Mateo Balaban is a painter and a writer from Croatia
♥️ The photograph of Mateo Balaban’s (Rain Bordo’s) painting placed in the middle of an empty, endless road is a deeply poetic gesture — one that resonates profoundly with Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Both Balaban and Kerouac explore the idea of the journey not as a means to an end, but as an existential … More I face the horizon, the horizon is my home.
The artwork by Mateo Balaban, known under his artistic name Rain Bordo, radiates a commanding visual intensity — a dialogue between chaos and structure, emotion and order. The painting presents a dense field of color, motion, and texture: a battlefield of layered drips, splashes, and gestural strokes, where yellow lines cut through the composition like … More Sing with me…
Mi, kao ljudi, moramo biti svjesni jedne činjenice; nitko nas neće spasiti. Sami sebe spašavamo. Spašavamo se na sljedeći način: kroz djecu. Dopustite mi da pojasnim; uistinu, ako želimo spasiti naš planet Zemlju, moramo biti u stanju izgraditi ljubav djece prema planetu. Ako nemamo što posaditi, neće ništa rasti u glavama naših mladih. Sve počinje … More ŠTO NAJVIŠE VOLIŠ KOD MASLAČAKA?
Thank You to Rijeka City Library 📚💫 I want to express my deepest gratitude to the Rijeka City Library for welcoming me with open arms and giving me the opportunity to share my art and poetry in such a meaningful way. 🫶 During this special period, I was honored to present my exhibition 🎨 and … More A Thank you to Rijeka City Library
**Title: The Consequences of Unbuilt Personalities: A Reflection on Mateo Balaban’s Insight** **Introduction** In today’s fast-paced, efficiency-driven society, the notion of personal development is often eclipsed by external successes and societal pressures. We are inundated with the idea that success is quantifiable — degrees earned, jobs attained, and wealth accumulated. However, Mateo Balaban’s thought-provoking quote, … More Unbuilt personalities build unbuilt personalities
Predstavljanje autora: Mateo Balaban u Gradskoj knjižnici Rijeka! Jeste li spremni za dozu empatije i dubokih misli? 🖤 Pozivamo vas na predstavljanje književnog rada Matea Balabana, čije djelo “Cesta nema empatije” nikoga neće ostaviti ravnodušnim, naravo uz “Kiša Bordo”, “Autor kaosa”, “Temelj” i “Krhotine nekadašnjeg carstva”. Ovaj događaj nije samo prilika da upoznate talentiranog autora, … More Gradska knjižnica Rijeka 22.9 u 18h!!!
“Firefly” I saw a firefly.I liked its flight,it lit up my eveningsoaked with tears. I liked the changein its flight through the air.Now it’s here, now it’s there,surely looking for happiness. Surely. For a moment, I even liked the tears,glimmering in the midst of a dark night.Hey! Maybe the firefly toosaw the reflection of the … More Firefly
Reflection on Vrbnik Art Weekend 2025 – two days of pure beauty on the island of Krk 🌞🎨🍷 This article in Vrbnički Vidici brings a wonderful story of a two-day festival of art, poetry, music, and togetherness that lit up the old town of Vrbnik on the island of Krk in June 2025. 🌊 Vrbnik … More Vrbnik art weekend
🎨🔥 O M G 🔥🎨I just walked into the gallery and… I CAN’T BREATHE 😭💥 The COLORS!! The CHAOS!! The EMOTION dripping from every brushstroke 💦💦💦 It’s like my soul just got slapped in the face by BEAUTY and I’m not okay 😩🎭💘I’m SWEATING 🥵 shaking 😵💫 crying 🥹 and maybe… just MAYBE… gonna C🌪️M … More OMG
Jebi ga, gle, imaš dvije jebene opcije. Ili ćeš dati umjetnost u podrum i nikome nećeš pokazati ili ćeš pokazati, a onda ide uz to sve što te sljeduje: ismijavanje, odbačenost, prihvaćenost, radost, veselje, tuga, podsmijeh, da ti netko kaže: ovo je drlog prijatelju moj, da ide članak u novine. Da ti ukradu sliku. Mislim. … More POSLUŠAJ
Rain Bordo 