- Martin Sastre
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Martin Sastre
Born = Birth date and age|1976|2|13|mf=y
Origin = flagicon|URUMontevideo ,Uruguay
Genre =Contemporary Art
URL = [http://www.martinsastre.com www.martinsastre.com]Martin Sastre (born
February 13 ,1976 inMontevideo ,Uruguay ) is a contemporaryUruguayan media artist working with film, video, sculpture, photography and drawing.Sastre spent his youth in
Montevideo ,Uruguay . In 2002 he moved toMadrid , granted by Fundación Carolina of thegovernment of Spain .His best-known works are
Iberoamerican Trilogy (, and ).In 2003 Sastre set up the
Martin Sastre Foundation for the Super Poor Art with the slogan, "Adopt a Latin American Artist". The Foundation has at its heart the opportunity to sponsor artists from the periphery who normally do not have the economic means to access international circuits.In 2004 he won the First Prize for Young Artist at Madrid's highly prestigious
ARCO Art Fair by the Madrid City Council. This same year his work Bolivia 3: Confederation Next, where Sastre fights American ArtistMatthew Barney , was selected for the National representation of Uruguay in theSão Paulo Biennial .In 2005 his work was released during the
Venice Biennial where the artist claims to have foundDiana, Princess of Wales alive inMontevideo . This same year, the Martin Sastre Foundation brought three German artists from theBauhaus University inWeimar to Montevideo with his program "Be a Latin American Artist".He is the eldest brother of three children, a sister
Maria Eugenia Malaneschii , and brotherFederico Sastre Malaneschii both regularly featuring in his artworks.He is based in
Madrid ,Spain where he has done collaborations with the Spanish Pop band Fangoria.Videography
*
2000 The E! True Hollywood Story , Heidiboy Channel*
2001 Masturbated Virgin I ,Masturbated Virgin II *
2002 The Iberoamerican Videoart Awards *
2003 The Martin Sastre Foundation ,Nadia walks with me *
2004 ,La Mano en el Fuego withFangoria ,*
2005 Exhibitions (solo)
*"Aura", Gallerie Filles du Calvaire,
Paris ,France 2006
*"Hola Australia!", Art Space,Sydney ,Australia ,2005
*"The Iberoamerican Trilogy" RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyMelbourne ,Australia ,2005
*"Fantastic" Leme GallerySão Paulo ,Brazil ,2005
* "Martin Sastre American As Well" , Stills Gallery,Edinburgh ,U.K. ,2005
* "The Iberoamerican Trilogy" , Art In generalNew York ,U.S.A. ,2005
* "The Iberoamerican Trilogy" , MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago y Metro Quinta Normal,Santiago de Chile ,Chile ,2005
* "Martin Sastre American As Well" , Site Gallery,Sheffield ,U.K. ,2004
* "Planet Sastre/ Buenos Aires" Galería Ruth Benzacar,Buenos Aires ,Argentina ,2003
*"Planet Sastre", Casa de AméricaMadrid ,Spain ,2002 Exhibitions (group)
*"12 Contemporary Experimental Images", Shangai DUOLUN Museum of Modern Art,
Shanghai ,China ,2006
* "En las Fronteras", Museo d'Arte Contemporánea,Genova ,Italy ,2006
*"11 BIM Bienal de l'Image en Mouvement", Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Sain Gervais,Genevra ,Switzerland ,2005
*"The Hours", Irish Museum of Modern Art,Dublin ,Ireland ,2005
* "Emergencias", MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León,Spain ,2005
*"XXVI Bienal Internacional de São Paulo", 'Representación Nacional de UruguaySão Paulo ,Brazil ,2004
*"Playlist", Palis de TokyoParis ,France ,2004
* "Video X", Momenta Art,New York ,U.S.A. ,2004
*"Superyo", MALBA Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires,Buenos Aires ,Argentina ,2004
*"VIII Bienal de la Habana",La Havana ,Cuba ,2003
*"I Bienal Internacional de Praga",Prague ,Czech Republic ,2003
* "You think I'm Superficial", Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art,Miami ,U.S.A. ,2002
*"El Final del Eclipse", Fundación Telefónica,Madrid ,Spain ,2001
*"III Bienal del MERCOSUR"Porto Alegre ,Brazil ,2001
*"Big Quisiera ser grande", Momenta Art,New York ,U.S.A. ,2000 External links
* [http://www.martinsastre.com] The Martin Sastre Foundation
* [http://www.ruthbenzacar.com/web/ExpoMostrar.php3?id=119] "Planet Sastre" by Eva Grinstein, Galería Ruth Benzacar
* [http://nyartsmagazine.com/pages/nyam_document.php?nid=749&did=2342] "La comida estaba deliciosa" by Horace Brockington, NY ARTS
* [http://www.paris-art.com/expo_detail-3306-sastre.html] "AURA" by Nicola Taylor, Paris-Art
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