Studies
Graduated from the National School of Fine Arts – Workshop: Luis Ernesto Aroztegui, Montevideo, 1987 – 1993
Main Awards
1994 First Award, VI National Show of Young Plastic Artists, Uruguay.
1995 First Award, Contest «100 years of the Venice Art Biennale», organized by Newspaper «El País»
1996 Award, IV Salto Art Biennale (Uruguay)
1997 First Award, Ministry of External Affairs.
1998 First Award BHU / Award, B’Nai B’Rith Foundation / Award and Work Acquisition, VII Salto Art Biennale / Award. and Work Acquisition, First Art Biennale, «Club Peñarol» / Mention, Seventh Chandon Biennale, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires / Award «Fondo Capital», Experimentarte» Workshop.
2000 First Award «Uruguay», ArteBA, Argentina.
2001 Fourth Award «Something Special» / Second Award B.H.U.
2003 Third Award of «Professional Pension Fund»
Solo Shows
1995 Photo Exhibition and Wall Painting, Lust Gallery, Mitte, Berlín / “Alternativa” Show, organized by the
German Embassy in Montevideo.
1996 “Paralasbrisas”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo.
2000 Uruguayan Embassy, Santiago de Chile.
2003 Radisson Hotel, together with the Harlem Gospel Choir, Montevideo.
2004 “Espacio 304 Art Gallery”, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 La Fauna “La Ciudadela Gallery”, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
2006 “121” José Ignacio, Maldonado, Uruguay.
2007 “Promo-arte Gallery”, Tokio, Japón.
Group Shows
1996 “Cuatro Signos”, Engelman Ost Collection.
1997 International Painting Award, Batuz Foundation, Montevideo, Torres García / Unicef, Latin Gallery.
1998 «Paseo de la Matriz» Gallery.
1999 Finalist, Paul Cézanne Award, Contemporary Art Museum, Montevideo
2000 «Alianza Uruguay – EE.UU.»
2002-04 Visual Arts National Museum / Permanent Exhibition, “Ciudadela» Gallery”
2006 “Opera Gallery” Miami., U.S.A.
Main International Events
1998 Urguayan Contemporary Art, Miami, EE.UU.
1999 Latin American and Caribbean Artists, B.I.D., Retz Passage, Paris, France / Seventh Chandon Biennale,
Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, «Salón de los Pasos Perdidos», Montevideo / Spanish-American Art, Ottawa Chancellery Gallery, Canada.
2000 «Exploris» Museum, Releigh, North Carolina / Woman’s National Democratic Club, Washington D.C., USA / Ballajá Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico / ArteBA, Mercosur Space, Buenos Aires / Cuixart Biennale, Córdoba, Argentina.
2001 Washington Convention Center, Art Collection.
2002 «Signos», «Uruguay» Cultural Foundation for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA / «Museo de las Américas», San Juan, Puerto Rico / Mexican Institute of Culture, Chicago, U.S.A.
2003 «del Paseo» Gallery and «Latinarte»: Art Miami, Art New York, USA / "Muestra 2", México D.F. / MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, “AUCTION 2003” Los Ángeles, CA. / Main Library, Miami, U.S.A.
2004 Mare & Monty, Lima, Perú / «Espacio 304» Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 «III Signos», U. C. F. for the Arts, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
2006 B.I.D. Art Collection, Washington, “Permanent exhibition”. / “Taxi Gallery ” San Juan, Puerto Rico./ “Opera Gallery” New York, Miami., Paris.
2007 “CIRCA” Galería “Espacio 304”, San Juan, Puerto Rico / “Promo-arte Gallery”, Tokio, Japón./ “Baiksong Gallery” Seúl, Corea./ Arkansas Arts Center BID Colection./
“Embotellarte”Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Perú y Costa Rica/ ”Made in Latinoamerica” Opera Gallery, Miami./ “Taksu Gallery” Kuala Lumpur, Malasia./ ARTSingapore 2007/ Shanghai Art Fair 2007,China. / Ochre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2008 “Trazos Gallery” Art Madrid. / “Opera Gallery”, Venice, Ginebra, Monaco, London, Hong Kong, Dubai,New York, Paris.
2009 ”Latin American Flavour” Opera Gallery, Dubai.
“Life” Opera Gallery, London.
"Borderless Generation, Contemporary Art of Latin America" en "The Korean Foundation
Cultural Center", Seoul, Korea.
Main Urban Performances
1998 «Lunares en el Solís » adhesive vinyl on the columns of «Solís» theatre, Day of the Patrimony / «Historia de Caballos», adhesive vinyl on the horses of José Belloni’s sculpture, El Entrevero.
1999 «Lunares on Ice», carbonic compacted snow on the esplanade of «Solís» Theatre.
2004 Work on the facade of «Espacio 304» Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 Work on the facade of «La Ciudadela» Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
2006 “Taxi Gallery” San Juan Puerto Rico.
2008 “Lona” Cultural Center of Spain, Montevideo
Diego Masi
