Biography
Born in Rosario in 1960. In 1990 he graduated in Visual Arts at the School of Fine Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, National University of Rosario. In 1989 he founded, along with other artists, the "Rozarte Group" and takes part in it until its dissolution in 1997.
He has done three individual exhibitions. Sunday, Bis Gallery (Rosario, 2001), It might seem otherwise, CCBernardino Rivadavia (Rosario, 1998), Traces, Red Ink Gallery (Rosario, 1994).
He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, including: 25 X EL CHE, Diario La Capital Museum (Rosario 2008), ROZO, ROZARTE GROUP DOCUMENTAL EXHIBITION, Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum (Rosario 2008), MOVING OBJECTS, street action, (Buenos Aires 2008), 2 PAINTERS FRIENDS, Diario La Capital Museum (Rosario 2007), IDENTITY IN SEAT, Center of Contemporary Expressions (Rosario 2007), DELIVERY OF ART, Rosario Second Art Week 2006, Rosario.
MACRO IN RECOLETA, an intersection of gazes, Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires.
RAW BACK ROOM, “Passing Culture” Project, ARTE BA 2006, Buenos Aires.
Art Week, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, (Rosario, 2005); LVII Salón Nacional de Rosario, Castagnino Museum, (Rosario, 2003); ArteBa (Bs.As, 2002); LV Salon Nacional de Rosario, Castagnino Museum, (Rosario, 2001); Prodaltec Prize, Fine Arts Nacional Museum (Buenos Aires, 2000), Contemporary Art Collection, Castagnino Museum (Rosario, 2000); 34ACR., Castagnino Museum (Rosario, 1999); Watch the Country, CA Borges (Buenos Aires, 1999), A slight resistance to Happiness, Rouges Cultural Centre (Tucumán, 1998), Multiple, Recoleta Cultural Centre (Buenos Aires, 1997). Some of the awards he received are: UNESCO Scholarship / Aschberg 2003-2004 (2003), Scholarship from the Secretariat for Culture of the Santa Fe Province (2000), President Special Fellowship to Cultural Excellence (1999), the Grant from the national fund of arts to Interior Artists (1998) and the Antorchas Foundation allowance to creation(1997). His work is part of the collection of the Contemporary Arts Museum of Rosario (MACRO) and is also part of numerous private collections. He is currently the director of the Plastic Arts Culture Area of the National University of Rosario Secretariat and a lecturer at the School of Fine Arts at the same University.
Vision of art
1. Choose a work that represents you, describe it in relation to its format and materiality, its relation with time and space, its style and theme; detail its production process.
"State of Being" is an installation of eight (8) paper posters of 0.65 X 0.90 metres directly stuck on the wall, in which eight words (in my opinion, terse words) can be readed. Eight sentences, eight verdicts, hard, terrible and generally, unappealable. The parody among the images, that are expanded photocopies of old designs of commercial stamps, and the strength of their resignificación, give sense to the work.
2. In general terms, how would you suggest to approach your work?
I want my work to be seen with patience, with respect and above all, without prejudice. I think one of the major drawbacks current production has to deal with, are the prejudices with which it is observed.
3. In reference to your work and your position in the national and international art fields, what tradition do you recognize yourself in? Who are your contemporary referents? What artists of previous generations are of interest to you?
In general I think my work is crossed by a low tech conceptualism and it is very close to the graphic.
4. Choose works or exhibitions from the last ten or fifteen years which in your opinion were very significant and explain why
I can not name any work or exhibition in particular, but I'm sure you can not review our recent history of art without a devoted paragraph to the predominant curatorial experience of Jorge Gumier Mayer in Rojas Cultural Centre during the '90s.
