Curriculum Vitae
Five decades of work.
Uruguayan painter & sculptor, exhibiting since 1972 — selected exhibitions, awards, public works, and collections.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
- 2022 “Diecinueve mil días” (50-year retrospective) — Club del Lago , Punta del Este
- 2019 Solo exhibition — Onessimo Fine Art , Palm Beach, FL
- 2014 “Aire” — Lawn Tennis , Carrasco, Montevideo
- 2011 “Tratos y retratos” — Museo Zorrilla , Montevideo
- 2009 Solo exhibition — Casa de la Cultura , Maldonado
- 2007 “La pequeña gran ópera del pobre Carlos” — Galería Latina , Montevideo
- 2002 Solo exhibition — Uruguayan Consulate , São Paulo
- 2001 Solo exhibition — L'Art Latin American Art Gallery , Miami
- 2000 Solo exhibition — Club del Bosque , Punta del Este
- 1993 Solo exhibition — U.S. Embassy , Montevideo
- 1983 Solo exhibition — Marie Berger Art Gallery , Fort Worth, TX
- 1979 Solo exhibition — Marie Berger Art Gallery , Fort Worth, TX
- 1977 Solo exhibition — Banco República , Uruguay
- 1972 Solo exhibition — Banco República , Uruguay
Group
- 2016 Modportrait (selected) — MEAM — Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno , Barcelona
- 2016 SERES — Mexican Embassy cultural space , Montevideo
- 2014 “5 Figurativos” — MAC — Museo de Arte Contemporáneo , Montevideo
- 2013 Premio Bicentenario — Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales , Montevideo
- 2008 Group exhibition — The Doors Galerie , Alkmaar, Netherlands
- 2007 “Mujeres en el Uruguay Productivo” — Palacio Legislativo , Montevideo
- 2006 Group exhibition — Galería Buenosairesrou , Buenos Aires
- 2005 Group exhibition — The Walls Gallery , Amsterdam
- 2004 Group exhibition — Gallery Michelle / Uruguayan Foundation for the Arts , Washington, DC
- 2003 Group exhibition — Galerie & Kunsthandel Veldpape , Netherlands
- 2002 ACEA — Federación de Artistas Plásticos , Barcelona
- 1994 Group exhibition — Soho Gallery , Miami
- 1991 Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art , Miami
Awards & Honors
- 2022 Premio Manuel Oribe a la Cultura — visual arts / painting
- 2022 Artista Plástica del Año
- 2018 Premio Ariel a la Trayectoria — Ateneo de Montevideo
- 2018 Reconocimiento a la Trayectoria — AGADU, Teatro Solís
- 2015 First Prize, Painting — Gran Logia del Uruguay
- 2010 First & second mention — Concurso Nacional de Pintura Zonamerica
- 2001 First Prize, International Competition — Latin American Art Museum , Miami
- 1995 First Prize, pencil drawing — Cleveland Art Festival , Ohio
- 1977 Prizes — Paradise Valley , Phoenix, AZ
- 1976 Premio Dibujo — Instituto de Artes Visuales Poume (IAVP) , Montevideo
- — Premio Brindisi , Rome · year to confirm
Public & Religious Works
- 2022 Virgen de los Treinta y Tres — marble-mosaic image (from her oil) — Vatican Gardens , Vatican City
- 2020 Monumental paintings & reliefs — Cathedral of Canelones , Uruguay
- 2017 Padre Pío — life-size sculpture , Artigas
- 2013 Monseñor Jacinto Vera — life-size sculpture — Cathedral of Canelones , Uruguay
- 2013 Juana de Ibarbourou — life-size sculpture — Club del Lago sculpture park , Punta del Este
- 2005 Bronze monument to Drs. Caldeyro Barcia & Hermógenes Álvarez — Hospital Pereira Rossell , Montevideo
- — Bronze portrait busts of Uruguayan public figures — Eduardo Franco (Paysandú), Marcelino Leal (Salto), and others
Collections
- Valmont Foundation Collection , Geneva, Switzerland
- Presidencia de la República, Edificio Libertad , Montevideo
- Churches, parishes & private collections in Uruguay, the Americas and Europe
Selected Press & Publications
- “Retratos imaginados, con Martha Escondeur” — interview by Gabriela Gómez — Revista DOSSIER
- Artist profile feature — Club AYD / Revista AYD
- Listed in “Artes visuales en Uruguay: diccionario crítico” by Nelson Di Maggio (Zonalibro, 2013)
- Cover art (portrait of Delmira Agustini) for “Uruguay, mujeres y poesía” (2001)
- Cover & back-cover art for “Mensajeros de Artemisa” by Raúl Laviña (2004)
- Television: “Notables” (Canal 4) and “Caleidoscopio” (Canal 10)
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