Photo Credit: Efe Pablo Atchugarry Tom Otterness Jim Dine
Manolo Valdés Santiago Medina Carlos Hernández Guerra
Pablo Atchugarry is a Uruguayan sculptor born in Montevideo in 1954. He currently lives and works between Lecco, Italy and Manantiales, Uruguay. Best known for his marble works which resemble the monoliths of early civilizations, he approaches sculpture as an extension of the materials he employs. In 2007, the artist established the nonprofit institution Fundación Pablo Atchugarry in Manantiales, Uruguay, which promotes visual arts, music, and literature in the community. His works are held in the collections of the National Museum of Visual Arts of Montevideo and the Pérez Art Museum in Miami. Individual exhibitions: 2011 Holllis Taggart Galeries New York 2010 Albemarle Gallery London Bienvenu Gallery 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 1996 Valente Arte Contemporanea Finale Ligure 1997 Centro Fatebenefratelli Valmadrera 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 Galeria la Gruta Bogota 1979 Maison de l’ Amerique Latine Paris 1978 Galleria Visconti Lecco Galleria La Colonna Como 1974 Galeria Lirolay Buenos Aires 1972 Subte Municipal Montevideo