BIOGRAPHY
Pablo Atchugarry was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on August 23rd, 1954. His father Pedro was a great art lover who grasped the aptitude and interests that Pablo already manifested in his childhood, stimulating him to take up the challenge of painting
He started showing his work at the age of eleven and, as an adolescent, soon started feeling the need to express himself in other forms and materials, such as sculpture in cement and compositions in metal and wood, although without neglecting his painting. His first personal exhibition was held in the Subte Municipal in Montevideo in 1972, followed two years later by his first exhibition abroad in Buenos Aires. At the end of the seventies, he made several trips to France, Spain and Italy, where in 1978 he held his first personal exhibition in Lecco.
In 1979, he discovered marble as a thoroughly fascinating material, sculpting his first piece in Carrara, “La Lumière”. Although he returned regularly to his native land, in 1982 he decided to settle in Lecco when he received the commission for his first large sculpture, a Pietà. Since 1989, Pablo has expressed himself through monumental works, which are now situated in various public and private spaces in Europe and America. In 1996, his Semilla de la Esperanza (Seed of Hope), was installed in the sculpture garden of the Uruguayan Government Building.
In the spring of 2001, the Province of Milan organized a retrospective of the last ten years of Atchugarry’s work in Palazzo Isimbardi, in the same year "The Obelisk of the Third Millennium" was inaugurated; a sculpture in white Carrara marble, it stands six metres high in the town of Manzano, Province of Udine. In early 2002, Atchugarry’s sculpture Ideali in Garfagnana marble, was given to Prince Rainier of Monaco as a tribute to the 50th anniversary reign. It won the national concourse “Monumento alla civiltá e cultura del lavoro Lecchese”, was inaugurated in Lecco in May 2002, and it was carved from a 33 ton Carrara block and stands 6.10 metres tall. In July 2002, Atchugarry received the Michelangelo Award in Carrara, in recognition of his artistic career, the same year he created the sculpture “ Ideali". He participated in the 50th International Exhibition of the Visual Arts -Venice Biennale in 2003 with an installation entitled "Dreaming of Peace". In 2005 he exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes of Buenos Aires. The renowned Groeninge Museum in Bruges, Belgium organized an exhibition in June of 2006 with works from private international collections.
During the year 2007 he realized the most great sculpture “On the way of light”, 8 metres high. The same year an important itinerant show “The plastic space of light” presented by Luca Massimo Barbero was organized in Brazil, it began in Brasilia at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, followed to Museu Brasileiro de escultura of São Paulo, and at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer of Curitiba, finished in March 2008 at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales of Montevideo, where exhibited sculptures created during the last fifteen years in different kind of marbles and dimensions. One of most recent projects was open in 2006 a new atelier at El Chorro ( Maldonado),Uruguay, where he works during the European winter and where the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation was established in the year 2007 with the intention to disseminate fine arts and to create a place of meeting for artists of all kind of disciplines
Pablo now lives and works in Lecco, Lake Como, Italy.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
2016 | Albemarle Gallery, London |
| Boon Gallery, Knokke - Heist |
| Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York |
2015 | Mercati di Traiano: Musei dei Fori Imperiali, Roma |
| Expo 2015, Uruguayan Pavillion, Milano |
| Paulo Darzé galeria de arte, Salvador |
| Costantini Art Gallery, Milano |
| Art Stage Singapore, Singapore |
2014 | Palazzo del Parco, Diano Marina |
| Bologna Fiere SH Contemporary, Shanghai |
| Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo |
| Arte fiera, Bologna |
| Albemarle Gallery, London |
2013 | Fundacion Pablo Atchugarry, Manantiales |
| Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York |
| Museo MIIT, Torino |
2012 | Albemarle Gallery London |
2011 | Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York |
2010 |
Callan Contemporary, New Orleans |
2008 | Albemarle Gallery London |
| Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales Montevideo |
2007 | Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba |
| Museu Brasileiro de Escultura São Paulo |
| Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Brasilia |
| Lagorio Arte Contemporanea Brescia |
| Frey Norris Gallery San Francisco |
2006 | Albemarle Gallery London |
| Groeninge Museum Bruges |
| Galeria Sur Punta del Este - La Barra |
| Gary Nader Fine Art Miami |
2005 | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Buenos Aires |
| Park Ryu Sook Gallery Seoul |
| Gary Nader Fine Art Miami |
2004 | Galeria Tejeria Loppacher Punta del Este - Uruguay |
| Galleria Rino Costa Valenza |
| Villa Monastero Varenna |
| Albemarle Gallery London |
2003 | Fondation Veranneman Kruishoutem |
| 50° Biennale di Venezia - Padiglione dell'Uruguay Venezia |
| Fondazione Abbazia di Rosazzo Rosazzo - Udine |
| Galleria Les Chances de l'Art Bolzano |
2002 | Ellequadro Documenti Genova |
2001 | Palazzo Isimbardi Milano |
| Albemarle Gallery London |
| Fondazione Il Fiore Firenze |
2000 | Galerie Le Point Monte Carlo |
