Biography
Paraguay 1982. Lives and works in Nantes and Asunción.
Visual Artist, Graphic Designer and Founder of Open It Collectif.
He takes courses in art studies in Paraguay, Spain and France. In 2006 he wins the Henri Matisse Contemporary Art Prize.
He represents Paraguay at Biennial of Mercosur in 2015 and 2011, at the Second Ibero-American Art Exhibition in Mexico 2009, at the International Contemporary Engraving Art Biennial at Liege in 2015 and 2011, and at the Print Art Triennial in France 2010 with the Jury Special Mention award. He also participates in exhibitions in Argentine, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, China, and the United United States.
His works are part of public art collections at the Ville de Nantes – France, at the Foundation of the Engraving Arts Museum of La Coruña – Spain, and the Wanda Svevo Archives of the Art Biennial Foundation of San Paulo – Brazil.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2012 -13 Creations techniques and art restoration
École du Louvre
Paris – France
2009 Electro-etching Workshop, taught by Alfonso Crujera
San Agustin Arts Center
Oaxaca – México
2008 Metal Engraving Workshop, taught by Jean-Michel Vaillant
Nantes – France
2006 Artists´ Workshop, led by Nury González
Asuncion – Paraguay
2003 Engraving Workshop led by Oscar Manesi and Javier Cachorro
Juan de Salazar Spanish Cultural Center
Asuncion – Paraguay
2003 – 05 Art History and Theory, taught by Javier Rodríguez Alcalá
Center for Brazilian Studies
Asuncion – Paraguay
2002 – 06 Bachelor´s Degree in Graphic Design
American University
Asuncion – Paraguay
2001 – 05 Engraving Workshop, taught by Edith Jiménez and Carlo Spatuzza
Center for Brazilian Studies
Asuncion – Paraguay
1997 – 98 Painting Workshop, taught by Olga Blinder,
IDEA Art Institute
Asuncion – Paraguay
Main Awards
2014 Second Place
PLA – Livio Abramo Prize, Embassy of Brazil, Gente de Arte.
Asunción – Paraguay
2011 Special Mention of the Jury
Gran Canaria Prize for Series of Graphic Artwork
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Spain
2010 Special Mention of the Jury
World Original Print and Engraving Art Triennial
Auvergne– France
2009 Selection of the Jury
Art and Wine Contemporary Engraving Awards
Chaillé – France
2009 Selection of the Jury
The Young Image, Engraving Art Biennial,
Havanna – Cuba.
2006 First Place
Henri Matisse Prize, France Embassy and Gente de Arte
Asunción – Paraguay
2005 Selection of the Jury
MERCOSUR Engravers´ Prize
Montevideo – Uruguay
2004 Second Place
Henri Matisse Prize, France Embassy and Gente de Arte
Asunción – Paraguay
2002 Special Mention of the Jury
Painting Art Prize of the American Cultural Center
Asunción – Paraguay
Main Individual Exhibitions
2019 Shape Of – Duo Exhibition
Temple du Goût Gallery
Nantes – France
2014 Póra Diligencia
Spain Cultural Center – Juan de Salazar
Asunción – Paraguay
2010 Desollados
Visual Arts Center – Museo del Barro
Asuncion – Paraguay
2009 Notre Petit Immigré
Casa Mayor Art Gallery
Asuncion – Paraguay
2008 Cabinet de Curiosités
Verónica Torres Art Collection
Asuncion – Paraguay
2007 Changement de Peau
ESBAN Gallery
Nantes – France
2006 ¿X13 – Grabados
Casa Mayor Art Gallery
Asuncion – Paraguay
Main Collective Exhibitions
2019 58th Venice Biennale
Minuscule Venice
Castello – Venice
2019 Chaco Phantasma
SometimeStudio Gallery
Paris – France
2018 Aura Latente. Contemporary Art in Paraguay
Visual Arts Center – Museo del Barro
Asunción – Paraguay
2017 Les Pénates du Sens
Open It Collective
Nantes, France
2017 Destiempo/Dynamogram of Puerto Casado
Parsons School of Design. New York – USA
Ca’Foscari Zattere. Venezia – Italy
