"I seek to capture the wonder in the everyday nature that surrounds us. Through painting and science I aim to show that the ordinary is truly extraordinary.".
Camila Lacroze (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1988)
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Camila Lacroze holds a Master's degree in Art and Visual Culture from the Faculty of Arts at UdelaR, Uruguay, following her earlier studies at the Faculty of Chemistry (UdelaR). She currently runs her own art studio in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
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Lacroze was awarded the FEFCA grant by the Ministry of Culture of Uruguay, which enabled her to complete the ESKFF painting residency at Mana Contemporary in New Jersey. Her work has been selected for the Montevideo Visual Arts Prize (2023), the National Visual Arts Prize (2020) and received an honorable mention in the Paul Cézanne Prize (2020). She has participated in residency programs at the Contemporary Art Space (2018) and at Uberbau_house São Paulo (2020).
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Lacroze has exhibited her work in both solo and group shows across Uruguay, Peru, Brazil, and the United States and her pieces are held in private collections in Uruguay, Argentina, England, Israel, and the United States.
Solo shows
• "Un-empty Lot: Activating species for an urban refuge". Contemporary Art Space, Montevideo. 2024.
• "Vacant Lot", Zoco Gallery, Punta del Este, 2024.
• "Twenty inches of pavement. Essay for a florilegium". The Galerilla, Garzón Village, 2023.
• "Urban Birds". Museum Night. Esplanade of the Natural History Museum, 2021.
• "Air Archaeology". Posada Ayana, Maldonado, 2021.
• "Air Archaeology". Cantina Mataojo, Maldonado, 2021.
• "The Physics of Flight I". Contemporary Art Space, Montevideo, 2018.
• "Illusio". Alliance Française of Montevideo, 2017.
Group shows
• "Vacant Lot". Eileen Kaminsky end-of-residency group exhibition at Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA, 2024.
• "Die to bloom or how to look a clavel del aire". 51 Montevideo Visual Arts Prize, SUBTE, Uruguay, 2023.
• "Under the line", Taller Maldonado Gallery, Lima, Peru, 2022.
• "Close up or the resilient interior". CAMPO- Artfest 2021. Garzón Village, Maldonado, 2021.
• "Divine Treasure – They among us". TRIBU Cultural Space, Montevideo, 2021.
• "Atit berá". 59 National Visual Arts Prize, EAC, Uruguayy, 2020.
• "Death certificate from l'autre monde", Paul Cezanne Prize, SUBTE, Uruguay, 2020.
• "The Physics of Flight II". Histartiencia. Curated by Fernando Sicco. Natural History Museum-EAC, Montevideo, 2018-2019.
• Collective exhibition with Pera de Goma, curated by Claudia Campos and Claudio Burguez, Montevideo, 2016.
• Permanent exhibition at Richard Kessler Collection USA, since 2017.
Residencies
•Mana_Contemporary, Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New Jersey, USA. Three-month production residency culminating in the exhibition of "Vacant Lot" | January, February, March, 2024.
•Uberbau_house, São Paulo. Research on the contemporary possibilities of scientific illustration and painting. Curators: Guillermina Bustos and Jorge Sepúlveda | February 2020.
•Contemporary Art Space, Season No. 30. “The Physics of Flight I” curated by Jorge Soto, Montevideo | 2018.