Californian artist Mateo is obviously into drawing little monsters.They are green, hairy, slimy and disfigured, but still heart-warming and cute in their own morbid ways. They all have a story to tell, drawn on wooden plates, window frames, signs and other left over surfaces of our society.

In 2004 he opened his own gallery Zozoville together with Dutch art buddy Johan Potma, whom he shares his passion for monsters with.