Gastón Ugalde
Gastón Ugalde - Born in La Paz, lives and works in La Paz
Ugalde b. 1944 (Venice Biennale 2009, 2001) is considered a visual arts leader in the region and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex award along with noted Brazilian architect Oscar Niemayer in 2002.
Studied Architecture at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Economics and Political Science at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada and Fine art at the Vancouver School of Art, Canada.
Since 1972 has had 81 solo-shows and over 160 collective exhibitions.
Gaston Ugalde is the best internationally known Bolivian artist and has exhibited at the most important biennales such as Venice in 2009, 2001, Sao Paulo 1978, 1981, 1985, La Havana 1986, 1999.
Spanning a half-century career he is considered a video-art pioneer in Latin America in the seventies; his work also includes performance, painting, sculpture, installation land-art and photography.
Critics refer to him as the Andean Warhol. His work is deeply rooted in Bolivian traditions and is filled socio-political references.
Selected Exhibitions
| 2015 | 10 Bienal do Mercosul, Portoalegre Brasil SP-Arte Sao Paulo, Brasil Rituals et Dependances Galerie Celal Paris |
| 2014 | Territorios de la imagen, selection of the Juan Mulder collection, Lima (un)real Maddox Gallery, London UK Animals in the Walls, London UK Paris Photo LA – solo show Bolivar Hall, London Museo de America, Madrid |
| 2013 | I Bienal del Sur, Panama IX Buenos Aires Photo – Invited artist Reality Check, MassArt Boston Monumental Installation IADB Washington, DC Smithsonian, American Indian Museum Intersections, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach California Coral Gables Muesum, Florida USA Art-Lima, Perú |
| 2012 | Art Platform Los Angeles – HACS HFAF – Houston, TX Art Wynwood - Hardcore Art Contemporary Space ART Monaco Scope NY - Hardcore Art Contemporary Space Pinta London Almas de Sal, Mueso Nacional de Arte - La Paz FIA Caracas |
| 2011 | ARTBO Bogota Boundaries, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach California Houston Fine Art Fair The Latin American Revolution, LMNT Miami ART Pam Beach ARTbeat Washington DC Miamicito Dot 51 Gallery Miami Pinta NY Modern Panic, London Buenos Aires Photo Rostros Shamanicos, Galería Christopher Paschall Siglo XXI Bogota Pinta London Down and Under - Hardcore Art Contemporary Space |
| 2010 | Saatchi Gallery, London Villa Hais Museum, Berlin Museum Am Dom Trier Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin |
| 2009 | 53rd Venice Biennale Trienal, Santiago de Chile |
| 2008 | Nota Gallery - La Paz Art Santa Fe, New Mexico Arteamericas Miami |
| 2007 | Bienal de Valencia Valencia Casa de las Americas - Madrid |
| 2006 | Cuerpos Pintados” Sao Paulo |
| 2005 | Museo de Arte Moderno ” La Paz Necker Island – British Virgin Islands |
| 2004 | Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago La Recoleta Buenos Aires Cuerpos Pintados Santiago N Gallery Dusseldorf Cuerpos Pintados Buenos Aires |
| 2002 | Evan Gallery, New York |
| 2001 | 49th Venice Biennale |
| 1999 | XII Bienal de la Havana |
| 1997 | I Visual Arts Biennial of MERCOSUR; Porto Alegre |
| 1996 | Seven Visual Artists from Bolivia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago |
| 1992 | Expo Seville ’92; Seville |
| 1991 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas |
| 1990 | Mito y Magia en las Americas: “Los ochenta” MARCO Contemporary Art Museum, Monterrey |
| 1989 | II Cuenca’s Biennial of Painting; Cuenca |
| 1987 | I Cuenca’s Biennial of Painting; Cuenca |
| 1986 | VII Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving IV Latin-American Biennial; New York I International Biennial of Painting; Miami II Bienal de la Havana; Havana |
| 1985 | XVII Biennial of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Neo-Expressionism de Tres Continentes; Teyler Gallery, VA III Biennial of Graphics; Cayman Gallery, New York |
| 1984 | Neo Expresionism from Three Continents, Teyler Gallery, VA New Forms of Figuration, Center for Inter American Relations, New York |
| 1983 | VI Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving |
| 1982 | XII Biennial of Paris; Paris |
| 1981 | V Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving |
| 1980 | IV Biennial of Maldonado; Museum of American Art, Maldonado Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas |
| 1979 | XV Biennial of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo |
| 1978 | I Biennial; Latin-American Art; Sao Paulo |
Prizes and Awards
1970 O.F.Y. Grant, Government of Canada; 1973 Centennial Prize, Simon Frazer University, Canada; 1975 I Premio de Pintura I Bienal INBO, La Paz, Bolivia; 1978 Primer Premio de Pintura Pedro Domingo Murillo, La Paz, Bolivia; 1979 Primer Premio Bienal de Maldonado, Uruguay; 1980 Gran Premio Pedro Domingo Murillo dedicado a Franz Tamayo, La Paz, Bolivia; 1984 Premio WOLA Washington Office on Latin American Art, Washington, EE.UU.; 1986 Gran Premio I Bienal Internacional de Pintura, Miami, U.S.A.; 1993-4 Cóndor de Plata, La Paz, Bolivia; 1996 Medalla de Oro del público, Esculturas Coca Cola, Olimpíadas de Atlanta, U.S.A.; 1999 Gran Premio Pedro Domingo Murillo, La Paz, Bolivia; 2000 “Gran premio Pedro Domingo Murillo”, La Paz Bolivia; 2002 Gran premio “ Pedro Domingo Murillo”, La Paz Bolivia; 2003 Gran Premio Fundación Konex MERCOSUR, Buenos Aires Argentina 2008 Primer Premio Bienal Internacional de Santa Cruz-Bolivia, Premio adquisición Chandon-Buenos Aires, 2014 Premio Adela Zamudio Ministerio de Culturas
Landmark Art
Culpina K 2001; Villa Alota 2002; Vila Vila 2003; Salar de Uyuni 2004; Tiwanaku 2005; El Alto 2006
Selected public and private Collections
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, Estrellita Brodsky Collection New York, Pietro Valsechi collection Rome Italy, Museum Am Dom Trier Germany, Museum Villa Haiss Germany, MAXXI - Museo Nazionale Delle Arti del XXI Secolo Rome Italy, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MAC Santiago, Chile, Museo Nacional de Arte La Paz, Bolivia, Marco Fila collection New york, Alan Stein Collection San Francisco, Juan Mulder collection Lima, Peru, Interamerican Development Bank collection, Washington DC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MARCO Monterrey, OAS Washington DC permanent collection, World Bank permanent collection, Washington, DC , Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Argentina (MNBA)