Biography

Colorations and Plantations

1968, Coloration of the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

1970, Intercontinental Hydrochromy (Venice, New York, Paris, Buenos Aires)

1971, Coloration of the Fountain du Lac de Vincennes. Paris, France

1971, Coloration at Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany

1972, Coloration of the Services de Eaux Fountain

1972, Coloration Trocadero, Paris, France

1972, Coloration Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France

1972, Coloration of the Trocadero Fountains, Paris, France

1972, Coloration of 14 fountains at Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany

1972, Green Fountain, Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany

1973, Hair Painting, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1974, Coloration Brussels, Belgium

1974, Coloration Port of Antwerp, Belgium

1974, Coloration Port of Nice, France

1974, Coloration of the Fountain du Soleil, Paris, France

1974, Trafalgar Square, London, England

1980, Defense of the Plane Trees in Plaza Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1981,  Green Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany

1981, Planting of 7,000 Oaks with Joseph Beuys. Kassel, Germany

1982, Nature-Culture Relationship. Kassel, Germany

1982, Coloration of fountains at Documenta 7, Germany

1982, Green Hachiko, Tokyo, Japan

1983, Coloration of the Congress Square Fountain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1983, Coloration of the Monumento de los Españoles Fountain, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1987, Planting of pines (Grupo Bosque), Punta del Este, Uruguay

1987, Tree plantings on Avenida 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1989, Coloration of the Louvre Fountain. Protest against the use of chemical weapons, Paris, France

1992, Coloration Uriburu. 500 years of Pollution. Río de la Plata Dock 3, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992, Coloration Dock 3. América 92. Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992, Coloration MASP, São Paulo, Brazil

2010, Bicentennial Utopia. Coloration of the Riachuelo. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Individual Exhibitions & Awards

1967, Le Franc Prize. Galerie des Beaux Arts. Paris, France

1968,  Prototypes for an Artificial Garden. Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France

1968, Uriburu, Les jardins voluptueux, Galerie Drouant, Paris, France

1968, Summer Collection for GRAFA, Argentina

1968, Grand Prize National Salon. Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1968, General Electric (I.G.E) Institute. Montevideo, Uruguay

1968, Lorenzutti Foundation Award. Buenos Aires, Argentina

1968, Mural at the Bwana nightclub. Buenos Aires, Argentina

1970, Intercontinental Hydrochromy (Venice, New York, Paris, Buenos Aires)

1971, Exhibition at the 7th Paris Biennial, France

1972, Spectrum Gallery. Antwerp, Belgium

1973, Exhibition at Arc 2, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, France

1973, Colorations, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1973, Hair Coloring, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1974, Exhibition at Leo Castelli Graphics Gallery, New York, USA

1974, Galliera Museum, Paris, France

1974, Antagonism, Nature-Civilization, Paris, France

1975, Mural Paintings, Paris, France

1977, Museum of American Art of Maldonado (MAAM), Uruguay

1979, Retrospective of Nicolás García Uriburu. National Exhibition Halls, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1979, Uriburu “Colorations,” Catholic University of La Plata, Argentina

1981, Amazonia Lung of the World. Kunstmuseum Installation, Bern, Switzerland

1988, National Exhibition Hall (Palais de Glace). Buenos Aires, Argentina

1990, The Woods. Video installation at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1990, Utopia of the South Exhibition. Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992, S.O.S Brazil, Exhibition at the Museum of Art of São Paulo, Brazil

1997, Victim and Perpetrator. MAMAN Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1998, Yaguareté Project. Joint action with Greenpeace. National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1998, Retrospective at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Buenos Aires, Argentina

2000, Sponsored by Polluting Companies. 1st Buenos Aires Biennial. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collective Exhibitions

1961, Museum of Modern Art, Lima, Peru

1961, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1963, Museum of Modern Art, Santiago de Chile, Chile

1963, Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain

1963, Museum of Modern Art, Zurich, Switzerland

1963, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1965, Athénée de Caracas, Venezuela

1965, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

1965, Andrew White Museum, Cornell University, Cornell, USA

1965, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

1966, Grosvenor Gallery, London, England

1966, Casa Argentina, Paris, France

1966, Super Lines S.S., USA

1966, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, USA

1966, Galerie de Arte Moderno, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

1966, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1966, Musée de Tours, France

1966, Grovenor Gallery, London, England

1966,  Inauguration of Maison Argentine, Embassy of the Argentine Republic, Paris, France

1966, 8th Salon, Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall, New York-Paris

1966, Young Painters Salon, Paris, France

1966,  Les artistes étrangers, Centre Régional Des Ceuvres Universitaires de Paris, Paris, France

1966, Christmas exhibition, Painters in Paris, Paris, France

1966, Young Painters Salon, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1967, Exhibition in Montreal, Canada

1967, Salon de Mai, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba

1967, Grands et Jeunes D’Aujorud’Hui, New York – Paris

1967, 18th Young Painters Salon, Paris, France

1968, Salon de Mai, Paris, France

1968, Grands et Jeunes D’Aujourd’Hui, Paris, France

1968, International Print Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France

1968, Grand Prize National Salon at Galería Rubbers, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1968, Exhibition at the “Vicente P. Cacuri” public library of the Commercial Employees Society, Tres Arroyos, Argentina

1968, Panorama of Argentine Painting, Lorenzutti Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1969, Art Concepts from Europe, Bonino Gallery, Curated by Pierre Restany, New York, USA

1970, Bonino Gallery, New York, USA

1970, Palais de l’Europe, Touquet, Belgium

1971, Club Internacional de Presse, Madrid, Spain

1971, Camden Center, London, England

1971, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1971, Paris Biennial, Paris, France

1972, Salon de Mai, Paris, France

1972, Medellín Biennial, Colombia

1972, Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile

1972, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1972, Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1972, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1973, Berlin Festival, Germany

1973, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil

1974, Argentine Graphics, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1974, Exhibition of Contemporary Art, L’Ecole Superiere Des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, Paris, France

1974, Systems Art in Latin America, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1974, Vernissage, Palais des Beaux-arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1974, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

1974, Young Artists 75, 4th International Art Biennial, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1975, Print Biennial, Tokyo, Japan

1977, Lousiane Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

1977, Continental Gallery Exhibition, Lima, Peru

1977, Images and Signs, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1979, 1st Festival of Experimental Art, CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1979, CAYC and Museum of Arts and Sciences, Mexico

1979, Latin American Print Triennial, Buenos Aires – Mendoza – San Juan, Argentina

1979, Portraits, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1994, Havana Biennial, Ludwig Foundation, Havana, Cuba

1995, Cuban Lament. Installation at the Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba.