On Exhibit Today: III Signos

Diego Masi Born in 1965 in Montevideo Educational Background Graduated from the National School of Fine Arts – Workshop: Luis Ernesto Aroztegui Montevideo, 1987 – 1993

Main Awards:

1994 First Award, VI National Show of Young Plastic Artists
1995 First Award, Contest «100 years of the Venice Art Biennale», organized by Newspaper «El País»
1996 Award, IV Salto Art Biennale (Uruguay)
1997 Award, Ministry of External Affairs
1998 First Award BHU / Award, B’Nai B’Rith Foundation / Award and Work Acquisition, VII Salto Art Biennale / Award and Work Acquisition, First Art Biennale, «Club Altético Peñarol» / Mention, Seventh Chandon Biennale, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires / Award «Fondo Capital», «Experimentarte» Workshop
2000 First Award «Uruguay», ArteBA, Argentina
2001 Fourth Award «Something Special» / Second Award B.H.U.
2003 Third Award of «Professional Pension Fund»

Main One Man Shows
1995 Photo Exhibition and Wall Painting, Lust Gallery, Mitte, Berlín / «Alternativa» Show, organized by the German Embassy in Montevideo
1996 “Paralasbrisas”, Contemporary Museum, Montevideo
2000 Uruguayan Embassy, Santiago de Chile
2003 Radisson Hotel, together with the Harlem Gospel Choir, Montevideo
2004 «Espacio 304» Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 La Fauna «La Ciudadela» Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Main Group Shows:

1996 “Cuatro Signos”, Engelman Ost Collection
1997 International Painting Award, Batuz Foundation, Montevideo, Torres García / Unicef, Latin Gallery
1998 «Paseo de la Matriz» Gallery
1999 Finalist, Paul Cézanne Award, Contemporary Art Museum, Montevideo
2000 «Alianza Uruguay – EE.UU.»
2002 – 2004 Visual Arts National Museum / Permanent Exhibition, «Ciudadela» Gallery
Main International Events
1998 Urguayan Contemporary Art, Miami, EE.UU.
1999 Latin American and Caribbean Artists, B.I.D., Retz Passage, Paris, France / Seventh Chandon Biennale, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, «Salón de los Pasos Perdidos», Montevideo / Spanish-American Art, Ottawa Chancellery Gallery, Canada
2000 «Exploris» Museum, Releigh, North Carolina / Woman’s National Democratic Club, Washington D.C., USA / Ballajá Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico / ArteBA, Mercosur Space, Buenos Aires / Cuixart Biennale, Córdoba, Argentina
2001 Washington Convention Center, Art Collection
2002 «Signos», «Uruguay» Cultural Foundation for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA / «Museo de las Américas», San Juan, Puerto Rico / Mexican Institute of Culture, Chicago, USA
2003 «del Paseo» Gallery and «Latinarte»: Art Miami, Art New York, USA / "Muestra 2", México D.F. / MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, “AUCTION 2003” Los Ángeles, CA. / Main Library, Miami, USA
2004 Mare & Monty, Lima, Perú / «Espacio 304» Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 «III Signos», «Uruguay» Cultural Foundation for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA.

Main Urban Performances:

1998 «Lunares en el Solís » adhesive vinyl on the columns of «Solís» theatre, Day of the Patrimony

«Historia de Caballos», adhesive vinyl on the horses of José Belloni’s sculpture, El Entrevero
1999 «Lunares on Ice», carbonic compacted snow on the esplanade of «Solís» Theatre
2004 Work on the facade of «Espacio 304» Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 Work on the facade of «La Ciudadela» Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Website: www.diegomasi.com

Lacy Duarte In 1937 Lacy Duarte is born in Mataojo, Salto. She lives in the countryside with her family until 15 years of age, when she moves to Salto city in order to study.
1953 was a decisive moment in her career as she joins Hungarian Master José Cziffery’s workshop. In 1959 she marries painter Aldo Peralta; two sons are born: Pablo and Pedro, both of them also painters.

