Pablo Atchugarry - Biography

Biography

Pablo Atchugarry was born in Montevideo on August 23, 1954. His father Pedro, an art lover, recognized his skills and the interest he expressed and stimulated Pablo since childhood to come into the world of art.

In the beginning Pablo shows his artistic talent through painting, and then he discovered other materials such as cement, iron and wood.

In the late 1970s, after having several exhibitions in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre and Brasília, he made several trips to Spain, France and Italy, where in 1978 he had his first personal exhibition in the city of Lecco (side of Como). Then his paintings were exhibited in various cities including Milan, Copenhagen, Como, Paris, Chur, Bergamo and Stockholm.

In 1979 after experimenting with a variety of materials, he discovered marble as a fascinating material, and made his first sculpture in Carrara entitled "Lumiere." In 1980-81, he continued travelling and exhibiting his paintings in Stockholm, Lucerne, Lugano, Munich, Zurich, London, Malmo, Paris and Bogotá.

In 1982, still working with marble from Carrara he decided to settle in Italy, Lecco, following the completion of the sculpture "The Pieta", a work executed in a 12-ton block of Carrara marble statuary, which ends in 1983.

In 1987 he completed his first solo exhibition of sculptures in the crypt of Bramantino in Milan with the presentation of Raffaelle de Grada.

Since 1989 his work is also seen in monumental works that are now part of private and public collections in American and European spaces.

During 1996 he works on sculpture "Seed of Hope" aimed at Freedom Park Building, headquarters of the House Government of Uruguay.

Lecco in 1999 he works on establishing the Museum Pablo Atchugarry, exhibiting works of his artistic career as well as all the published references and file-based artist's work.

In 2001 the Province of Milan he dedicated a retrospective exhibition of his work "The endless changes of Marble", held at the Palace Isimbardi in Milan. In the same year he sculpts the monument called "Obelisk the third millennium", sculpture in marble of Carrara 6 meters in height, for the Italian town of Manzano (Udine), and won the national competition for the completion of the monument "Civilization and Lecco work culture, sculpture six feet tall and thirty-three tons of Carrara marble. In 2002 he received the award in Carrara Michelangelo, in recognition of his career and continues to work in different works, including sculpture "Ideal", located at Av Princesse Grace de Monaco, held on the occasion of 50 years reign of Prince Rainier of Monte-Carlo.

In 2003, participates in the 50th Venice Biennale with the work "Dreaming Peace" sculpture group of eight works of which five Carrara marble statuary marble and three bardiglio of the Garfagnana. In the same year he sculpts the piece "Ascension" for Daurel Franc Foundation of Barcelona.

In 2004 he created the sculpture "Vital Energy" in pink marble from Portugal, for the Davidoff Cancer Hospital, the Center Belinson Petak Tikva and Israel.

In 2005 the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires organized an exhibition of his works.

In 2006 the Groeninge Museum and the Concert Hall of Bruges, we spend a large retrospective of works from international private collections. Portugal Berardo Collection, acquired the book "Life's Path" (h 483 cm), held in 1999 in Carrara marble statuary to the Centro Cultural Belém in Lisbon.

In 2007 Pablo created the Foundation Pablo Atchugarry in Manantiales, Uruguay, with the intention of encouraging the arts and to create a meeting place for artists of all disciplines, an ideal area for the union between nature and art, where the edge accompanies the viewer birds between lakes and an undulating landscape in which to "germinate" sculptures and other art forms.

Also in 2007 ended the work "In the Light", 8 meters high, carved from a block of 48 tons, for the Fontana collection in Italy.

Between 2007 and 2008 takes place and traveling retrospective of his work in Brazil. The exhibition entitled "Space of light plastic, with the presentation of Luca Massimo Barbero, the exhibits at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Brasilia, the MUBE (Brazilian Museum of Sculpture) from San Pablo and Oscar Museum Niemeyer in Curitiba.

In 2008 the National Museum of Visual Arts in Montevideo, dedicates an exhibition of his work last 15 years.

In 2009, made the sculpture "Light and Power Punta del Este" in Carrara marble statuary of 5 meters to the city of Punta del Este. During the 2009 - 2010 and 2011, is engaged in developing Foundation Pablo Atchugarry, creating an international sculpture park, new exhibition areas and training for the dissemination and teaching of art, which he receives thousands of students.

In 2011, the Groeninge Museum in Bruges, takes the work done during 1999 in Carrara statuary chuck, three meters high.

His work is present in the following museums and public intitutions: National Museum of Visual Arts in Montevideo, Museo del Parco de Portofino, Lercaro of Bolgona Museum, Collection of the Province of Milan, Palazzo Isimbardi, Collection of the Province of Lecco, Room Ticozzi, Lecco, Center for Valmadrera Fatebenefratelli, Groeninge Museum in Brugge.

His sculptural work has been exhibited in London, New York, Miami, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Paris, São Paulo, Curitiba, Brasília, Panama, New Orleans, San Francisco, Madrid, Cologne, Frankfurt, Maastricht, Amsterdam, Bruges, Brussels, Gand, Zurich, Basel, Abu Dhabi, Milan, Venezia, Torino, Stockholm, etc.

His works are listed at Christies and Sothebys in London, New York, Paris and Amsterdam.

His sculptures are part of public and private collections in the United States, England, Mexico, Italy, France, Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Colombia, Luxembourg, Panama, Chile, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Lebanon, Venezuela, Peru, Germany, Poland, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Japan, Korea, Monaco, etc.

The editorial Mondadori is preparing the catalogue of the sculpture by the artist, whose distribution is scheduled for March 2012

He currently lives and works in the city of Lecco, Italy and Manantiales, Uruguay.