| Gaston Ugalde | |
| Birth Name: | Gaston Ugalde |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1944 |
| Birth Place: | La Paz, Bolivia |
| Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation: | Artist |
| Website: | http://www.gastonugalde.com |
| Education: | Bachelor of Fine Arts |
| Alma Mater: | Vancouver School of Art |
Gastón Ugalde (1 July 1944 – 14 October 2023) is considered the father of contemporary bolivian art and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex Award in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer. Ugalde was named "the most important living Bolivian artist" by the Konex Foundation in Argentina and was also referred to as the "Andean Warhol"[1] by art critics. Ugalde was also known as "the enfant terrible"[2] of the Bolivian Art Scene.
"Ugalde was Bolivia’s best-known contemporary artist. Born in the city of La Paz, Ugalde was known, despite his decades-long career, as the "enfant terrible" of the local art world for the subversive nature, both conceptually and materially, of his artwork. Throughout Ugalde's extensive career, his works span a diversity of media, including painting, photography, collage, installation, and performance."[3]
Spanning a half-century career, he was considered a video-art pioneer in Latin America and his work included performance, painting, sculpture, installation, land-art, photography, and printmaking. From 1972 he had over 90 solo shows and over 100 collective exhibitions all over the world. He represented his home country at important biennales such as Venice (2009, 2001), São Paulo (1978, 1981, 1985), Paris (1982), Havana (1986, 1999), Bienal do Mercosul (1997, 2015), and Trienal de Chile (2009).
Gastón Ugalde died on 14 October 2023, at the age of 79.[4]
2023
Homage solo how Pinta Miami Salar Gallery
2022
Way Home I Shanghai
Heritages et Syncretisms I Slato Parra Paris
Visiones Geometricas I Alex Slato Gallery Miami
Solo-show The Colors of Salt - La Cometa Gallery Madrid
Solo-show The Red Thread - Salar Galeria de Arte
2021
New Beginnings I Salar Galeria de Arte
Mi primer largometraje solo-show I Cinemateca La Paz
2020
ZONAMACO solo-show project curated by Johann Mergenthaler
Pinta Miami Live Edition
Heterotopia casona Bickencbach curated by Cecilia Baya
2019
Illimani In-situ, curated by María Isabel Villagómez Peru Arte Contemporaneo, PArC 2019 solo show
2018
Choqueyapu solo show Puro Gallery La Paz
Illimani solo show Puro Gallery La Paz
Atemporal, Solo show Manzana 1 Santa Cruz curated by Cecilia Bayá
2017
Photo London Guest Artist, Somerset House
Lima Photo solo-show
Recent Works, Solo show Salar Galería de Arte, La Paz
2016
Art and Territory - Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA curated by Arlette Kayafas
Outland – Fabien Castanier Gallery Los Angeles
2015
Bienal 10 do Mercosul - Porto Alegre, Brasil
Altitude Threads - Ministry of Nomands London UK curated by María Vega
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 curated by Laura Culpan
Paris Photo LA – solo show
Bolivar Hall, London UK
2013
I Bienal del Sur, Panama
IX Buenos Aires Photo – Invited artist
Reality Check, MassArt Boston curated by Lisa Tung
Monumental Installation IADB, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian, American Indian MuseumIntersection
Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach, California
Coral Gables Museum, Florida USA
Art-Lima, Perú
Intersections, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach CA
2012
Art Platform Los Angeles
HFAF – Houston, TX
ART Monaco
Pinta London solo show
Almas de Sal, Museo Nacional de Arte - La Paz curated by José Bedoya
2011
ARTBO Bogotá – solo show
Boundaries, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach California
Houston Fine Art Fair
The Latin American rEvolution, Miami
ARTbeat Washington DC
Miamicito, Dot 51 Gallery Miami
Pinta NY
Modern Panic, London curated by James Elphick
Buenos Aires Photo solo show
Rostros Shamanicos, Galería Christopher Paschall Siglo XXI Bogotá
Pinta London
Down and Under - HACS
2010
Saatchi Gallery, London
Villa Hais Museum, Berlin
Museum Am Dom Trier
Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin
2009
53rd Venice Biennale
Trienal, Santiago de Chile curated by Ticio Escobar
2008
Nota Gallery - La Paz
Art Santa Fe solo show, New Mexico
Arteamericas Miami
2007
Bienal de Valencia Valencia
Casa de las Américas - Madrid
2006
Cuerpos Pintados São 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 Düsseldorf
Cuerpos Pintados Buenos Aires
2002
Evan Gallery, New York
2001
49th Venice Biennale
1999
1997
I Visual Arts Biennial of MERCOSUR; Porto Alegre
1996
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago Chile
1992
1991
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas
1990
Mito y Magia en las Américas: "Los ochenta" Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 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 International Biennial of Painting; Miami II Bienal de la Habana; Havana
1985
XVII Biennial of São Paulo; São Paulo Neo-Expressionism de Tres Continentes; Teyler Gallery,
VIII Biennial of Graphics; Cayman Gallery, New York
1984
Neo-Expressionism from Three Continents, Teyler Gallery, VA
New Forms of Figuration, Center for Inter-American Relations, NY
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 São Paulo; São Paulo
1978
I Biennial; Latin-American Art; São Paulo