Training and teaching

Bachelor of Plastic and Visual Arts from the National Schools Institute of Fine Arts (IENBA) of the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

He complements his training with the artists Gerardo Acuña, Nelson Ramos and Guillermo Fernández.

Imparte clases de en su taller de libre expresión plástica infantil y escultura en su taller. 

Participate in a workshop on curatorship by the Spanish Curator Rafael Doctor at the EAC (Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo) and at the CCE (Cultural Center of Spain), Montevideo, Uruguay.

He participates in art clinics with the Argentine Curator Daniel Fischer and with the Visual Artist and Curator Lucía Pittaluga.

 

Muestras individuales 

 

2020

Olaf. Whale Point. Passengers of uncertainty. Maldonado.

2019

Passengers of uncertainty. NCI. New Israelite Congregation. Montevideo, Uruguay. sculptures.

2018

Migratium. National Museum of Visual Arts (MNAV), Montevideo, Uruguay. Facility.

Des-Atando. Instalación. Espacio de Arte Innova; Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

2011

Grandma. collages. World Trade Center; Montevideo, Uruguay.

2010

Recent paintings. La Lupa Books, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2007

New sculptural path in jewelry. Astuce Art and Design Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

New ways. Sculptures and jewelry. General Consulate of Uruguay; New York. USA

2005

Dos tradiciones, dos símbolos. Espacio de Arte Meridiano, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Pillars. Facility. French Alliance of Montevideo, Uruguay.

2004

Playful shapes. Sculptural assemblies. La Lupa Books, Montevideo, Uruguay.

The rough warmth of the woods. Curated by Alfredo Torres. Museum and Municipal Historical Archive Cabildo, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2001

Mysteries of the sea Association of painters and sculptors of Uruguay (APEU), Montevideo, Uruguay.

1999

Polychrome woods. Libertad Books-Art Space, Montevideo, Uruguay

1998

Recent sculptures. Gaucho and Currency Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.

1997

Show inauguration of his workshop. sculptures. Montevideo, Uruguay.

 

Muestras colectivas 

 

2021

By a head. Zorrilla Museum. Seventh interdisciplinary project created by the artist, with the collaboration of the artist Adriana Rostovsky.

The salt did not come out. Installation and video by Artistes Visuales del Sur.Tribu. Montevideo.

To the rescue of the world II. Montevideo tribe.

2020

José Ignacio Art Gallery. Maldonado.

To the rescue of the world. Contemporary textile art. Tribe. Montevideo. Uruguay.

2019

Paper. Contemporary Graphic Art. Romulo Raggio Foundation. Vincent Lopez. CABA, Argentina

Uruguayan artists at SODRE. Inauguration of exhibition hall. Montevideo, Uruguay.

2015

Ancestors and memory. River Plate interdisciplinary project created and produced by the artist. Zorrilla Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2013

Textile crossings. International textile exhibition World Textile Art (WTA). House of Culture of Maldonado, Uruguay.

Women with fiber. Municipality of Montevideo (IMM). Alicia Haber's curatorial project. Montevideo, Uruguay.

2012

Women seen by women. Gurvich Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.

International Plain Notebook Project. Beit Ha'ir Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ludus. Collective interdisciplinary project created and managed by the artist. Union Foundation, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Paper. Facility. Romulo Raggio Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Traveling boxes. DUAC Project (Uruguayan Diffusion of Contemporary Art). Project of the curator Graciela Kartofel, Queens College, New York, United States. Espace Wallonie de Tournai, Belgium; Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg; Lakma Latin Art Museum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

2011

Memories and memories: icons of the Bicentennial. Facility. Alfredo Torres curatorial project. Blanes Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.

imagine. Interdisciplinary project created and managed by the artist. Cultural Space of Mexico, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Art in passing Interdisciplinary project created and managed by the artist. World Trade Center, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Traveling boxes. Luxembourg Abbey, Luxembourg; lakma Latin Art Museum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands; Espaces Wallonie in Brussels, Liège, Nivelles and Tournai, Belgium.

2010

Ancestors. Interdisciplinary project created and managed by the artist. French Alliance of Montevideo; Bastion of Carmen, Colonia del Sacramento; House of Culture of Maldonado, Uruguay.

Ethnic group VI. Latin American Art Fair. Brussels, Belgium.

Museum of American Art of Maldonado, Uruguay.

Post. Project of the artist Belén Franco. Anteroom of the Library of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.

2008

Jewel x Jewel. Exhibition of artistic goldsmithing and poetry. Five artists and five poets. Project created and managed by the artist. National Museum of Visual Arts (MNAV), Montevideo, Uruguay.

Cultural Center Marte-Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay. 

