Pablo Atchugarry

Pablo Atchugarry is an internationally renowned Uruguayan artist celebrated for his monumental public sculptures. Initially experimenting with a variety of materials early in his career—including cement, iron, wood, and painting—he eventually transitioned to marble as his primary medium. Influenced by seminal figures like Constantin Brancusi and Henry Moore, he is frequently likened to Michelangelo due to his dedicated hands-on approach to carving stone rather than relying on workshop assistants.

His sculptures bridge the abstract and the numinous, combining massive scale with delicate carving to channel spiritual energies and invite contemplation. Working primarily with pristine white Carrara marble from Tuscany, as well as gray Bardiglio, black Belgian, and Portuguese pink marbles, alongside bronze and wood, Atchugarry manipulates sinuous curves, vertical alignments, and accordion folds. His distinctive forms evoke elements of the human figure, breaking waves, trees, and plants.

Atchugarry’s work has been featured in major solo exhibitions worldwide, spanning prominent institutions, galleries, and international collections such as the Perez Art Museum in Miami, the Chrysler Museum of Art, and the Berardo Collection in Lisbon. Dedicated to fostering the arts, he established the non-profit Fundación Pablo Atchugarry in Manantiales, Uruguay, which features an open-air monumental sculpture park, exhibition spaces, and a museum dedicated to promoting visual arts, literature, and music. He divides his time living and working between Uruguay and Lecco, Italy.