Ernesto Vila
Montevideo, 1936.

When he was twenty three years old he joined Taller de Torres García.
His teachers were José Gurvich and Guillermo Fernández. In 1966 he travelled to Europe with a group of Gurvich´s pupils, under the denomination Taller Montevideo. They made quinetic murals and great installations in Holand, Spain, England, France, Italy and USA. Between 1972 and 1978 he was a political prisoneer en Montevideo. Once he regained his freedom he emigrated to Paris where he lived from 1980 until 1986.
From 1991 he worked as a curator at Museo Torres García, Centro Cultural de Maldonado and Museo Sívori de Buenos Aires.

Biennials:
In 1970 he participated in the VI Bienal de Jóvenes de París, in the 35 Bienal de Venecia and in the Festival de Ravinia in Chicago
In 1989 he was part of the Uruguayan presentation to the Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador
In 1997 he was part of the Uruguayan presentation to the VI Bienal de La Habana
In 2003 he was part of the Uruguayan presentation to the 4ta. Bienal del Mercosur
In 2007 he represented Uruguay at the last Bienal de Venezia.

Awards:
Ernesto Vila has received important awards.
Drawing award at the VI Salon d’Art de la Ville Nouvelle d’Evry, France
XXXIV Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas, 1986
First Prize at the Salón Vincent Van Gogh, 1987
Acquisition Prize, XXXVI Salón Municipal, 1988
Galería KArt de Paris, 1986
Galería Worposwede von Bonn, 1986
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington D.C, 1990
Spanish Senior Center, Washington D.C.
He was recipiente of the Guggenheim Grant, 1997
Figari Awards, greatest honor to the trayectory of an artist in Uruguay

Principal exhibits:
Exhibits in France:
Espace Latino-Americain de Paris
Grand Palais de L’Amerique Latine à Paris
33 Salon de la Jeune Peinture au Grand Palais en el Theatre de Lys y la Maison de LUnesco
Galería Le Loir y C.I.A.P., Paris

Exhibits in Uruguay:
Museo de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, 1992
Museo Torres García, 1996
During the last years he has presented exhibitions in Australia, Asunción del Paraguay, París, New York, Santiago de Chile, Estonia, Madrid and Barcelona