GUILLERMO FIGOLI - STATEMENT

The works of this series are made with papers of daily use, like receipts and advertising material that we obtain every day and usually discard.

These elements, after accomplishing their original function, were transformed into art. Within the work they fulfill a new roll, occupy another place; they dramatize situations and they come to life. These elements generate and belong to a new esthetic concept that gives the depth necessary for the spectator’s reflection.

There’s life inside!, it’s a call to attention; to be conscious of the things that are detached from us, which we sometimes let pass without even knowing, what we had in our hands.

PROFILE
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, June 7th 1973.
Lives and works in Puerto Rico.

EDUCATION
2005   Abstract Painting, Pablo Constriciani, Miami, Florida, USA
2005   Drawing, Carlos Terríbili, Estímulo Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005   Sculpture, Aldo Caponi, Estímulo Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004   Drawing, Tomás Fracchia, CC RR, U.B.A, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004   Philosophy & Art, Lucas Soares, CC RR, U.B.A, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004   & 2003 Painting, Martha Zuik, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1996   Airbrush, O. González, Panamerican School of Arts, Bs. As., Argentina
1995   Bachelor of Arts in Design, Panamerican School of Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

AWARDS
2007   Selected for the cover of the ARWI International Fair catalogue, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1995   Selected for Casa Rosada’s main balcony, Argentine Government House, Buenos Aires, Argentina

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Uruguayan Consulate, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico