGHT Book. Spain
2018 EXPANSION Book, Vanillaedizioni and E3 contemporanea, Italy
2018 LA PERLE Magazine, Paris, France
2018 CIRCUITOS DEL ARTE Latinoamerica. Arte al Límite, Chile
2018 X Y Magazine. Netherlands
2018 SCANDALE Project, Netherlands
2017 Revista HOTBOOK, Mexico
EDUCATION
2013 Master in Fine Arts. UNA. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Master in Interior Design. ELISAVA. Barcelona, Spain
2006 Fine art course at Bournemouth Arts Institute, England
2004 B.A. Architecture at U.P.B. Medellín, Colombia