Gastón Ugalde – Born in La Paz, lives and works in La Paz
Ugalde (Venice Biennale 2009, 2001) is considered a visual arts leader in the region who is referred as the ‘Andean Warhol’ by Art critics and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex award to creativity along with noted Brazilian architect Oscar Niemayer in 2002.
Architecture, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Economics and Political Science studies, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.
Completed studies at the Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, Canada.
Since 1972 has had 81 solo-shows and over 160 collective exhibitions.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Paris Photo LA, solo-show
Bolivar Hall, London
Museo de America, Madrid
2013 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 along with Oscar Niemeyer. 2008 Primer Premio Bienal Internacional de Santa Cruz-Bolivia, Premio adquisición Chandon-Buenos Aires
LANDMARK ART
Culpina K 2001; Villa Alota 2002; Vila Vila 2003; Salar de Uyuni 2004; Tiwanaku 2005; El Alto 2006
