B. Santiago, 1953. Lives and works in Buenos Aires
He was born in Santiago de Chile in 1953. He began his studies in Santiago with Rodolfo Opazo and then moved to Buenos Aires to continue
at the Manuel Belgrano National School of Fine Arts, the Ernesto de la Cárcova Higher School and in workshops with Ceferino Rivero, Aurelia
Macchi and Maw Chyuan Wang.
His works are found in numerous public and private collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of the
Americas, Sívori Museum and the Franklin Rawson Museum.
He has received, among others, the following distinctions: First Prize at the National Hall (2016), Second Prize at Banco Nación (2015),
Second Central Bank Prize (2008) and UADE Grand Prize (2006).
Since 1973 he has held numerous individual exhibitions in different spaces in the country: Van Riel Gallery, UCA, Recoleta Cultural Center,
Infinity Gallery, Wussmann Gallery, British Art Centre, Atica Gallery. The last individual exhibition in Argentina was Tempo en Smart
Gallery (2022). Abroad he exhibited at James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Canada; RVS Gallery, New York; Cultural Institute of
Providence and Kimberly Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Of his collective exhibitions, the following stand out: Landscape and Abstraction. (Chateau Carreras, 2018); Painting Post, Post (OSDE Foundation, 2015);
Acquisitions 2010 (National Arts Fund, 2011); Art & Living (Lepere Space, New York, 2010); Soltanto Azzurro (Cultural Center
Borges, 2009); Huit Regards Argentins (Galerie Guy Billout, France, 2008); Astica, Bairon, Stupia, Videla (IILA, Rome, 2004), 20th century
Argentine, Art and Culture. (C.C. Recoleta, 2002), Artist’s Books from Argentina. (Foundation for Today’s Art Nexus, Philadelphia, 1998); Young
Artists, Painting and Sculpture. Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York (1993); La Conquista, C.C. Recoleta (1991).