Gastón Ugalde - Born in La Paz, lives and works in La Paz Ugalde b. 1944 (Venice Biennale 2009, 2001) is considered a visual arts leader in the region and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex award 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 Territorios de la imagen, selection of the Juan Mulder collection, Lima (un)real Maddox Gallery, London UK Animals in the Walls, London UK Paris Photo LA solo show Bolivar Hall, London UK Museo de America, Madrid 2013 I Bienal del Sur, Panama IX Buenos Aires Photo Invited artist Reality Check, MassArt Boston Monumental Installation IADB Washington, DC Smithsonian, American Indian Museum Intersection, 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 - HACS ART Monaco Scope NY - HACS

Pinta London Almas de Sal, Mueso Nacional de Arte - La Paz 2011 ARTBO Bogota solo show Boundaries, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach California Houston Fine Art Fair The Latin American revolution, LMNT Miami ART Palm 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 - HACS 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 GASTONUGALDE

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 Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago Chile 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, 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 Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo GASTONUGALDE

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 2008 Primer Premio Bienal Internacional de Santa Cruz-Bolivia, Premio adquisición Chandon-Buenos Aires, 2014 Premio Adela Zamudio Ministerio de Culturas. Land Art Culpina K 2001; Villa Alota 2002; Vila Vila 2003; Salar de Uyuni 2004; Tiwanaku 2005; El Alto 2006 Selected public and private Collections Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, Estrellita Brodsky Collection New York, Pietro Valsechi collection Rome Italy, Museum Am Dom Trier Germany, Museum Villa Haiss Germany, MAXXI - Museo Nazionale Delle Arti del XXI Secolo Rome Italy, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MAC Santiago, Chile, Museo Nacional de Arte La Paz, Bolivia, Marco Fila collection New York, Alan Stein Collection San Francisco, Juan Mulder collection Lima, Peru, Interamerican Development Bank collection, Washington DC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MARCO Monterrey, OAS Washington DC permanent collection, World Bank permanent collection, Washington, DC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Argentina (MNBA)