In 1961 she starts her career as Secondary School teacher in Salto.
In 1963 she takes residence in Aiguá, Maldonado, moving house again in 1967 so as to teach Drawing at San Carlos High School until 1975, year when she is removed. In 1976 she starts living in Porto Alegre, devoting herself to tapestry, with which she would make a living until 1982. It is not until 1981 - when she settles down in Montevideo- that she completely devotes to painting. It is there and then when she organizes some important exhibitions. Her fist one as a painter was “Rituales, mitos, espejos y mentiras” (Rites, myths, mirrors and lies), which can be interpreted as a piece of criticism to conventionalism and woman’s situation. From then on, she starts working on woman’s place in the rural area and culture in this environment. In “Ceibos y Panes”, she recreates the toys her mother used to make: little horses, wooden dolls and little animals made of bread dough. Her “Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa” (Law passed, trap set) recreates the snares used by her brothers for hunting and she links traps with these traps with the ones we usually set ourselves in our daily lives. At present, she is working on “venceduras” (defeat and healing through witchcraft), a therapeutic resource used in the rural area, connecting creation with ways or means to struggle against life.

Her greatest, largest exhibition throughout the different stages of her artistic path can be found in the Engelman-Ost Collection in Montevideo. Her works are also included in several private collections –both national and international- as well as the prizes she has been awarded by different institutions. She has made several trips abroad.

Individual National Exhibitions:

2004 “Las manos limpias” (Clean Hands), Cabildo de Montevideo. (Town Hall , Mdeo.)
2002 “Territorios” (Territories), Instituto Goethe.
“87 cajas” (87 boxes), Dodecá Cultural Centre.
2001 “Espacio limitado” (Limited Space), Dodecá Cultural Centre.
1997 “Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa” (Law passed, trap set). Engelman-Ost Collection
Montevideo.
1996 “Ceibos y Panes” Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan
Manuel Blanes. (Juan Manuel Blanes Fine Arts Museum).
1990 “Rituales, mitos, espejos y mentiras” (Rites, myths, mirrors and lies),Centro de Exposi-
. ciones del Palacio Municipal, Montevideo. (Town Hall Exhibition Centre, Mdeo.)
1988 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo. (Contemporary Art Museum,Mdeo.).
1986 Galería Vezalay, Montevideo. (Vezalay Gallery, Mdeo)
1984 Galería Malecón, Punta del Este.
1983 Galería Ciudadela, Montevideo. (The Citadel Gallery, Mdeo.).
1962 Ateneo del Uruguay, Montevideo.
1956 Taller Pedro Figari, Salto.

Collective National Exhibitions:

