Martha Escondeur

I am a painter and sculptor. I was born in Uruguay, South America, far to the south, and in a small inland town called Canelones.
From a young age I knew that art was what most interested me. There was no better news that they told me that school was suspended for some reason, to stay to paint, or to draw.
At the age of twelve, I held my first exhibition, and from then on, my life has been dedicated to art and living for and for it.
Since my youth I have always continued to be my passion, and although I studied and dedicated myself to other activities, since no beginning is easy, at a certain point in my life I decided that I would dedicate myself fully to what I loved so much.
I am self-taught, although I have had the opportunity to meet and establish friendship with great Masters of Uruguayan painting, and to train myself by reading and experimenting with new techniques.
I have made exhibitions since 1972, constantly, both in my country and abroad. Thanks to art I have traveled a lot and I have been nourished by those experiences. I exhibited throughout the United States, and in Europe, in Holland, Spain, Belgium, France.
Many of my works are in private collections in Uruguay and in other parts of the world.
I have received award...

I have no formal art education.Despite this, I am always looking for new ideas, and I am extremely interested in the message that a work of art should convey. That makes him dabble in different styles, be it landscape, or abstraction, both in sculpture and painting.
I work by Series, and each one of them contains a narrative and a story that I develop. It often happens to me that an idea suddenly comes to my mind, something that I see in others or the world around me, and I must express it.
As for the portrait, I am interested in how it expresses a feeling or an emotion through the look or body attitude.

De Aries, Mantra Hotel, Manantiales, Uruguay (2007); Women in Productive Uruguay, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay (2007); Solo exhibition La pequeña gran opera del pobre Carlos, Galería Latina Montevideo (2007)- International Women's Day OSE (2008) Exhibition The Doors Gallerie, Alkmaar, Holland (2008)-International Women's Day OSE (2009) Solo exhibition, Casa de la Cultura Maldonado. (2009) - Mention in the National Painting Contest Zonamerica, (2010), Illustrations in the book of Ignacio Suarez Tango por Dos. (2010)- Tratos y Retratos, individual exhibition at Museo Zorrilla, Montevideo, (2011) Exhibition at World Trade Center Montevideo, (2011)- Individual exhibition at Café Tribunales (2012)- ¨11 National Artists Jacksonville Art Gallery, Zona América, Canelones. (2012)- Selected exhibition Bicentennial Award, National Museum of Visual Arts, Montevideo, (2013). Bust of Mr. Mayor Nano Perez, Melo Cerro largo, (2013). Life-size sculpture of Juana de Ibarbouru, Sculpture Park of the Club del Lago, Punta del Este (2013). Group exhibition Ateneo de Montevideo, Uruguay. Life-size sculpture of Monsignor Jacinto Vera, Cathedral of Canelones, Canelones (2013)- Bust Dr.Valentin Cossio, Department of Treinta y Tres. (2014) Exhib...