About/Contact

b. 1983 in San José de Mayo, Uruguay.
Lives and works between Montevideo and Edinburgh, UK.

To get in touch please write to spaulos@gmail.com

Photo: Pascal Milhavet

Education

  • The University of Edinburgh – ECA, UK – Master of Fine Art (MFA) Distinction
  • Universidad ORT Uruguay – Graphic Design

Teaching

  • Visiting Tutor Design, Art and Technology – University ORT Uruguay, 2017-2018
  • Visiting Tutor, Göteborgs konstskola, Sweden, 2017-2018
  • Visiting Tutor, Antonio Gala Foundation, Spain, 2018
  • Visiting Tutor, Edinburgh College of Art – DRF Award Institute for Academic Development, 2017
  • Guest Lecturer ‘Painting in the Information Age’ University ORT Uruguay, 2016
  • Guest Artist, Workshop – Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, Uruguay, 2013
  • Visiting Artist, The Altos de Chavón School of Design, Dominican Republic, 2009

Exhibitions

  • Kayak, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2017 (solo)
  • Drift Terrain, Edinburgh College of Art, UK, 2016
  • Interim, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2015
  • A World of Ego Close to the Gods, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2015
  • BAF, Room Art Fair, Madrid, ES, 2014
  • Kunzt Gallery, Jose Ignacio, UY, 2013
  • +x10, University of Salamanca, ES, 2012
  • Gazes, 6280 Gallery, Montevideo, UY, 2012 (solo)
  • FAG, Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, Évora, PT, 2011
  • Plástica Profunda, Fundación Unión, Montevideo, UY, 2010
  • Cultural Space, Queens Museum of Art, New York, US, 2009
  • AIR, Altos de Chavon Gallery, DO, 2009 (solo)
  • VI Promo, Antonio Gala Foundation, Cordoba, ES, 2008
  • Paul Cézanne Prize, Subte, Montevideo, UY, 2007
  • Portraits, Museum of San Jose, UY, 2006 (solo)
  • Pinturas, Carlos Federico Saez Gallery, Montevideo, UY, 2005
  • Batuz Foundation Prize, Carlos Federico Saez Gallery, Montevideo, UY, 2004

Awards

  1. Andrew Grant Bequest, Edinburgh College of Art, UK, 2015
  2. Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholarship to Florence, Italy, 2015
  3. Residency at The Altos de Chavon School of Design, Dominican Republic, 2009
  4. Catedra Francisco de Goya, Complutense University Madrid – Teached by Antonio Lopez Garcia, Spain, 2009
  5. Antonio Gala Foundation Scholarship, Cordoba, Spain, 2007
  6. Shortlistened: Paul Cézanne Prize Ambassade de France in Uruguay, 2006
  7. Batuz Foundation Prize, Altzella, Germany, 2004

Art Fairs

  • ESTE ARTE, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2018
  • PINTA Miami – Crossing Cultures, Miami, US, 2017
  • Art en Capital – Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2012

Collections

  • Royal Scottish Academy, UK
  • Caja Ávila Foundation, Spain
  • Antonio Gala Foundation, Spain
  • Luciano Benetton Collection – Imago Mundi, Italy
  • Transport and Public Works Ministry of Uruguay
  • Museum of San José de Mayo, Uruguay