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 Acrylic on canvas - 30 x 40 inches |
Personal Statement
I like to consider my paintings as questions, more than as answers.
Not so much as the final product or result of a process but rather as a perceptual springboard.
The paintings are, therefore, both, cause and effect.
I intend this journey as a cartography of the ineffable.
Bio
Education
· Degree in Fine Arts with honors from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina.
Postgraduate studies
· Art and Psychology: Prof. Ricardo Gandolfo, University of Tucuman, Argentina.
· Art Criticism: Prof. Juan Acha, University of Mexico.
· Discourse on the sculptural object. Dr. Prof. Sebastian Miralles, University of Valencia, Spain.
· Art Critics in the 90s. Prof. Kevin Power, University of Alicante, Spain.
Exhibitions
"2x3 - Painting and Sculpture" 1987
Sponsored by the State of Catamarca and the Department of Culture
Catamarca, ArgentinaTenth conference on criticism - 1988
Twenty-second international congress of the International Association of Art Criticism
Buenos Aires, Argentina"Two Sculptors from Tucumán." 1988
Plural Foundation Gallery, Buenos Aires Solo exhibition: "Wood-kiln Ceramics" 1989
Sponsored by the Faculty of Arts of the Tucumán National University
Tucumán National University Cultural Center, Tucumán, Argentina "Giving Wings to Culture" 1990
Tucumán International Airport
"Panorama of Tucumán Art, 1960-1990" 1990San Miguel de Tucumán House of Culture
"Painting Sculpure Etching" 1991Mutual Aid Society of Tucumán
Solo exhibition: "Earth from the South" 1991Filambule Art Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
"Paintings, Sculpture and Etchings by Tucumán Artists" 1991Jockey Club of Tucumán Art Gallery
Solo exhibition: "Earth from the South" 1991Sponsored by National University of Tucumán
Cultural Center, National University of Tucumán
"To the North of South" 1991L'Aurore Art Gallery, Sorens, Switzerland
"Four Artists of Latin America" 1991Gaertringen, Germany
"Four Artists of Latin America" 1991Stuttgart, Germany
"Works by Tucumán Artists" 1991Metropol Hotel Art Gallery, Tucumán
University outreach program 1992Tafí del Valle House of Culture, Tafí del Valle, Argentina
"Take You/Take Art II" 1992Sponsored by the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Tucumán
Tucumán
"Youthful Proposals" 1992Circle Cultural Center, Tucumán
"Four Tucumán Artists" 1992
Sponsored by the City of Yerba Buena Department of Culture
Yerba Buena House of Culture, Yerba Buena, Argentina
"Textiles and Ceramics" 1992Art Gallery of the Tomás Cabrera School of Fine Arts, Salta, Argentina
Solo exhibition: "The Sea" 1993The Workshop, Tucumán
"Tucumán Artists of Today" 1993National Fund for the Arts, Buenos Aires
First annual open-air ceramic contest 1994San Carlos, Argentina
"Ceramists of our City" 1994Circle Cultural Center, Tucumán
Collective charity exhibition 1994Metropol Hotel Art Gallery, Tucumán
Paintings and sculptures 1994Show House 1994, Tucumán
Collective exhibition 1994
National University of Tucumán
Series of traveling exhibits 1994
National University of Tucumán
"Sculptures" 1994
Rougés Cultural Center, Miguel Lillo Foundation, Tucumán
"Souvenir of Tucumán - A Nomadic Anthology of Objects" 1997Group exhibition. La Zona Cultural Center, Tucumán
Solo exhibition 1998
El Griego Bookstore, Tucumán
"Argentine Pathways"/ "Souvenir of Tucumán - A Nomadic Anthology of Objects" 1999Group exhibition. The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Solo exhibition 2000
Invited by the Secretary of State for Culture and Education
as the only artist representing the State Museum of Fine ArtsSecond Annual Book Fair, Tucumán
Solo exhibition: "Cartography of the Incomprehensible" 2000
The Auction Art Gallery, San Miguel de Tucumán
Collective exhibition celebrating 2000
the 41st anniversary of the declaration of children's rights
Organized by Amnesty International, Tucumán
Solo exhibition: "Heart of the Heavens" 2000
Empresario Bank Foundation Gallery, Tucumán
Solo exhibition: "On the Trail of Silence" 2001
Los Troncos Art Gallery, Tucumán
Solo exhibition: "Frontiers / Fronteras" 2001
Studio 5 Art Gallery, West Hollywood, LA
"Souvenir of Tucumán - A Collective Exhibition/Landscape Installation" 2001Davis, California, U.S.A.
