Carlos García Ortega was born in Mexico in 1971. He is a communications expert, designer, and visual artist. 
 
He trained at the National School of Visual Arts, San Carlos Academy, UNAM, earning a Master’s degree in Arts. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences from the University of the Valley of Mexico and studied professional photography at the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana. 
 
He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in printmaking, painting, and photography in Mexico, the United States, and Uruguay. 
 
Ya ves llaves is an aqua electrography consisting of 30 pieces (29 x 42 cm each), forming a work that measures 1.87 x 2.84 meters. It pays tribute to Mexican wrestling, depicting, in the style of collectible figurines, various wrestling holds performed with technique and precision in the ring. Through this work, the artist seeks to share the vibrant color and magic of lucha libre, a sport and cultural spectacle with deep roots in Mexico.

Ya ves llaves (Polyptych x30)

Yaya Firpo was born in Victoria, Entre Ríos, Argentina. 
 
He studied at the “Dr. Raúl Trucco” School of Fine Arts, obtaining degrees as a Senior Plastic Artist and Senior Professor of Visual Arts. Since 2001, he has lived in Buenos Aires, where he specialized in performing arts. He has worked as an art director and costume designer in various feature films, short films, theatrical productions, and television shows. 
Since the beginning of his career in art, he has also devoted part of his time to the design and artistic direction of different carnival parades in Entre Ríos. 
He has participated in various contemporary art fairs in Argentina and the United States. 
In Buenos Aires, he collaborated on works by Fermín Eguía and Pablo Suárez and served as assistant to the master León Ferrari from 2002 to 2013. 
 
“This work is part of an exhibition I am preparing, where I am working on recreations of banknotes using textiles.”

Who wants to be my Peggy Gugenheim

Nudehead is the anonymous alter ego of a renowned visual artist. He began posting posters in the late ’90s with the TTSA collective, known for “hit and run” urban interventions. His work first appeared in Uruguay at EAC in 2009/2010, addressing the contradictions of freedom in society. This project later became street art in poster format. 
 
His style is characterized by bold black lines on white backgrounds, with nods to American comic pop art. His work conveys potent, irreverent, and ironic messages about societal issues like narcissism, consumerism, corporate oppression, capitalism, and political demagoguery. He also advocates for animal rights and core values, often using irony and contradiction. Nudehead’s art transcends galleries, living in the streets where the audience becomes part of the collective and ephemeral work. 
 
In 2020, after returning from Berlin, he created a series of original works in color. He has been with RAG since its inception.

COMPRA COMPRA COMPRA!

Eres feo adentro

El otro lado de mi

Instructor in the Textile Area at the University School of Design (EUCD) and Costume Design Workshop (EMAD). Costume designer for national theater companies and involved in exhibitions and scenic design. 
 
The canvas becomes a stage dramatizing a curious geography through the tile. The square multiplies into endless images that duplicate, disassemble, and reassemble, transforming the landscape. A twenty by twenty tiled floor opens to a textile world, navigating endless movements and transformations. Miniature wheels traverse swirling designs and checkered patterns in patios and homes, spaces of secret pleasures. In the solitude of rooms, it plunges into labyrinths projecting dreams and fading thoughts. The tiles hold untold histories, accumulating secrets beneath the surface. The floor becomes an artificial concept, distant from its horizontal origin, exploring visual “appearances” through surreal thoughts.

En busca del pasado pisado

Rosina Peluffo lives and works in Montevideo. 
She is an architect from the University of the Republic (UDELAR), a Graphic Designer from the University of Labor of Uruguay (UTU), and a Visual Artist. 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, she is exhibiting for the first time at RAG. 
 
The work consists of a collage made up of 20 photographs, edited and engraved on an aluminum matrix. The photographs feature images related to the bone structures that form our body and contain our space of fertility, gestation, desire, and the creation of life. The uterus symbolizes the wombs of our ancestors. Each engraving reveals our ancestors and invites us to reflect on our own presence.

