Gustavo Aguerre (born 1953 in

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, Argentina) is an

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, photographer,

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, writer, and theatre designer.http://www.artfortune.com/gustavo-aguerre/artist-198613/

Career

Aguerre studied at the

Munich Art Academy The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

between 1974 and 1976. He subsequently moved to

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. In collaboration with his wife, Ingrid Falk, he set up an

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called FA+ in 1992. Amongst the artists who have worked with FA+ are Nicola Pellegrini, Otonella Mocellin, Daniel Wetter,

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. Aguerre and Falk have worked on a number of site-specific installations throughout Europe. These involve large-scale installations,

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projections,

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, and

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installations in

Exhibitions

He has exhibited in museums and private galleries including: * Malmo Museum, Sweden (1996) * Rich and Famous Gallery, London (1998) * Italian Pavilion

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

(1999) * Galeria Milano (1999) * ARCO, Madrid (2000) * Museo bellas Artes, Buenos Aires * Konstnarhuset, Stockholm * Sternersenmuseet, Oslo * Tirana Biennial, Albania (2001) *

Reykjavik Art Museum Reykjavik Art Museum ( is, Listasafn Reykjavíkur ; founded in 1973) is the largest visual art institution in Iceland. It occupies three locations in Reykjavík; Hafnarhús by the old harbour Kjarvalsstaðir by Klambratún and Ásmundarsafn ...

, Iceland (2002) * National Center of Contemporary Art (2005)

References

External links

Gustavo Aguerre's Photographic works
1953 births Living people Argentine photographers People from Buenos Aires Swedish contemporary artists Argentine contemporary artists {{photographer-stub