2004 Pertenencias” (Belongings), Centro Cultural del MEC Centro Municipal de
Exposiciones.
2003 “A 30 años del Golpe de Estado, Cabildo de Montevideo. (30 years after the coup
d’etat, Town Hall, Mdeo.).
…”Palabras silenciosas”… (Silent words)... Instituto Goethe, Montevideo.
Galería Machango, San Carlos, Maldonado.
2002 Premio Figari (Figari Prize), Banco Central del Uruguay, Montevideo.
2001 “Blanes 4”, Museo Blanes, “Ejercicios de la Memoria (Memory Excercises), Centro
Municipal de Exposiciones. 12º Encuentro Nacional de Arte Textil (12º National
Encounter in Textile Art), “Historia de pequeñas ventanas” (Story of little windows),
Instituto Goethe.
2000 “Amargos 5 Raíces (Bitter Drinks), Espacio Paseo de la Matriz, Montevideo.
1999 “Soplando la Bandera de Piedra” (Blowing the Stone Flag), Intervención Urbana,
Día del Patrimonio, Montevideo.
1998 “Memoria es Patrimonio” (Memory is Patrimony), Intervención Urbana,
Día del Patrimonio, Montevideo.
1994 “Apropiaciones, la otra mirada” (Appropriation, the other side), Museo Municipal
de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo.
1993 “10 Artistas de 2 Peniques” (Ten two-pence Artists), Galería del Cardal, Mdeo.
1990 38º Salón Municipal, Mdeo. Premio de Pintura (Painting Award) NMB BANK,
1987 7º Encuentro Nacional de Arte Textil, Selección AICA, Mdeo.
1986 Salón 90 Aniversario del Banco República, Montevideo.
1985 VI Encuentro Nacional de Arte Textil (VI Textile Art National Encounter),
1983 Primer Salón del Tapiz (First Tapestry Exhibition), Banco de la República.
1982 V Encuentro Nacional de Tapicería (V Tapestry National Encounter), Mdeo.
1977 Tercer Encuentro Nacional de Tapicería, Primer Encuentro del Tapiz de Lana (First
Woollen Tapestry Encounter), Montevideo.
1973 Primer Encuentro Nacional de Tapiz, Montevideo.
1964 8º Salón de Artistas Plásticos del Interior (8th. Exhibition by Plastic Artists from the
Provinces),San José.
1960 Segundo Salón de Pintura de Artistas Salteños (Second Painting Exhibition by Artists
from Salto),Salto.
1959 Primer Salón de Pintura de Artistas Salteños (First Painting Exhibition by Artists from
Salto), Salto
1957 Salón de Otoño de Artistas Plásticos, San José. (Autumn Exhibits by Plastic Artists).

International Exhibitions:

2004 Envío MRREE a Pekín, China. (MRREE sent material to Pekín), China.
2001 “7a. Bienal de Pintura” (7th. Painting Bienal) Cuenca, Ecuador.
“8ª Triennale der Kleinplastik”, Fellbach, Alemania.
1996 Exposición individual, Museo de Arte Contemporánea do Río Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
1994 Exposición individual , “Huellas y fracturas” (Footprints and fractures), Galería Linda
Moore, San Diego, E.E.U.U.
1992 Exposición Colectiva, Cinco artistas, Galería Linda Moore , San Diego, E.E.U.U.
Exposición Colectiva, Selección seis pintores uruguayos (Collective Exhibition,
Selection of six Uruguayan painters), Budapest, Hungría (Budapest, Hungary).
1991 Exposición Colectiva ,Selección de AICA, envío a la Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador.
Exposición Colectiva, “Arte Contemporáneo Iberoamericano” (Latin American
Contemporary Art Collective Exhibition), Santiago de Chile.
Exposición Colectiva, “10 Pintores Uruguayos” (10 Uruguayan Painters),
Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, Mérida, Cáceres, Burgos y Santiago de Compostela,
España.
1990 Exposición Colectiva, Museo Estadual de Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Exposición Colectiva, selección “Diez Artistas Uruguayos” (selection of ten Uruguayan artists), Bremen, Alemania (Bremen, Germany).
Exposición Colectiva, Galería Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Exposición Permanente, Galería Linda Moore, San Diego, E.E.U.U.(hasta
Cierre de Galería, 1995.
1989 Exposición Colectiva, Selección AICA. Encuentro Latinoamericano de Artes Plásticas
(Latin American Plastic Arts Encounter), Porto Alegre, Brasil.
1986 Exposición Colectiva, Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.
1984 Exposición Colectiva, envío uruguayo Bienal de París, Francia.
1977 Exposición Colectiva, II Encuentro Internacional de Tapices
(II Tapestry International Encounter), Fundación Lorenzutti,
Buenos Aires, Argentina,
1974 Exposición Colectiva, Galería del Sol, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selección diez tapicistas uruguayas (Selection of ten female
Uruguayan tapestry makers). Encuentro de Tapicería (Tapestry encounter)
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pedro Peralta 1961 Born in Salto.Uruguay.
1980-84 Studied with Vicente Martín.
1984 Studied with Clever Lara.
1986 Works as a teacher at Clever Lara´s atelier.
Post-graduate course on metal engraving with David Finkbeiner, at the Museo
Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo Uruguay.