2007

Beauty in Art 21 St. Century Interpretations. San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas, Estados Unidos.

Museum Night. Sample of artistic goldsmithing. Gurvich Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Multiple visions traveling art boxes from Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay. Uruguayan consulate in New York, United States.

Photography and objects. Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Cultural Center Marte-Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Flavors and languages. Ceramic object-dish intervention. Food Culture Museum. Traveling project. Cultural Center of Spain in Montevideo, Uruguay.

2006

Kunst Antiek. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Art Fair Exotica. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Multiple visions traveling art boxes from Uruguay. Casa Principal Cultural Center, Mexico City; Main House Cultural Center, Veracruz; House of Culture of Morelia, Michoacán; Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato.

Holland Art Fair Malieveld. The Hague, the Netherlands.

Art Fair Den Bosch. Brabanthallen, Bolduque, The Netherlands.

Art of being a bank. urban intervention. Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Tribute to the teacher Nelson Ramos. Paseo Gallery, Montevideo. Uruguay.

2005

SOFA Art Fair (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art). New York, USA.

25 artists for 25 years. ALADI (Latin American Integration Association). Montevideo, Uruguay.

Traveling boxes, boxes from Uruguay. Mill of Perez. Association of Painters and Sculptors of Uruguay (APEU), Montevideo, Uruguay.

Eight and one. Artana Latin American Fine Art. The Hague, The Netherlands. (Curator: Graciela Kartofel).

2004

Great Creole circus. MEC Cultural Center (Ministry of Education and Culture), Montevideo, Uruguay.

Small format work. The Foot of the Fish Gallery. Montevideo, Uruguay.

The language of Cervantes. Art Space. Washington D.C., United States.

Jewish Cultural Center of North Virginia. Virginia, United States.

Sculptures. Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts. Washington D.C., United States.

Belongings. Ways of believing/creating. Municipal Subway Exhibition Center and Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC). Montevideo, Uruguay. (Curator: Alicia Haber)

Drawings. District of Columbia Public Library. Washington D.C., United States.

American Art Museum Foundation. Maldonado, Uruguay.

2003

Enchantments, vibrations and myths. Sculptures and drawings. Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts. Washington D.C., United States

Sculptures Park of Perception. Las Cumbres, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Tribute to Octavio Podestá. Old City sculpture walk; Montevideo, Uruguay.

2002

Recent sculptures and drawings. Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts. Washington D.C, United States.

Art by mail. Paper map intervention. Municipality of the city of La Plata, Argentina.

2001

Prayer to America. Cultural Center of the Coast of Vicente López. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Batuz Ceramic Sculpture Award. Selected artists. Vaz Ferreira Room, National Library. Ministry of Education and Culture, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2000

Something Special Contest. Selected artists. Association of Painters and Sculptors of Uruguay (APEU); Montevideo, Uruguay.

1998

kites. Ministry of Education and Culture. Montevideo, Uruguay.

Wood assemblies. Mazzoni Museum. Maldonado, Uruguay.

Ceramic sculptures. Shared exhibition with the artist Eva Olivetti. New Israelite Congregation (NCI), Montevideo, Uruguay.

1997

XI Salon of Plastic Arts of the Medical Union of Uruguay (SMU) Award-winning artists. Montevideo, Uruguay. Gold medal.

 

Reconocimientos

 

2018

Morosoli Award. Sculpture

2004

Selected by Humanitad Foundation, London, as the official representative sculptor of Uruguay in the construction of the Monument to Mankind M2M project.

2001

Selected Batuz Award, ceramic sculpture

2000

Selected, Something Special Contest.

2001

Form and color in the Mercosur. Creativity Award. Exchange yard. Maldonado.

1996

XI Salon of Plastic Arts of the Medical Union of Uruguay (SMU). First prize in sculpture. Gold medal.

 

The works of Nora Kimelman are in museums in Uruguay: Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda, Museo Gurvich, Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, and in private collections in various countries: Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Israel and Uruguay.

 

Publicaciones 

Jüdische Frauen in der bildenden Kunst IV (The Jewish Woman in Art), Brenner, Hedwig Konstanz, Hartung-Gorre Verlg, 2011.

Visual arts in Uruguay: critical dictionary, 2nd ed., Nelson Di Maggio Montevideo, 2017.

Abstract messages (interview). Gomez Téliz, Gabriela Dossier Magazine (Montevideo), Jul. 2017.

Maderas con sabor a historia. Sanguinetti, Emma Búsqueda (Montevideo), 2004.

 

En TV 

The plastic monitor. Channel 5 TNU. Video interview no. 35 by Pincho Casanova, 2015.

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