Replica

Trained at the Academy of Arts in Havana, his work takes the values and canons of classical proportions for figurative art (specifically portraiture) and intervenes them with a form of tachisme, something he calls “Conscious Portraits, Identity, Mirror or Reflection.” 
 
His message is obscured by smudges that violently or intentionally interrupt the figures, as if carelessly applying a layer of bitumen spread over the work. 
The artist provides us with only partial information, provoking a sense of absence. There are details hidden from the viewer, but not from the artist who conceived the piece. 
But why would he do something like that? Perhaps it’s a work that asks or challenges us about all that we can know from what we cannot see. 
He has a strong command of oil and acrylic techniques on large formats and is influenced by new-generation artists as well as American abstract painters such as Kline, Pollock, and especially Rothko. 
Many of his works are held in private collections abroad

Nacimiento

Yudi Yudoyoko is a talented and multifaceted artist who graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bandung (Indonesia). 
 
He possesses a creative force that evokes the most poetic and sublime aspects of his expression, conveying deep feelings and thoughts. On his canvases, he masters both painting and illustration, with a personal and unique line that he has developed throughout his career. The themes of his work evoke pain, solitude, brutality, humanity, oppression, revelation, innocence, and irony. 
 
However, he also has a phase of delicate abstraction, as well as illustrations that focus on erotic games, where he challenges boundaries around morality, the forbidden, and identity. He also employs scraping or “un-drawing” techniques to explore and express contemporary issues such as the loss of identities. His palette is rich in subtle and new colors, very different from what we are used to in the Americas.

The fraud and the believer

Pablo is a visual artist, illustrator, and designer who has participated in residencies in Mexico, Argentina, and exhibited in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin. His work is driven by an anthropological search for the essence of humanity, using lines to trace the carbon-14 footprint. Pablo is inspired by both ancestral cultures and the dystopian future of communities. His themes include the earth, the sacred, rituals, nomadism, and nature’s silent, furious cry. 
 
One of his projects, Cactumen, narrates the story of an ancient people who, after being annihilated, rose again as cacti. His art carries a warning about forgetting our origins: “We wear tribal paint on the inside of our skulls, but we’ve forgotten it.” Pablo’s work features tribal symbols and primal portraiture, aiming to reconnect us with our roots. “Drawing is a sacred animal,” reflects the artist. 
 
His works are found in private collections both locally and internationally.

Cabecitas

Leho De Sosa is a visual artist, cultural manager, and Uruguayan activist currently residing in Paris. 
 
His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He describes himself as immersed in “marica and sudaka art,” a personal conception of decolonial queer art. His projects and works reflect his commitment to human rights, with a special focus on the visibility of LGBTQI+ communities. 
 
Winner of the Painting category at the 2024 Federico García Lorca Ibero-American Award. “I decided to paint a piece inspired by Blanes’ ‘Rest,’ using gay iconography, with elements of wonderart, superflat, and neo-pop, as the rebirth of a queer xatria without art.” 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, he is showcasing his work for the first time at RAG.

Descanso

Rafael Pirez is a photographer who graduated from the Faculty of Arts. 
 
His profession is press photography, but his true artistic expression comes through digital collage. A lover and collector of images, comics, illustrations, photographs, letters, paintings, lines, textures, etc., these elements serve as triggers for creating new ideas and new works. 
 
His art reflects events close to him. Generally, there is a central figure, characters that convey intense emotions, driven by a constant, mutating energy. Each cutout interacts with the others. Nature is a recurring theme in his work, as he believes we are part of it. 
 
The prominent themes in his work include nostalgia, sadness, sexuality, identity, indifference, loneliness, and the neutralization of religion. 
 
Sometimes multicolored, other times monochromatic, his work shifts between complexity and simplicity. 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, he is showcasing his work at RAG.

Coronita

Luciana Guerra was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, in 1977, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (UNR). 
 
The diptych “Some Kind of Hell” was selected at the Felix Amador Salon, Buenos Aires, 2023. 
 
