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| GUSTAVO SERRA Born in 1966 Montevideo, Uruguay At 18, Gustavo began to study with the painter Day Man 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, Latinamerican and Caribbean Artists,
organized for the International Development Bank in Paris. In October of
1999, Serra's paintings will be seen at the 7th Bienal Chandon in |
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