Featured Artist
Oscar Alcides Lozano Curbelo
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I was born in Mercedes the 24th November 1955. I have been painting for more than 20 years now. I studied at the school of Carlos Llano in Argentina and followed the technique developed by Joaquin Torres Garcia. If you are interested in finding out more about me then please go to “The Artist” and “links” sections of this web site. Please enjoy browsing around this online gallery and if you see a painting and want more information about it or would like to buy it please contact me through the form on the Ordering page.
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Born in Mercedes, Soriano, Republic of Uruguay the 24th November of 1955. He is a Painter, and has also studied Architecture and Engineering. He also studied Phototransport technique as applied to Graphic Arts. He currently works as a technical drawer.
While living in Argentina, he conducted studies in Constructive Art and Painting in Buenos Aires at the studio of the painter Carlos Llanos, former student of the Master JOAQUIN TORRES GARCIA.
He begun with his painting exhibitions in Buenos Aires:
Municipality of San Martin (1982),
San Pedro and San Telmo Market (1982-83),
Bond Street Gallery (1983),
San Isidro “Rio de la Plata Painters” (1985).
After returning to Uruguay he presented collectively at:
The French Culture Institute in Montevideo (1984-86),
“Carlos Brussa” Art Gallery (1988),
The Uruguayan-Sweden Culture House (1989),
The Culture House of Mercedes (1985, 1991, 1993-96)
“Casa Puerta” Art Gallery in Mercedes (1992-96).
Among his individuals presentations it is worth mentioning the presentations in:
“Almagro” Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1982),
“La Porte Ouverte” Salon in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1983),
Mercedes Sport club, Uruguay (1984),
French Culture Institute in Mercedes, Uruguay (1984),
“Luis A. Solari” Museum in Fray Bentos, Uruguay (1990)
exhibition at the “Colon Hotel” in Mercedes, Uruguay (1996).
In 1982, soon after enrolling in the Academy of Art, Oscar Lozano obtained a First Prize in the “Fourth Salon of Painting” organized by the Ward College in Buenos Aires. In the same year he won the “Sixth Annual Contest of Spots” and obtained a mention in the “Free Air Painting Competition” in the popular Ateneo of La Boca, Buenos Aires. He obtained a prize in the “Second Salon of Painting” organized by the Bank of the Republic, Uruguay in 1985 and he gained a special mention in the “Plastic Arts Salon”, Uruguay in 1987.
His paintings were also selected in the “Sixth Cereals Plastic Art” in Buenos Aires (1982), the “Autumn Salon” (1983), the “Fifth Painting Salon” in the Ward College (1983), in “The Inca National Painting Competition”, Uruguay (1985) and the “First National Salon of Painting and Drawing”, Uruguay (1985) and the “Third National Salon of Painting”, Uruguay (1986).
One of his noted contributions has been participating in the construction of a miniature model of the city of Mercedes (Uruguay) as it was in 1834, as homage to the city in its bi-centenary.
His commitments in life made him want to share his knowledge and experience in art of painting and therefore he has worked as a Secondary School teacher for the Drawing Subject and joined the “Enrique Guarnero” theatre group as a stenographer.
Lozano is currently living in Mercedes, Uruguay and some of his paintings are exhibited at the local Art gallery. More than 15 of his paintings have been privately sold to Argentinean, Uruguayans residents and some of them to European tourists.