“Here, I combine geometric and organic elements, exploring the transition between matter and spirituality. Inspired by the works of Bosch, the piece was reinterpreted both physically and digitally without the use of AI. Techniques such as oil, spray paint, airbrush, and digital tools were used to abstract forms and colors, creating a new visual narrative. As a woman, I am interested in reclaiming the works of great masters from a time when women were denied the opportunity to study painting, and adding my own identity to them.” 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, she is showcasing her work for the first time at RAG.

Some Kind of Hell, some kind of heaven (Diptych)

Luciana Guerra was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, in 1977, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (UNR). 
 
Triptych “No Garden, No Paradise” (Honorable Mention in Painting at the Manuel Belgrano Salon, Buenos Aires, 2023) 
 
“Here, I combine geometric and organic elements, exploring the transition between matter and spirituality. Inspired by the works of Bosch, the piece was reinterpreted both physically and digitally without the use of AI. Techniques such as oil, spray paint, airbrush, and digital tools were used to abstract forms and colors, creating a new visual narrative. As a woman, I am interested in reclaiming the works of great masters from a time when women were denied the opportunity to study painting, and adding my own identity to them.” 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, she is showcasing her work for the first time at RAG.

Sin jardín no hay paraiso (Triptych)

Martín Piñeyro was born in Montevideo in 1977. He is a graphic designer and visual artist. 
 
For over 25 years, he has maintained a close relationship between the worlds of design and visual art. He founded his own design studio and served as president of the Uruguayan Design Chamber. Since 2020, Martín has expanded his artistic skills at Gustavo Tabares’ workshop, focusing on exploring memory and identity, both personal and collective, through an empathetic lens and Pop culture elements. 
 
His work deconstructs childhood memories, evoking the 80s and 90s shared experiences of TV, magazines, and VHS. He plays with vivid colors and intentionally imperfect strokes, aiming to recreate the joy and nostalgia of those memories. It’s not about analyzing trauma, but revisiting shared generational memories, inviting viewers to see childhood differently and reconnect with that sense of play. 
 
The work is part of a quadriptych, available individually as reproductions.

Infancia Deconstruida (Quadriptych)

Lucía Liz was born in 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
She is a visual artist with numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide. 
 
The piece presents a complex and dense composition, where numerous human figures intertwine in a visual tumult. The predominant colors are warm skin tones mixed with strokes of cooler shades, such as blues and greens, suggesting an aquatic environment. 
“Río Turbulento” evokes the idea of a constant and chaotic flow, similar to a river in the midst of a storm. The figures, appearing in various states of motion and rest, may symbolize the unpredictable and turbulent nature of life itself, with its moments of confusion, interaction, and struggle. The lack of distinction in facial and bodily details adds an element of universality, making the figures more representative of human archetypes than specific individuals.

Rio turbulento 1

Rio turbulento 3

Claudio Domínguez Arancibia was born in 1987 in San Juan, Argentina. 
 
A self-taught artist, he began his approach to art in 2000. He has exhibited individually and participated in numerous group shows. His works have been selected in various Argentine salons and competitions. 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, he presents his work for the first time at RAG.

Mati o sin celu

Cécile Perret, born in 1977 in Argentina, currently resides in Montevideo, Uruguay. The artist works on various surfaces and media, from street art to textiles, exploring themes such as identity, alter egos, and recycling. She has exhibited her work in cities like Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, and Montevideo, represented by Art of Protest Gallery and Alternativo. In 2016, she created the trilogy Sagrada Trinidad, inspired by her arrival in Montevideo, symbolizing her three essential needs as an artist: Time, Energy, and Space. This piece has never been shown to the public. 
 
Selected for READY First Exhibition Projects Call.

Espacio

Tomás Pose is a young Uruguayan artist selected in the First Exhibition Works Contest at Ready Art Gallery. 
 
He is showcasing part of his street photography series for the first time at RAG.

Vidas Alternas

Cecilia Pereira Alvarez was born on October 2, 1971, in Montevideo, Uruguay. 
 
