Alfredo Ghierra was born in Montevideo en 1968.
He studied at the National School of Fine Arts, at the Collage of Architecture and Aroztegui Art Workshop.
Awards
Final Selection Bienal of Art Centenary Award, Venice, Italy 1995.
Final Selection Fundación Banco Pan de Azúcar Award to young visual artists, Montevideo, 1995.
Cámara de Representantes Award at the sixth Bienal of Art, Salto, Uruguay 1996.
Mención Honorífica at the Arte Cristiano contest organizad by Galería Latina, Montevideo, 1997.
Ministry of Foreign Relations Award for yourn visual artists, Montevideo, 1997.
Special Awards at the BROU Salon for engraving, drawing and watercolors, Montevideo 1998.
Trazo Award at the seventh Biennal of Art, Salto, Uruguay 1998.
Selected at the seventh Bienal de Arte Sacro, Buenos Aires, 1998.
Selected at the Salón Municipal, Montevideo, 1998.
Receives the Municipal Capital Fund in Visual Arts, Montevideo, 1999.
Selected at the art contest Something Special, Montevideo, 2000.
Selected at the Eight Bienal of Art, Salto, Uruguay, 2000.
Special Mention at the Second Bienal of drawing and paint organized by "Mosca Hnos", Montevideo, 2001.
47º National Salon of Visual Arts, Montevideo, 2001.
Selected for the 52nd National Visual Arts Award, Maria Freire, Montevideo, 2007
Principal exhibits
Montevideo y otras ciudades utópicas. Galería Cinemateca 1994.
Casa de la Cultura de Paysandú, 1995
Postales de Montevideo. Centro Cultural San Pablo (San Pablo, Brasil), 1996.
Las Ciudades Invisibles. Galería del Notariado, 1996.
ORT, Paysandú, 1997.
Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, 1997.
Seventh Bienal de Arte Sacro de Buenos Aires, 1998.
Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas, 1998.
Salón de Grabado, dibujo y acuarela del BROU, 1998
Fundación Buquebus de Montevideo, 1998
Palais de Glace de Buenos Aires together with uruguayan artist Rogelio Osorio, 1998.
Eight Bienal de Arte de Salto, 1999.
Del Paseo Sala de Arte, Montevideo, 2001.
47º Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, 2001.
El Viaje. Azafrán Galery. Sofía, Bulgaria, 2002.
Renato Russo, Brasilia, 2002.
Centro Cultural Brasil – España, Porto Alegre, 2002.
Postales de Sofía. Astry Gallery Sofía, Bulgaria, 2003.
Amor transatlántico, dirigible amor. video animation (6') Centro Cultural Spiazzi, Vence, Italy.
Subte Municipal de Montevideo, Uruguay, 2005.
