Biography of the artist
José Pereira Rodriguez was born on February 5th, 1940 in Montevideo (Uruguay)
Since very young he shows a strong vocation for plastic art. This vocation leads him to enter the workshop of the painter Manolo Lima (a disciple of the Master Joaquin Torres García) who initiated him with in the techniques of painting and the theories of the Master.
Later on, he completes his artistic initiation at the School of Beaux Arts of Montevideo, under the direction of the Painter Miguel Angel Pareja, whose program and teachings are based in the techniques of the Bauhaus.
In 1968 he decides to move to Paris (France), where he takes his residence and still lives.
Since then, he has participated in numerous exhibitions, both individual as well as collectively in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, the USA and Uruguay, and has received favourable opinions from the specialized crictics.
His art is represented today in various museums such as:
- Musée d'Art Moderne d'Ostende (Belgium)
- Fond des Arts Plastiques du Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (France)
- Musée Itinérant Salvador Allende SEET Paris (France)
- Musée " Luis Gonzalez Robles " Alcalá de Henares (Madrid - Spain)
as well as in numerous private collections in France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Uruguay.