"Souvenir of Tucumán - A Nomadic Anthology of Objects" 2001Group Exhibition. Sponsored by the National Cultural Commission
Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Mexico
Souvenir of Tucumán - A Nomadic Anthology of Objects" 2002Group Exhibition. Kyu Nichi Gin Building, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Mexico
"5 de Mayo Event" 2002Exhibit of Latin American Artists. "Para Los Niños" non profit organization.
Figueroa Courtyard. Downtown LA
"A Taste of Argentina" 2002Group exhibition. Backstreet Galleries, Brentwood, LA
"Una Noche en Argentina"Group exhibition. Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach, CA. 2003
"Abstract Elegante"Group exhibition. Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood. 2003
"Argentina"Latino Art Museun. Pomona . . 2003
"Latin American Group Show"Latin American Contemporary Gallery. Santa Monica. 2003
"Group Show"Bel Air Country Club. Los Angeles, CA. 2003
"Change the view"Group Exhibition. Ira Gagon Gallery. San Diego, CA. 2004
"Forever Argentina"Group Exhibition. Latino Art Museum. Claremont, CA 2004
"Far Horizons"Group Exhibition. Metcalf Gallery. Cal Baptist University in collaboration
with the Latino Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2004
"100 Angels"Group exhibition. Latino Art Museum. Claremont, CA 2004
"Dreams from the heart"Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars at UCLA.
UCLA Campus. Los Angeles, CA 2005
"Plural View"Group exhibit.
Studio 18 L.A. West Hollywood, CA 2005
Juried Exhibitions
Twenty-fourth national salon of Tucumán 1988
State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
"Homage to Tucumán Art - 1980-89" 1989
State Museum of Fine Arts, TucumánNational juried exhibition 1990
Sponsored by the National Secretary of Culture
Córdoba, Argentina
"Art 91" 1991State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
Thirty-first national salon of Tucumán 1992State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
First annual salon of Tafí Viejo 1992Tucumán
City Art Salon
Cultural Center, National University of Tucumán
Carlos María Navarro juried exhibition 1993Tucumán National University Cultural Center
New Art SalonSponsored by the Zaraspe Foundation
Graduate School of Economic Science, Tucumán
Thirty-third juried exhibition of Tucumán (painting) 1994Sponsored by the State Department of Culture
State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
Carlos María Navarro juried exhibition 1994Cultural Center, National University of Tucumán
Caltech - Semana Latina juried exhibition 2002Caltech Campus at Pasadena. CA
"Espíritu 2004" Juried Exhibition- By invitationCaltech Campus at Pasadena. CA 2004
Prizes
Second prize (sculpture) 1987
City Art Salon
Tucumán
Third prize (sculpture) 1989Ninth national ceramic art salon
Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and National Secretary of Culture
National Exhibition Galleries, Buenos Aires
Second prize (sculpture) 1990Lino Eneas Spilimbergo juried exhibition
Faculty of Arts, National University of Tucumán
First Mention (drawing) 1991Lino Eneas Spilimbergo juried exhibition
Faculty of Arts, National University of Tucumán
Special Jury Distinction (painting) 1992Carlos María Navarro juried exhibition
Faculty of Arts, National University of Tucumán
Honorable Mention (sculpture) 1993Thirty-second national salon of Tucumán
State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
Jury Distinction (painting) 1993Lino Eneas Spilimbergo juried exhibition
State Museum of History, Tucumán
First Prize (sculpture) 1994Lino Eneas Spilimbergo juried exhibition
Cultural Center, National University of Tucumán
Third prize (ceramic sculpture) 1995Second annual meeting of the Barro Quebradeño ceramists
Tilcara, Argentina
First prize (painting) 2001Cover Art juried exhibition
Sponsored by Páginas AmarillasGrupo Telecom and the State Secretary of Culture
State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán
Additional Distinctions
· Former member of the Institute of Art and Communication, Faculty of Arts, National University of Tucumán.
· Consultant to the State Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán, in the areas of preservation and patrimony.
· Former member of the Argentine Artists Society (SAAP).
· Named as an emerging artist in "New History of Painting and Sculpture in Argentina". (Brughetti)