Gastón Ugalde (1 July 1944 – 14 October 2023) is considered the father of contemporary bolivian art and was the recipient of the prestigious Konex Award in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer.

Born in the city of La Paz, Ugalde was known, despite his decades-long career, as the "enfant terrible" of the local art world for the subversive nature, both conceptually and materially, of his artwork.

"[3] Spanning a half-century career, he was considered a video-art pioneer in Latin America and his work included performance, painting, sculpture, installation, land-art, photography, and printmaking.

He represented his home country at important biennales such as Venice (2009, 2001), São Paulo (1978, 1981, 1985), Paris (1982), Havana (1986, 1999), Bienal do Mercosul (1997, 2015), and Trienal de Chile (2009).

[4] 2023 Homage solo how Pinta Miami Salar Gallery 2022 Way Home I Shanghai Heritages et Syncretisms I Slato Parra Paris Visiones Geometricas I Alex Slato Gallery Miami Solo-show The Colors of Salt - La Cometa Gallery Madrid Solo-show The Red Thread - Salar Galeria de Arte 2021 New Beginnings I Salar Galeria de Arte Mi primer largometraje solo-show I Cinemateca La Paz 2020 ZONAMACO solo-show project curated by Johann Mergenthaler Pinta Miami Live Edition Heterotopia casona Bickencbach curated by Cecilia Baya 2019 Illimani In-situ, curated by María Isabel Villagómez Peru Arte Contemporaneo, PArC 2019 solo show 2018 Choqueyapu solo show Puro Gallery La Paz Illimani solo show Puro Gallery La Paz Atemporal, Solo show Manzana 1 Santa Cruz curated by Cecilia Bayá 2017 Photo London Guest Artist, Somerset House Lima Photo solo-show Recent Works, Solo show Salar Galería de Arte, La Paz 2016 Art and Territory - Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA curated by Arlette Kayafas Outland – Fabien Castanier Gallery Los Angeles 2015 Bienal 10 do Mercosul - Porto Alegre, Brasil Altitude Threads - Ministry of Nomands London UK curated by María Vega Rituals et Dependances Galerie Celal Paris 2014 Territorios de la imagen, selection of the Juan Mulder collection, Lima (un)real Maddox Gallery, London UK Animals in the Walls, London UK curated by Laura Culpan Paris Photo LA – solo show Bolivar Hall, London UK Museo de América, Madrid 2013 I Bienal del Sur, Panama IX Buenos Aires Photo – Invited artist Reality Check, MassArt Boston curated by Lisa Tung Monumental Installation IADB , Washington, D.C. Smithsonian, American Indian MuseumIntersection Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach, California Coral Gables Museum, Florida USA Art-Lima, Perú Intersections, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach CA 2012 Art Platform Los Angeles HFAF – Houston, TX ART Monaco Pinta London solo show Almas de Sal, Museo Nacional de Arte - La Paz curated by José Bedoya 2011 ARTBO Bogotá – solo show Boundaries, Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach California Houston Fine Art Fair The Latin American rEvolution, Miami Art Palm Beach ARTbeat Washington DC Miamicito, Dot 51 Gallery Miami Pinta NY Modern Panic, London curated by James Elphick Buenos Aires Photo solo show Rostros Shamanicos, Galería Christopher Paschall Siglo XXI Bogotá Pinta London Down and Under - HACS 2010 Saatchi Gallery, London Villa Hais Museum, Berlin Museum Am Dom Trier Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin 2009 53rd Venice Biennale Trienal, Santiago de Chile curated by Ticio Escobar 2008 Nota Gallery - La Paz Art Santa Fe solo show, New Mexico Arteamericas Miami 2007 Bienal de Valencia Valencia Casa de las Américas - Madrid 2006 Cuerpos Pintados São Paulo 2005 Museo de Arte Moderno La Paz Necker Island – British Virgin Islands 2004 Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago La Recoleta Buenos Aires Cuerpos Pintados Santiago N Gallery Düsseldorf Cuerpos Pintados Buenos Aires 2002 Evan Gallery, New York 2001 49th Venice Biennale 1999 XII Bienal de la Habana 1997 I Visual Arts Biennial of MERCOSUR; Porto Alegre 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago Chile 1992 Seville Expo '92; Seville 1991 Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas 1990 Mito y Magia en las Américas: "Los ochenta" Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey 1989 II Cuenca's Biennial of Painting; Cuenca 1987 I Cuenca's Biennial of Painting; Cuenca 1986 VII Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving IV Latin-American Biennial; New York International Biennial of Painting; Miami II Bienal de la Habana; Havana 1985 XVII Biennial of São Paulo; São Paulo Neo-Expressionism de Tres Continentes; Teyler Gallery, VIII Biennial of Graphics; Cayman Gallery, New York 1984 Neo-Expressionism from Three Continents, Teyler Gallery, VA New Forms of Figuration, Center for Inter-American Relations, NY 1983 VI Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving 1982 XII Biennial of Paris; Paris 1981 V Biennial of San Juan; Latin-American & Caribbean Engraving 1980 IV Biennial of Maldonado; Museum of American Art, Maldonado Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas 1979 XV Biennial of São Paulo; São Paulo 1978 I Biennial; Latin-American Art; São Paulo