Robert Mango is a highly inventive painter whose surreal vision of the human form deconstructs, then reconstructs the body in space. The artist’s resulting narratives, which are exceedingly non-linear, pose far more questions than answers. The enticement is the mystery, the puzzle pieces he presents that defy any apparent rhyme or reason, and even time and place, as the world becomes one fleeting passage through a collective consciousness that is never at rest. It’s automatic yet controlled – chaotic yet coincidental – and always captivating.

In Guillame Leblanc’s short film about the work of Robert Mango “Amiss in the Abyss”, the artist describes his work as bridging both the classical art historical tradition as well as the contemporary vitality of America’s art scene. Based in New York City, Mango is well-perched to look in all directions as the artist presents the human spirit as a creative commentator pulling from the past, present and projecting into the future. There are no boundaries here, only the limitations of one’s imagination to conceive and present a mental state that relies as heavily on the unconscious as it does on the here and now.  In his freewheeling melding of genres - abstraction, realism, symbolism, and surrealism, Mango renews and renders the figure in emotion, light, color, and above all, passion.

Mango’s solo exhibitions include the Duane Street Gallery, Dillon Gallery, Elga Wimmer Projects and Neo Persona Gallery (New York City, NY), Galerie L’Orangeraie,(St. Paul De Vence, France), Radost Gallery,(Prague, Czech Republic), Macnider Museum (Mason City, IA), Utica College (Utica, NY), Mary G. Hardin Center for the Arts (Gadsden, AL), Spiva Art Center (Jopin, MO), N.A.M.E. Gallery, Walter Kelly Gallery,, Merchants and Manufacturers Club of America, School of the Institute and Art Expo Navy Pier (Chicago, IL), Thornton Community College, (South Holland, IL), Gallery Chastain,(Taos, NM) and the Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois, (Urbana, IL) and many others. Robert Mango's next solo exhibition will be at the Spiva Art Center, St. Louis, MS.

In 2021, Robert Mango was the artist honoree of the Denali Foundation. The artist honoree is chosen for their work inspired by adventure of the body, mind and spirit, the artists work embodies a powerful connection to Mother Earth, and human spirit and imagination.