I understand painting as a way of thinking and as an experimental practice. I think with images and then I try to conceive them. I work with premises. I think about walking as my form of resistance and about art as the ultimate frontier to redeem the desire to live in a different way. Surfer.
Entiendo a la pintura como una forma de pensamiento y como una práctica experimental. Pienso con imágenes y luego intento concebirlas. Trabajo con premisas. Pienso en el andar como mi forma de resistencia y al arte como la última frontera para reivindicar el deseo de vivir de forma distinta. Surfista.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
2003: Analista en Economía. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2003: Formacion de taller con Fernando López Lage en el FAC (Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo) Montevideo, Uruguay.
Prizes / Fellowships
2012-2014: Beca de creación FEFCA de la dirección Nacional de Cultura del MEC (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura) Montevideo, Uruguay.
2012: Premio Nacional de pintura, Bartolmé Macció, San José, Uruguay.
2012: Premio Paul Cezanne. Alliance Françoise, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2011: Premio Pintura Bicentenario (selección). Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Martin Pelenur, “S/T ( instalación de 12 cuadrados en pared)”, 2013, Series: (X,Y) (Negro, Azul), Blue and black paper tape on acrylic, Variable dimensions, 8 squares of 80×80 cm and 4 squares of 100×100 cm each, Site-specific project. Location: Alejandra VonHartz Gallery. Photo credit: Oriol Tarridas
Martin Pelenur, “S/T ( instalación de 12 cuadrados en pared)”, 2013, Series: (X,Y) (Negro, Azul), Blue and black paper tape on acrylic, Variable dimensions, 8 squares of 80×80 cm and 4 squares of 100×100 cm each, Site-specific project. Location: Alejandra VonHartz Gallery. Photo credit: Oriol Tarridas
Martin Pelenur, “S/T ( instalación de 12 cuadrados en pared)”, 2013, Series: (X,Y) (Negro, Azul), Blue and black paper tape on acrylic, Variable dimensions, 8 squares of 80×80 cm and 4 squares of 100×100 cm each, Site-specific project. Location: Alejandra VonHartz Gallery. Photo credit: Oriol Tarridas
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2010, Series: Cinta Transfer, Synthetic paint and transfer tape, 400 x 36 cm, Site-specific project. Location: Alejandra VonHartz Gallery. Photo credit: Diego Velazco
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2010, Series: Cinta Transfer, Synthetic paint and transfer tape, 400 x 36 cm, Site-specific project. Location: Alejandra VonHartz Gallery. Photo credit: Diego Velazco
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2011, Series: Berlin, Synthetic paint and wood, Variable dimensions, 6 boxes of 50×50 cm each. Photo credit: Dian Zagorchinov
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2011, Series: Berlin, Synthetic paint and wood, Variable dimensions, 6 boxes of 50×50 cm each. Photo credit: Dian Zagorchinov
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2012, Series: Material cintas, Two-sided paper tape on polycarbonate, Variable dimensions, 2 plates of 200×100 cm and 2 of 100×100 cm each.
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2012, Series: Material cintas, Two-sided paper tape on polycarbonate, Variable dimensions, 2 plates of 200×100 cm and 2 of 100×100 cm each.
Martin Pelenur, “4^16”, 2013, Synthetic paint and wood en boxes, Variable dimensions, 16 boxes of 20 x 20 cm
Martin Pelenur, “4^16”, 2013, Synthetic paint and wood en boxes, Variable dimensions, 16 boxes of 20 x 20 cm
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2013, Varnish and polycarbonate, 100 x 100 cm each. Photo credit: Gustavo Frias
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2013, Varnish and polycarbonate, 100 x 100 cm each. Photo credit: Gustavo Frias
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2010, Series: rizomas, Synthetic paint on canvas, Variable dimensions
Martin Pelenur, “S/T”, 2010, Series: rizomas, Synthetic paint on canvas, Variable dimensions