Gustavo Serra
Gustavo studied with the painter Daymán Antúnez with whom he continued to work until 1987. Beginning with Antúnez, Serra was to work with the most important surviving artists that had studied with the great modernist painter, Joaquín Torres-García. In 1987, he met the painter Augusto Torres (Torres-García's eldest son) and for the next six years, Serra painted with Torres in his studio until Augusto's death in 1992. In 1988, Serra became the studio assistant to Francisco Matto, working closely with him until Matto's death in 1995. He also assisted the sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca in his studios both in New York and in Seravezza, Italy in 1994 and 1996. Serra has also studied and collaborated with Julio Alpuy in New York and in Montevideo since 1991. All of these artists were original members of the renowned Taller Torres-García in Montevideo.
Since 1987, Serra has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Uruguay and abroad, including the 1996 Still Life Show at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. in New York and the 1998, Salón Municipal, Montevideo. In 1997, Serra had his first one-man show at Galería Moretti in Montevideo.
Serra was invited in 1999, by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montevideo, (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Montevideo) to participate in the exhibition, Identities, Latin American and Caribbean artists, organized for the International Development Bank in Paris.
Since 1990, he has worked organizing exhibitions related to Joaquín Torres-García and the Taller in various museums, galleries and public institutions all around the world. He has also curated exhibitions for the Museo Torres-García and Galería Oscar Prato in Montevideo, and since 2012 is in the board of the Francisco Matto and Julio Alpuy Foundations.
BIO
Gustavo Serra (Montevideo, 1966)
His works are in collections from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, the United States, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy; such as Phoebus Foundation (Katoen Natie) Belgium, Atchugarry Foundation, Daniela Chappard Foundation, Gurvich Foundation among others.
He has also curated exhibitions for the Museo Torres-García and Galería Oscar Prato in Montevideo, and since 2012 is in the board of the Francisco Matto and Julio Alpuy Foundations.
2022-21 - The Work Itself: The Dialogue in the Artistic Expression of the South - Batalla, Serra, Larrosa, Embassy of Uruguay, Washington, DC. 2021 - Rofa Art Gallery, Potomac, MD; Sinfonías: Gustavo Serra y Pablo Pi, Galería Otro , Uruguay. 2020 - Gustavo Serra: Obra Reciente, Galería del Paseo, Manantiales, Uruguay ; Galería Art Corner, Ignacio, Uruguay . 2017 - Monocromos, Museo Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay ; La Tradición Rebelada, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2016 - Under the Influence, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York; Permanencias y Persistencias, Group Show, Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2010 - COOP, 8 artists show, Mercedes, Uruguay. 2009 - ABREVIATURAS, Galería Oscar Prato, Montevideo, Uruguay. 2008 - Homenaje al escultor Gonzalo Fonseca, Museo de historia del arte de la I.M., Montevideo, Uruguay . 2006 - Passion et raison d´un esprit constructif. UNE CONQUÊTE DE L´ART D´AMÊRIQUE LATINE, Biarritz, Francia. 2004 - The Path of the School of the South, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. 2002 - PRETEXTOS, Museo Torres García, Montevideo, Uruguay . 2000 - Galería Principium, Buenos Aires, Argentina Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay . 1999 - Cecilia de Torres, Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay 7th Bienal Chandon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1998 - Cecilia de Torres, Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Salón Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay. 1997 - Galería Moretti, Montevideo, Uruguay . Museo Regional Francisco Mazzoni, Uruguay . 1996 -The Still Life, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. New York . 1995 - Castells & Castells, Montevideo, Uruguay ; Cuerpos Pintados, travelling show, Santiago de Chile . 1990 - Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay