Gastón Ugalde
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Gastón Ugalde Latin America
n Artist
recipient of the Konex Award
in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer
is called "the most important living Bolivia
n artist" by the Konex Foundation
in Argentina and is also referred as the "Andean Warhol
" by art critic
s. Ugalde is also known as "the enfant terrible" of the Bolivian Art Scene.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n Artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
recipient of the Konex Award
Konex Award
Konex Foundation awards, or simple Konex awards are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation to Argentine cultural personalities.Created in 1980, where conceived as a way to reward the Argentine personalities and institutions of different fields, as well as to stimulate the beginners.Even though...
in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
is called "the most important living Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n artist" by the Konex Foundation
Konex Foundation
Konex Foundation is an Argentine cultural non-profit organization created in 1980 to promote, stimulate, help, and participate in any form of cultural, educational, intellectual, artistic, social, philanthropic, scientific or sports initiative, work, and enterprise, in their most relevant aspects,...
in Argentina and is also referred as the "Andean Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
" by art critic
Art critic
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s. Ugalde is also known as "the enfant terrible" of the Bolivian Art Scene.
Selected exhibitions
- 1978 I Biennial; Latin-American Art; São Paulo, Brazil
- 1979 XV Biennial of São Paulo; São Paulo, Brazil
- 1980 IV Biennial of Maldonado; Museum of American Art, Maldonado, Uruguay
- 1981 V Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1982 XII Biennial of Paris; Paris, France
- 1983 VI Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1985 XVII Biennial of São Paulo; São Paulo, Brazil
- Neo-Expressionism de Tres Continentes; Teyler Gallery, Virginia, USA
- III Biennial of Graphics; Cayman Gallery, New York, New York, USA
- 1986 VII Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- IV Latin-American Biennial; New York, New York, USA
- I International Biennial of Painting; Miami, Florida, USA
- II Havana’s Biennial; Havana, Cuba
- 1987 I Cuenca’s Biennial of Painting; Cuenca, Ecuador
- 1989 II Cuenca’s Biennial of Painting; Cuenca, Ecuador
- 1990 Mito y Magia en las Americas: “Los ochenta”
- Marco Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
- 1991 Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
- 1992 Expo Seville ’92; Seville, Spain.
- 1996 Seven Visual Artists from Bolivia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
- 1997 I Visual Arts Biennial of MERCOSUR; Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 1999 XII Havana’s Biennial; Havana, Cuba
- 2001 49th Venice Biennale; Venice, Italy
- 2002 Gallery Evan, New York
- 2003 “4ta Bienal de Mercosur” Porto Alegre, Brasil
- 2004 “Museo de Arte Contemporaneo ” Santiago, Chile
- “La Recoleta” Buenos Aires, Argentina
- “Cuerpos Pintados” Santiago, Chile
- “Nota Gallery” Düsseldorf, Germany
- “Cuerpos Pintados” Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2005 2005 “Museo de Arte Moderno ” La Paz, Bolivia
- 2006 “Cuerpos Pintados” São Paulo, Brasil
- 2007 “Bienal de Valencia” Valencia, Spain
- “Casa de las Americas ” Madrid, Spain
- 2008 Arteamericas Miami, FL
- 2008 Notal Gallery - La Paz, Bolivia
- 2008 Buenos Aires Photo, Argentina
- 2008 Art Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
- 2009 Venice Biennale