Juan Carlos Distefano (Buenos Aires, 1933). He studied at the National School of Graphic Arts and graduated as a drawing teacher at the Manuel Belgrano School of Fine Arts. Shortly after, he worked as a graphic designer at the advertising agencies Publimén, De Luca and also on his own. Starting in 1960, after having won a poster contest for the Siam company, he was summoned by Guido Di Tella to organize the Graphic Design Department of the TOT. During these years he also maintained his activity as a sculptor and painter. In 1969 he won the Francesco Romero Scholarship, awarded by the National Fund for the Arts and the Italian Embassy, for which he traveled eight months to Rome. Returning to the country, after the closure of Di Tella in 1970, he opened a graphic design studio together with Rubén Fontana, an activity that he developed until 1976, when he decided to dedicate himself exclusively to his plastic work. Between 1977 and 1979 he lived in Barcelona. Upon his return, he taught in the sculpture and drawing workshops at the Ernesto de la Corcova Higher School of Fine Arts. In 1998, a large retrospective of his work was organized at the National Museum of Fine Arts with more than 150 seats and, in subsequent years, his work was selected to integrate several international exhibitions: Short Parallels (1960) at the Black S Art Museum. Blanton from the University of Austin, Texas, who will tour different museums in the United States; Heterotopias (2000-2001), procentaite in the Museum. Reina Sofla of Madrid, and Inverted Utopias. Avant-Garde Art in Latin America 1920-1970, developed by The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (2004) In 2005 he was invited to participate in the exhibition Bernt and his contemporaries Correlatos (Malba) for the centenary of Antonio’s birth Berni. In 1982 he received the Konex Platinum Award for Figurative Sculpture, in 1992 he obtained the Konex Brilliant Award for Visual Arts, and in 2007 he received the National Culture Award, awarded by the Ministry of Culture. In 2015 he was selected to represent Argentina at the Venice Biennale. His work is part of the heritage of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malba, The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston and important private collections.