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Alejandro Puente
He was born in La Plata, Province of
Buenos Aires, May 1st , 1933.
He studied Vision with Héctor Cartier at the Superior School of Fine Arts of La Plata. In
1960 he realizes his first exhibition
with the Group SI. In 1964, he presents at the Lirolay Gallery
the "Sensitive Geometry", with foreword by Aldo Pellegrini. In 1967 he obtains the Guggenheim Prize,
residing in New York up to 1971.
From 1985 Is namedAcademic of Number at the
National Academy of Fine Arts.
One-man shows
1993
National Fund of the Arts, Buenos Aires.
1992
San Telmo Foundation, Buenos Aires.
1989
Paulo Figueiredo Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1988
Museum Rosa Galisteo de Rodriguez, Santa Fe, Argentina.
1986/88/92/93
Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires.
1985
Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1976/77
Najmías Gallery, Buenos Aires.
1973
Carmen Waugh Gallery , Buenos Aires.
1966
Bonino Gallery , Buenos Aires.
Mixed shows
1997
"Four Aspects of the Contemporary Painting of Argentina", Space of the National
Fund of the Arts at the ARCO Fair, Madrid, Spain.
1996
"Argentina, Origins and Inheritance", Museum Giefsen, Galerie Amfischmarkt
Efurt, Galerie Rahnitzgasse der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Museum fur Volkerkunde Berlín
Dalhem, Germany.
1995
"Salon Telecom Argentina", Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires.
1994
"100 Obras Maestras", 100 Argentinian Painters (1810-1994), National Museum of
Fine Arts, Buenos Aires.
1993
"Expressions, Contemporary Painting of Argentina", Modern Art Museum , Buenos
Aires.
1992
Monterrey Museum, Mexico; Art Museum of the America, Washington, USA; The Bronx Museum of
the Arts, New York, USA.
1991
"The School of the South", "Torres García´studio and his legacy",
Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, Spain; Archer Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, USA.
Prizes
1995 - 1st. Prize, Telecom Argentina. 1992 -Prize Konex Foundation, "The Five More outstanding Personalities of the Last Decade", Gral. San Martin Theater, Buenos Aires. 1988 - Prize "Meridiano del Plata", " Figures of the Year in Plastic Arts", Buenos Aires. 1987 - Carlos Morel Prize, Praxis Gallery, Buenos Aires. 1984 - Unión Carbide Prize, Praxis Gallery, Buenos Aires. 1982 -Prize Gutemberg Foundation, Buenos Aires.
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