From an early age, she showed a deep interest in visual arts, receiving various distinctions in drawing competitions. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics, and following a long period of self-taught study, she pursued digital photography and image editing under Enrique Abal Oliú at Taller CasaBlanca. 
 
Since 2000, she has been awarded in Spain, Italy, the USA, Argentina, and Uruguay, maintaining an active schedule with solo and group exhibitions in photography and video art. 
 
To date, she has held 27 solo exhibitions and participated in over 30 group shows. 
 
She has exhibited at the Uruguayan Embassy in Buenos Aires, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Legislative Palace, the National Museum of Visual Arts, the Museo y Parque Fernando García, and the Bastión del Carmen Theater, among others.

Perdidos en París II

Perdidos en Paris

Nahuel Cano was born in Montevideo in 1986. 
 
“Globalized darkness, naturalized death, monopolized control. And yet… amidst the shadows, magic and friendship remain alive.” 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, he is presenting his work for the first time at RAG.

Shout loud

Lucas Scaglia was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1986. He holds a degree in Design and Visual Communication. 
 
“Since 2015, I began to express myself artistically using tools acquired from design, private teachers, and a great deal of self-teaching. My priority is visual expression through various techniques or whatever arises spontaneously from the urgent need to sublimate. I feel most comfortable with markers and paper, although I sometimes add digital color, depending on the piece.” 
 
About the work: “The consumption of alcohol missed the mark. Visual memory was influential in a drawing you won’t guess. The nostalgia of the plum is my childhood. Weaving everything together as a strategy. What seeps from within contradicts the technicalities. Life as camouflage. Adoration for the product of a pristine surface. The inequalities that hurt. Machinery and its dominance.” 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects at RAG.

Mas fracasos que orgullos

1987

Luciana Aguirrebengoa (Buenos Aires, 1977) 
 
“I had been working in the field of economics until I allowed myself to give space to long-suppressed creative impulses. Then, I was able to recognize the informal learnings throughout my life: teachings and knowledge passed down by my grandmothers and other close people, skilled with their hands and tireless workers; great teachers without formal titles, artisans of the domestic; unexpected conversations with peers; in daily life and during travels. I owe my curiosity the deduction of techniques, procedures, and the development of a self-taught investigation.” 
 
Work from the series “The Sea Speaks to Me” 
Something flows. Something flies. Something emerges. It escapes and returns. Encounters with presence. Letting go of control and trusting intuitive knowledge. What is that which we know vibrates around us but seems to slip away? 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, she presents her work for the first time at RAG.

Sin titulo 2 - Serie "El mar me habla"

Sin título

Karina Zabala Glocker was born in Buenos Aires in 1970. She holds a National Degree in Painting (ENBAPP) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts (IUNA). 
 
“In these works, I set out to explore one of the possibilities of drawing with graphic inks on a pre-inked surface, where the random stroke takes the space and reconstructs it into another space, like a constellation or geographic accident.” 
 
The diptych Intervention I is offered as a complete original work. Its reproduction can be purchased separately. 
 
Selected in the First Call for Exhibition Projects, she presents her work for the first time at RAG.

Intervención I

Interncion II

This Collective Exhibition is the result of the First RAG Call, which took place last May and was aimed at emerging artists from Argentina and Uruguay, with the goal of exhibiting original work in a new art space in Montevideo.

The exhibition showcases the works of 16 selected artists from the 120 projects submitted, along with 5 featured promotion artists. Over 100 original works are being exhibited for the first time to the public since June 27th.

Ready Art Gallery aims to redefine the contemporary art offering by reshaping the viewer’s perspective, revealing the sensitivity of certain works that have remained hidden or inaccessible.

We invite you to immerse yourself in this visual journey, where talent and creativity take center stage, reaffirming RAG’s commitment to promoting new and innovative art.

We are creating a collective where all artists will have an equal opportunity for promotion.

Newness: First Exhibition at Ready Art Gallery (2024)