With firm crisp lines, prominent artist splashes color and humor

 

b. May 1950 (Montevideo, Uruguay)

Ms. Villagran is a leading Uruguayan painter and sculptor, who studied under artists in Montevideo and Buenos Aires: painting under N. Ramos and O Garcia Reino; sculpting under O. Podesta; etchings, inks and dyes under A. Solari; and ceramics under S. Mora. She also took graduate courses specializing in Abstraction under Jaques Davy. Ms. Villagran holds a graduate degree from the National Museum (Uruguay) in sheet etching and photo-engraving, with Professor David Finkbeiner (USA) as her advisor. She also has a Master’s degree in Religious sciences and was a children’s art teacher from 1975 to 1986.

 

Since 1987, Ms. Villagran has worked full time for the National Cultural Heritage Commission and the Ministry of Culture in Uruguay. Her original work has a strong and unique style, often times imbued with a sharp sense of humor. Her work is found in numerous private collections in America, Asia, Europe, and Israel.

 

EXHIBTIONS  

 

1975/6/7    El Taller (Pintura)

1980           El Sargo (Pintura); Galería Altamira de Quito, Ecuador

1982           Alianza Francesa (Escultura y Collage)

1984           Nuestro Taller (Pintura)

1985           Galería Vezcelay  (Dibujo)

1986           Instituto Italiano de Cultura (Dibujo y Pintura)

1987           Instituto Goethe (Pintura)

1989           Teatro Municipal de Rivera (Pintura y Dibujo)

1991           Individual & Collective Painting Exhibits in Berlín, Bordeaux and Luxemburg

1992           Exposición Retrospectiva en el Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda

1993           Gallery One, Arizona, United States of America

2008           Museo Histórico Nacional (Casa de Rivera)

 

AWARDS

 

1979/80/81 Premios Adquisición XLII, XLIV, XLV del Salón Nacional

1982           Premio  Fundación Martin Reisch

1983           PRIMER PREMIO, Salón Municipal

1984           PRIMER PREMIO, Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado; Mención de Honor, Concurso BID; Mención de Honor, Agrupación Funcionarios Diplomáticos/Consulares; Premio Mención de Honor, BROU (escultura)

1985           Premios de Pintura, Club de Golf; Salón de Rivera (Bco. do Brasil) 

1987           Premio Internacional Arno Brecker; Tercer Premio, Sala Chile

1988           Premio Edición Concurso Post Guernica

1995           Gran Premio de Pintura, Presidencia de la República en el Club Naval