Martín Verges Rilla Biography

Martin Verges Rilla is an emerging artist from Montevideo, Uruguay, who works in a figurative style. He has studied in the National School of Fine Arts and in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of the Republic. His artwork has been exhibited in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, United States, Equador, Italy, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. Rilla has also received important prizes and has participated in several Biennials in Brazil and Equador. Rilla´s work is very detail oriented and he has a strong passion for creating portrait drawings.

Selected Exhibitions

2007
“Settimana dell´Uruguay a Venecia” Spiazzi Associazione Culturale. Venecia, Italia.

2004
– “La Apoteosis de Homero” VYP Galería de exposiciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2003
– “mCaArRtMiEnN vSeUrAgReEsZ” del Paseo sala de arte. Montevideo, Uruguay.

– “Seis Dibujantes Uruguayos”. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo, Uruguay.

2002
– “La Apoteosis de Homero según Ingres” curada por Osvaldo Cibils. Galería Lezlan Keplost. Montevideo, Uruguay.

2002
– “3x3”. Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts. Washington D.C., Estados Unidos.

2000
– “Uruguay Cultural Foundation for theArts”. Museo de las Americas. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

– “Arte Uruguayo Contemporaneo”. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1999
– “insomnes”. Centro Cultural de la Ciudad. Asunción, Paraguay. (1999).

– “m.v.r” Curada por Alicia Haber. Centro Municipal de Exposiciones. Montevideo, Uruguay.

1999
– “VII Bienal Chandon”. Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

– “Art from Uruguay at theUnion Station”. Washington D.C., Estados Unidos.

1998 – “Uruguayan Art”. Biltmore Hotel. Miami, Estados Unidos.

1997
– “Arte Uruguayo Contemporáneo”. La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

1994
– “Una Mirada a Van Dyck”, Pantagruel. Montevideo, Uruguay.