Águeda Dicancro

Águeda Dicancro (1938 – August 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan sculptor from Montevideo, noted for her plastic art.[1] Her art is featured at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo.[2]

Águeda Dicancro
Arborescencias by Águeda Dicancro, at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (MNAV).
Born
Águeda Dicancro

1938
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died14 August 2019
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Occupationsculptor
AwardsPrmio Alas
Premio Figari

Life

Dicancro studied at the University of the Republic National School of Fine Arts (Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de la República)[3] between 1960 and 1964, and later at Uruguay's Universidad del Trabajo.[4] She also studied engraving and cement sculpture under Spanish sculptor Eduardo Yepes, before graduating as a professional ceramist in 1964.[4]

She was awarded a scholarship from the Organization of American States and traveled to Mexico in 1964[5] to study ceramics at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma's School of Applied Arts,[4] and was awarded a second scholarship to study gold and silver metalworking[6] at Mexico's School of Design.[4] However, she is primarily known for her sculptures made of glass, her chief material alongside wood. She began using glass in 1968 in her jewelry, and by 1970 started working with it on a much larger scale, incorporating it into living spaces by collaborating with architects, decorators, and lighting experts.[4] The combination of glass and wood could be seen in her opalescent exhibition Arborescencias at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales.[7]

An Águeda Dicancro sculpture of steel and glass can be found in the Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo), the current location of ANTEL.[8]

Awards
  • International Ceramic Art Contest XXXIII, Faenza, Italy
  • 1965, First Prize in Ceramics at the Ford Foundation Contest, Mexico
  • 1966, Grand Prize and First Prize in Jewelry of the 1st Hall of Decorative Arts, National Plastic Arts Committee
  • Honorable Mention at the Second International Applied Arts Biennial, Punta del Este
  • 1967, Acquisition Prize at the Salón Municipal XV
  • Gold Medal at the Commune of Rome (1973)
  • 1978, First Prize at the Mural Contest, Puerta del Sol building, Punta del Este
  • Acquisition Prize at the Salón Municipal XXXIII
  • 2001, Prmio Alas
  • 2002, Premio Figari

She was selected to represent Uruguay at the Venice Bienniale in 1993 and the San Pablo Biennial in 1994.

References
  1. "Los sueños del bosque alado". Brecha (in Spanish). 23 August 2019.
  2. La República (23 March 2009). "Instalación de Agueda Dicancro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. "Águeda Dicancro" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  4. A woman's gaze : Latin American women artists. Marjorie Agosín. Fredonia, N.Y.: White Pine Press. 1998. ISBN 1-877727-85-7. OCLC 38132659.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Cotidiano Mujer (2001). "Águeda Dicancro. Artesana, orfebre, escultora" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  6. Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Uruguay (30 November 2007). "Águeda Dicancro: "Arborescencias"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  7. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. "Exposiciones Temporarias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  8. ANTEL. "Complejo Torre de Comunicaciones" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2008.
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