Artists

Carlos Uria (1929 – 2007)

Born in Buenos Aires, he spent his childhood in the bohemian town of Baracas. Uria started painting and drawing at the age of eleven. After finishing his studies in art, he was an art teacher, as well as a working artist. Over his lifetime he received many national honors and awards, such as, a National First Prize in Drawing, and a National Grand Prize of Honor which is the Argentina’s Highest Honor in the arts, a Palais de Glaze award, and a New Experiences in the Arts award, a Bona Fide Foundation award.

Where Am I (1990)
Acrylic on canvas
39 in x 39 in
© Carlos Uria

Here I Am (1990)
Acrylic on canvas
39 in x 39 in
© Carlos Uria

Hi (1990)
Acrylic on canvas
59 in x 79 in
© Carlos Uria

Green Horse (1990)
Acrylic on canvas
51 in x 71 in
© Carlos Uria

Face I (1990)
Acrylic on Paper
8 in x 11 in
© Carlos Uria

Face II (1990)
Acrylic on Paper
8 in x 11 in
© Carlos Uria

“Uria’s drawings model a certain expressionism, full of artistic value, yet irrational and disruptive. Shapes float freely in his canvases that disturb all stillness in the Argentine Arts”
– Marta Traba, Columbia – Bogota Modern Art Museum Director