Saint Francis and Sisters Birds / From the “AnimAngels, Fraternal Creatures” Series Print

"When I was 17, I received a commission from a priest who is now about to become the first saint in Uruguay. Since that day, I discovered that for me, painting is praying." Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the 30th May 1971 During his childhood he assisted to several art and ceramic workshops. As a young man and self-tought cartoonist, he published several caricatures and pictures in the most important national newspaper, “El Pais”. At that time also made a series of illustrations for the German Press Agency (DPA) designed for its global commercialization. In 1990 he starts to attend Norman Bottrill’s Art Academy, deepening his drawing and painting skills, becoming his assistant. In 1994 makes the art exhibition called “So on earth as in heaven” paying tribute to Padre Cacho, a priest that dedicated his life to help people living in the poorest Montevideo neighborhoods. Also took part of several collective art exhibitions. He is graduated in Communication Sciences at the Uruguayan Catholic University, where he is nowadays teacher of Creativity, one of the subject-matters of Advertising Career. He was recently invited to teach the Bachelor of Visual Arts, given his current path as a plastic artist. His advertising career was developed in agencies such as Ginkgo Saatchi & Saatchi, Lowe Lintas & Partners, Teorema, Cámara TBWA, Corporación JWT, IdeasLab, a creative laboratory he founded at LATU’s Technological Park, and McCann Montevideo. As a publicist he obtained several awards that Uruguayan advertising had never conquered as the first Cannes Lion, the first Clio Awards and the first London Awards. Gómez Guerrero has obtained more than 350 awards in local and international advertising festivals. All these awards make him one of the most awarded creatives of Uruguayan advertising. During his various study trips, took the opportunity to get a closer knowledge of the artwork of the Great Masters of Painting, visiting the most important exhibitions and museums in Paris, London, Rome, Florence, Venice, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, New York, Miami, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Bogota, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Puerto Rico, Guayaquil, Quito, La Paz, Caracas and other latinamerican cities. After twenty five years of working at the uruguayan advertising industry, decided to leave that activity to be fully dedicated to painting. He is a member of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Uruguay (APEU).