Martin Mendizabal, Uruguay

Martín Mendizábal was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1960, and has studied in New York, Paris and in a number of places in Uruguay. Mendizábal has moved from neat, carefully conceived figures in his earlier work, to explorations of specific details from the same works. By zooming-in on areas of special interest, he explores interior worlds. He reveals their hidden meanings and images through his daydreaming, archaic visions created on canvas or paper, using mixed media that includes charcoal and sand. His work has received awards and commendations in Slovenia, Argentina and Uruguay, and his work has been exhibited both at home and internationally. His work is permanently represented in museums in Washington, Dresden (Germany) and Buenos Aires (Argentina), and is held in private collections in Germany, Argentina, Denmark, Spain and USA.