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Omar Mateus was born in San Gil, Colombia, South America. Educated at the Fine Arts Academy in Cali, Colombia, Mateus extended his studies in drawing and painting in various techniques including air brush and mixed media. He intensively worked in his studio studying animal and human anatomy and this reflected in the quality of his work. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Cartagena Art, Cartagena Colombia Arte Creti, Cali, Colombia Casa de la Cultura, Barichara, Colombia 4th Salon of Visual Arts, Pamplona, Colombia Municipal Library Gallery, Tulua, Colombia SELECTED SHOWS: 1992 Matisse Gallery - Valencia, Venezuela 1989 Museo Ecopetrol "Ecopetrol 38 Years" Barranca, Colombia 1986 "El Mundo de los Toros" Palma de Mayorca, Spain SPECIAL COMMISSIONS: 1994 Banco de la Republica "103 National Police" - Bucaramanga, Colombia 1986 Visit of the Pope - Over life-size portrait of the Pope - Santander, Colombia |