Born in Uruguay, Alejandro Arnutti has been an artist for 18 years. At the age of 4, he used to draw everything he saw in front of him (gauchos on horseback tripping the herd of cattle, tractors, and various animals, such as chickens and pigs) on the farm where he grew up in the countryside of Uruguaiana - RS. At the age of 8, he attended the Drawing Workshop at the Casa de Cultura de Artigas – Uruguay. Since his adolescence, he had worked with his family in rice farming and livestock farming, but he never abandoned drawing, and the themes portrayed were rural life and dealing with cattle.

At the age of 18, he settled in Salto – Uruguay, to attend the Faculty of Mathematics, and there he met the Museum of Fine Arts, and knowing the collection discovered his desire to become an artist. Then he joined the studio of the renowned Uruguayan painter Elsa Trolio, to learn the techniques of classical painting, with a focus on the Renaissance and Baroque. In the following years, he visited all the museums and galleries in the capitals of Montevideo and Buenos Aires, where he drank from both academic and contemporary sources; which greatly influenced the creation of an identity of its own in his painting within Neoclassical Realism, and his main theme never abandoned its roots: the Gauchesco Genre.

Currently, the artist creates works on different platforms such as papers, canvas and sculptures, using various techniques such as charcoal, pastel and watercolor for the papers, oil for the canvases and murals, and resin for the sculptures.

Alejandro has works in private collections in countries like Spain, England, USA, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina and here in Brazil in cities in 5 states. He has participated in individual and group exhibitions in cities such as Salerno – Italy, Santa Fe – USA, Montevideo, Colonia del Sacramento, José Ignacio, Punta del Este, Salto, Uruguaiana and Porto Alegre. His most important solo exhibitions are at the Museo San Fernando in Punta del Este and at the Rio Grande do Sul Memorial in Porto Alegre. He received important awards such as Champion of the international competition “Encuentros del Arte Contemporaneo” in Punta del Este, and champion representing the functional region 06 of RS in the “Cultural Trajectories Award” held by the Trocando Ideia Institute of Porto Alegre, in addition to the “Distinguished Arts Award” ” from the Rotary Club Cruzeiro do Sul.

Among his most important works are the work “Domingo na Praça”, measuring 220 x 380 cm, permanently exposed at the Municipal Theater of Uruguaiana “Rosalina Pandolfo Lisboa”, and the work “Retomada de Uruguaiana na Guerra do Paraguai”, measuring 305 cm. x 735 cm, inaugurated in 2015 during the commemorations of the Sesquicentennial of the Retake of Uruguaiana in the Paraguayan War (one of the most important moments of this war), and remains permanently exposed in the Main Hall of the Municipality of Uruguaiana; the work was commissioned by the Municipality of Uruguaiana.

Solo Exhibitions

2007 -   Centro Cultural Dr. Pedro Marini, Uruguaiana, Brazil

2009 -   Casino Rio Uruguay, Paso de los Libres, Argentina

• EXPOINTER, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2010 -    San Fernando Museum, Punta del Este, Uruguay

• Graffiti Gallery, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil

2011 -   Salgado de Oliveira University, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil

2013 -  ALARTE, Montevideo, Uruguay

• “Café da Praça”, Uruguaiana – RS, Brazil

2014 -   SESC Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil

• Hall of the Municipal Theater “Rosalina Pandolfo Lisboa”, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil.

•  EXPOINTER, Porto Alegre, Brazil – Exhibition “Riquezas de Uruguaiana”

2015 – “Atelier Galpón Criollo”, La Barra - Punta Del Este – Uruguay

2016 - “Atelier Galpón Criollo”, La Barra - Punta Del Este – Uruguay

• Hall of the Municipal Theater “Rosalina Pandolfo Lisboa”, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil.

2018- "Pampa Além Fronteiras", Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre - RS- -Brazil

• National Association of Herd-Boock Collares Breeders, EXPOINTER.

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Collective Exhibitions

2009 -   Ateneo, Montevideo, Uruguay

2010 -    Bienio del Bicentenario del Rio de la Plata, Argentine Consulate, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

• World Art Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

2011 -     Expo Punta Arte Internacional, Punta del Este, Uruguay

2012 -     Expo Punta Arte Internacional, Punta del Este, Uruguay

• Exhibition 100 x 100 Italian-Argentine Art, Salerno, Italy

2013 -     Expo Punta Arte Internacional, Punta del Este, Uruguay

• 2016 - Hall of the Municipal Theater “Rosalina Pandolfo Lisboa”, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil.

awards

2012 -   Figurative Art Mention

“Contemporary Art Encuentros”, Punta del Este, Uruguay

2013 -   Primer Prize

“Contemporary Art Encuentros”, Punta del Este, Uruguay

2019 - Award in the Area "Art", XVII Baile das Expressões 2019, Rotary Club of Uruguaiana Cruzeiro do Sul, Uruguaiana - RS, Brazil.

2021 - "Cultural Trajectories Award" - Trocando Ideia Institute, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.

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Important Publications

2012 – “Siempre Punta” Magazine – Punta Del Este / Maldonado – Uruguay.

2013 – Cover and first pages of the book “Anuário Estatístico INAC” (National Meat Institute of Uruguay)

2014 – Cover and first pages of the book “Anuário Estatístico INAC” (National Meat Institute of Uruguay)

2015 – Revista “Leitura Alternativa” – Uruguaiana/RS – Brazil.

2015 – “Via Pampa” magazine, winter edition, - Uruguaiana/RS – Brazil.

2017 - Newspaper "FeComercio", Uruguaiana - RS

2017 - "Economic Journalism", Porto Alegre - RS

2018 – “Zero Hora” newspaper, Porto Alegre/RS – Brazil

2018 - “Culturíssima” Magazine, Porto Alegre/RS – Brazil

2018 - Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul

2018 - "Art" by RBSTV on TV Globo and Globo Play

2018 - Newspaper "O Sul", Porto Alegre - RS

Representative Galleries

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Portón de San Pedro Gallery, Montevideo – Uruguay

​Galeria Los Caracoles, José Ignacio – Uruguay.

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