2017 Make it Last Forever
Millefeuilles
Nantes – France
2016 1st International Academic Printmaking Alliance
Taimiao Art Gallery. Imperial Ancestral Temple
Peking – China
2016 Destiempo/Dinamograma de Puerto Casado
Visual Arts Center – Museo del Barro
Asunción – Paraguay
2016 Reflexión/Refracción
Casa Mayor Art Gallery
Asunción – Paraguay
2016 Y Rembe’y. Labios del Agua
Centro Cultural de España – Juan de Salazar
Asunción – Paraguay
2015 10th Biennial of Mercosur
Historic Center of Porto Alegre
Río Grande del Sur – Brazil
2015 10th International Contemporary Engraving Art Biennial
Modern Art Museum
Liege – Belgium
2014 9éme Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe
Triennial Space
Auvergne– France
2014 Arte sin Fronteras
Cabildo Cultural Center
Asunción – Paraguay
2014 7th Printmaking Biennial
Bienal Douro
Portugal
2013 Suite
El Contenedor
Asunción – Paraguay
2013 País Paisaje. El arte del cine y video en Paraguay
Cervantes Institute
Palermo – Italy
2013 Screen Festival
Barcelona – Spain
2012 Museo Tardío del Mar del Paraguay
Larissa Jiménez Planta Alta Art Gallery
Asunción – Paraguay
2011 Eighth MERCOSUR Art Biennial
Sala Dobradiça, Santa María, Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil
Larissa Jiménez Planta Alta Art Gallery, Asuncion, Paraguay
2011 Eighth International Contemporary Engraving Art Biennial
Modern and Contemporary Art Museum
Liege – Belgium
2010 Eighth Triennial Exhibition of Original Print and Engraving
Art Triennial Space
Auvergne– France
2009 Second Iberoamerican Art Exhibition
National Arts Center
Spain Cultural Center
Mexico City – México
2009 N200 – Map Reduce
Cellar Space
Santiago de Chile – Chile
2009 La Joven Estampa
Engraving Art Biennial
Havanna – Cuba
2009 5CUENTA
Casa Mayor Art Gallery
Asuncion – Paraguay
2009 2 POR 2
Casa Mayor Art Gallery
Larissa Jiménez Planta Alta Art Gallery
Asuncion – Paraguay
2008 Acquisitions
Le Ring, Artothèque de Nantes
Nantes – France
2006 Artworks´ Confrontation
Tragaluz Space
Asuncion – Paraguay
2006 Livio Abramo and the Art of Engraving in Paraguay
Embassy of Brazil Cultural Center
Asuncion – Paraguay
2005 3 Cantos al Aire
Manzana de la Rivera Cultural Center
Asuncion – Paraguay
Artists´ Residencies
2019 Proceso Abierto – Córdoba Lab Gallery
Oaxaca – Mexico
2016 Genealogies of Port Casado: Memory, Plot, Image
Port Casado Residence. Alto Paraguay – Paraguay
2013 Residence at the Non-toxic Electro-etching Workshop
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Spain
2012 Triple A – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Larissa Jiménez, Planta Alta Art Gallery
Asuncion – Paraguay
2011 Residence at the Non-toxic Electro-etching Workshop
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Spain
2009 Residencies for Creative Artists of Latin America in Mexico
Centro de las Artes de San Agustín – CASA, Oaxaca – México
Centro Nacional de las Artes – CENART, Mexico City, México
2008 Les Archers de la Nymphe
Grand-Lieu Lake – France
2007 ESBANM
College of Fine Arts
Nantes – France
Publications and Collaborations
2010 Ecritures du mal, by Carla Fernandes
Literature works by Ernesto Sábato, Augusto Roa Bastos and Edmundo Paz Soldán.
PUF – Presses Universitaires de France Publishing House
Illustration on the book´s cover
2008 Notre Petit Immigré
Joca Seria Publishing House
Nantes – France
Public Art Collections
Le Ring, Artothèque de Nantes – France
Le Petit Jaunais, Nantes – France
Museum of Engraving Arts Foundation, La Coruña – España
Verónica Torres Latin American Art, Asuncion – Paraguay
Wanda Svevo Historical Archive of the Sao Paulo Art Biennial Foundation, San Paulo – Brazil