Solo Exhibitions:

1991 Chants towards a lost America. Galeria Ciudadela. Montevideo Uruguay.
1992 Skanes Konst Gallery. Malmo, Sweden.
Kruunuhaan Galery. Helsinki,Finland.
1996 Supercalifragilistic,a vision of the world.Libertad Libros. Montevideo
Uruguay.
Common Baroque.Cabildo de Montevideo. Montevideo Uruguay.
1998 Trench Gallery. La Barra.Maldonado Uruguay.
Group exhibitions
1986 David Finkbeiner´s engraving workshop. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales.
Montevideo, Uruguay
1987 José Pelayo and Pedro Peralta. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Montevideo
Uruguay.
Young Art Bienal. Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado. Maldonado,
Uruguay.
1988 Travelling exhibition of the Prisma group.Uruguay.
Banco República Award.Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda. Montevideo,
Uruguay.
Travelling exhibition of Uruguayan artist. Kultuurikeskus. Turku, Finland.
Vanhan Galleria. Helsinki, Finland.
Antic Ajuntament.Rubí, Spain.
Exhibitions Hall,University of Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Nesle. Paris, France.
Museo Comarcal de Maresme. Mataro Spain.
Boras Konstmuseum. Boras, Sweden.
1990 Latin-American Gathering on Stret Art. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Museo de arte de Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre,Brasil. 1992 Columbus´s Egg. Museo Palme Haz. Budapest, Hungary.
1994 Appropriations.The other look. Museo Municipal Juan Manuel Blanes
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Five Uruguayan Artist, University of Western Sidney. Sidey, Australia.
Clever Lara´s 25ºAnniversary, Atrio Municipal.Montevideo Uruguay.
1996 Twelve contemporary artist,Proyect ContemporaryArt Space, Wollogong,
Australia.
Internatinal artist from Uruguay,PCL Exhibitions,Australia.
1997 Galeria Via Livia. Porto Alegre, Brasil
Banco Republica Arts Salon. Montevideo, Uruguay.
50º Anniversary of the State of Israel Award. Montevideo, Uruguay.

Honours and Awards:

1987 Award at the National show of Toung Artist.
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Mention of honour. Instituto Cultural Uruguayo-Brasilero Award.
Montevideo,Uruguay.
Selected by the Uruguayan branch of AICA (International
Association Of Arts Critics), in the category Revelation and
Instalations.
His oil painting, Stories of a crazy love,Carlota Ferreira was bought
by, and is exhibited at,til now, the Museo Nacional de Artes
Visuales. Montevideo, Uruguay.
1988 Tird Prize and Mention of Honour, Banco Republica Award.
Montevideo, Uruguay.
1989 Mention of Honour at the Maldonado Young Art Biennial. Museo de Arte
Americano de Maldonado, Uruguay 1989
1990 One of his works joinsthe collection of the Museo de arte de Rio Grande
Porto Alegre, Brasil.
1996 Special Prize.Salon de Pintura Centenario del Banco República.
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Special Mention.Banco Hipotecario Award.Uruguay.
Tirad prize,Artistic Christmas Trees contest,ta Carretas Shoping Center.
Montevideo Uruguay.
1998 First Prize, Engraving. Salon de Artes Plasticas del Banco Republica
50º Anniversary of the State of Israel Award. Montevideo Uruguay.
Mention Concurso de Pintura Camara de Industrias del Uruguay.
1999 Award at the 1ª. Bienal de Peñarolenses en el Arte. First Bienal of Peñarol
Fans in Art.
First prize, Engraving.Rotary Club Pocitos.(Leopoldo Fernandez award).
Montevideo, Uruguay.