Gustavo Forselledo

Gustavo Forselledo is Uruguayan by birth and a naturalized US Citizen. He lived in Montevideo, Uruguay until 2006, when he emigrated abroad. He currently lives in Arlington, Virginia, but before coming to the United States he resided in Honduras and Brazil.

After more than 25 years of working as a mental health professional and program coordinator for international organizations, he retired and embraced his old passion for painting, initiating a second career as an artist.

His preferred media is acrylic and ink on canvas or hardboard. He likes the versatility of using acrylic on those surfaces and drawing with ink on top of acrylic.

He has a series of urban landscape paintings, ranging from expressionist images of Washington D.C. and other U.S. cities, to images of European and Latin American cities, as well as Uruguayan urban icons.

His work is inspired by Latin American expressionism and universal constructivism in the style of Uruguayan masters Carlos Páez Vilaró and Joaquín Torres García.

Since his arrival in the United States, he has had eleven individual exhibits and twelve group exhibits in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia, in addition to a solo exhibit in the Hall of Arts of the Uruguayan Embassy in Washington DC.

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Degree of Psychologist. University of the Republic of Uruguay. School of Psychology (1983).
Post-graduate Degree in Techniques and Strategies of Career Counseling. University of the Republic of Uruguay. School of Psychology. (1984).
Director of Psychodrama. Post-graduate Degree from the Uruguayan School of Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy (1987).

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Central Library
January 4 - 31, 2014

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Shirlington Branch
July 1 - 31, 2014

Solo Exhibit: "Mirando al Sur"
Hola Cultura - On-line Art Gallery
August, 2014 – December 2020

Collective exhibit
“Day of the Dead"
Arlington Arts Center
Jenkins Community Gallery
November 1- December 21, 2014

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Shirlington Branch
December 17, 2014 - January 31, 2015

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Shirlington Branch
October 1 - November 30, 2015

Collective Exhibit
Arlington Arts Center
"Eternal Love: Día de los Muertos"
Jenkins Community Gallery
October 30 - December 20, 2015

Collective Exhibit
“Magic and Color Art Exhibit”
Torpedo Factory Art Center
August 1 – 31, 2016

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Shirlington Branch
November 1 , 2016 – February 28, 2017

Solo Exhibit
The Connection Library at Crystal City
May 1 – June 17, 2017

Solo Exhibit
Embassy of Uruguay in Washington DC
September 1st – October 31st, 2017

Solo Exhibit
Arlington Public Library - Shirlington Branch
June 1st – August 31st, 2018

Solo Exhibit
Rocket Frog Brewing Company
Sterling, Virginia
May 1st – September 30th, 2018

Exhibit at the Graduatio...