1999 | Inter-American Development Bank Washington |
1998 | Ellequadro Documenti Genova |
| Fondation Veranneman Kruishoutem |
1997 | Centro Fatebenefratelli Valmadrera |
1996 | Valente Arte Contemporanea Finale Ligure |
1994 | Galleria Nuova Carini Milano |
1992 | Galerie L'Oeil Bruxelles |
1991 | Galleria Carini Milano |
1989 | Biblioteca Civica di Lecco Lecco |
1988 | Galleria Carini Milano |
| Museo Salvini Coquio Trevisago |
1983 | Villa Manzoni Lecco |
1982 | Galeria Felix Caracas |
| Galleria Visconti Lecco |
| Galleria Comuale Monza |
1981 | Ibis Gallery Malmo |
| Galerie L'Art et la Paix Paris |
| Galerie L'Art et la Paix Paris |
| Galeria la Gruta Bogota |
1979 | Maison de l'Amerique Latine Paris |
1978 | Galleria Visconti Lecco |
| Galleria La Colonna Como |
1974 | Subte Municipal Montevideo |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
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2016 | Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro |
| Seattle Art Fail, Seattle |
| Point Art Monaco, Monaco |
| Art Cologne, Köln |
| Sp-Arte, São Paulo |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| The Armory Show, New York |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
| Art Stage Singapore, Singapore |
| Este Arte, Punta del Este |
2015 | Art Basel, Miami |
| Art Miami, Miami |
| Fiac, Paris |
| Art Toronto, Toronto |
| Art Bo, Bogotà |
| Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro |
| Art Internationa, Istanbul |
| Point Art Monaco, Monaco |
| Art Marbella, Marbella |
| Art Miami, New York |
| Sp-Arte, São Paulo |
| Parc, Lima |
| Art Cologne, Köln |
| Mi Art, Milano |
| Art Basel, Hong Kong |
| The Armory Show, New York |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2014 | Art Basel, Miami |
| Art Miami, Miami |
| Fiac, Paris |
| Art Bo, Bogota |
| Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro |
| Arte Ba, Buenos Aires |
| Parc, Lima |
| SP Arte, Sao Paulo |
| Art Basel, Hong Kong |
| Black - Galleria Dep Art, Milano |
| Mi Art, Milano |
| The Armory Show, New York |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2013 | Art Basel, Miami |
| Art Miami, Miami |
| Pinta, New York |
| Fiac, Paris |
| Expo Chicago, Chicago |
| Art Bo, Bogota |
| HFAF, Houston |
| Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro |
| FIA, Caracas |
| Art South Hampton, South Hampton |
| Art Brussels, Brussels |
| Arte Ba, Buenos Aires |
| SP Arte, Sao Paulo |
| The Armory Show, New York |
| Bianco Italia - Tornabuoni Art, Paris |
| Art Basel, Hong Kong |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2012 | Art Basel, Miami |
| Art Miami, Miami |
| Expo Chicago, Chicago |
| HFAF, Houston |
| Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro |
| SP Arte, Sao Paulo |
| Arte Ba, Buenos Aires |
| The Armory Show, New York |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2011 | Art Basel, Miami |
| Fiac, Paris |
| Arte Ba, Buenos Aires |
| SP Arte, Sao Paulo |
| Legacy Gallery, Panama |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2010 | Fiac, Paris |
| SP Arte, Sao Paulo |
| Tefaf, Maastricht |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2009 | Arte Ba, Buenos Aires |
| ArteFiera, Bologna |
2008 | Arco, Madrid |
2007 | Art First, Bologna |
| Arco, Madrid |
| Galeria Sur, Punta del Este |
2006 | Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
| Art London, London |
| Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans |
2005 | Arte Fiera, Bologna |
| Art Basel, Miami |
2004 | Art London, London |
| Miart, Milano |
| Arco, Madrid |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2003 | Arco, Madrid |
| Arte Fiera, Bologna |
2002 | Galerie Le Point Monte Carlo |
| Tefaf Maastricht |
| Arco Madrid |
| Artefiera Bologna |
2001 | Tefaf Maastricht |
| Arco Madrid |
| Artefiera Bologna |
2000 | Xenobio Exhibition - a cura di Idehiro Ikegami Bologna |
| Tefaf Maastricht |
| Arco Madrid |
| Artefiera Bologna |
1999 | Orion Art Gallery Bruxelles |
| Art Basel Basel |
| Tefaf Maastricht |
| Arco Madrid |
| Artefiera Bologna |
1998 | Biennale di Aldo Roncaglia San Felice Sul Panaro |
| Scultura 98 Sondrio |
| Castle of Bourglinster Luxembourg |
| Artefiera Bologna |
1997 | Gildo Pastor Center Monte Carlo |
| Artefiera Bologna |
1996 | Palazzo Ducale Genova |
1995 | Ellequadro Documenti Genova |
1994 | Venice Design Art Gallery Venezia |
| 4a Biennal de Sculpture Contemporain Passy |
1992 | Palazzo Crepadona Belluno |
| 9° Salon d'Art Contemporain Bourg en Bresse |
1991 | Contemporary Art International Milano |
1990 | Simposio di sculture - Castello di Nelson Bronte |
1989 | IX Bienal de Arte Internacional - Chile Valparaiso |
1988 | Ternate Sculture Ternate |
1987 | Esibizione Internazionale di sculture Castellanza |
| Esibizione di Arte Sacra - San Francesco Como |
| Esibizione Internazionale "Como Illustrazioni" Como |
| 7a Esibizione d'Arte Sacra - Basilica San Sempliciano Milano |
1984 | XIX Esibizione Internazionale di Scultura Legnano |
| 1a Esibizione di piccole sculture Castellanza |
1983 | 3a Esibizione d'Arte Sacra - Basilica San Sempliciano Milano |
1980 | Taormina concorso (Primo Premio) Taormina |
| VII original Drawing Biennal Rijeca |
1979 | "Alessandro Volta" Pittura internazionale Como |
1977 | XL Salón Nacional - Premio Adquisicion Montevideo |
1976 | Galeria Aramayo Montevideo |
| Salón de Miniescultura Montevideo |
1975 | XVI International Salón Paris-Sud Juvisy |
1974 | XXII Salón Municipal Montevideo |
1973 | XXVI Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas Montevideo |
1972 | XXVI Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas Montevideo |