Yamandú Canosa

Born in Montevideo, Ururguay, Canosa became involved in the Montevideo art scene in the 1970s while studying architecture and it is where he had his first solo exhibitions. He moved to Spain in 1975 and currently lives and works in Barcelona. His works are represented in a number of museums and foundations worldwide. Canosa’s work was previously shown by The Dalí in the 2006 exhibition Salvador Dalí and a Century of Art from Spain: Picasso to Plensa. In 2019 Canosa represented Uruguay at the 58th Venice Biennale with his project “La casa empática.” Canosa was awarded a 2000 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, the Jennifer Howard Coleman Distinguished Lectureship and Residency at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 2006 and the Pedro Figari Prize (Uruguay) in 2007.