Carlos Maturana

Carlos Maturana (Bororo)
Born
Carlos Eduardo Maturana Piña

(1953-11-10)November 10, 1953
Died-
EducationUniversity of Chile
Known forPainting
Movement80’s Generation
Awards1975 First Prize, Faculty of Arts Alumni Salon, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

1977 Corporación de Amigos del Arte Scholarship, Santiago, Chile; 1978 Second Prize, Fundación Pacífico Scholarship Competition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile; 1979 Research Project Grant, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; 1980 Research Project Grant, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; 1980 Corporación de Amigos del Arte Scholarship, Santiago, Chile; 1981 Corporación de Amigos del Arte Scholarship, Santiago, Chile; 1982 First Prize, The Tree in Chilean Art Contest, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile; 1982 Scholarship, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; 1982 Corporación de Amigos del Arte Scholarship, Chile; 1983 Scholarship, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; 1985 Honor Award, VII International Art Biennale of Valparaiso, Chile; 1986 Honorable Mention, Our Andean World Competition, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; 1986 Honorable Mention, National Conference of Young Art, Sala El Farol, Valparaíso, Chile; 1987 Honorable Mention, V PREALC Carmen Waugh Gallery Contest, Santiago, Chile; 1987 Scholarship, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; 1988 First Prize for “Central Santiago”, Urban Landscape Competition, Catholic University Gallery, Los Arcos de Bellavista, Santiago, Chile; 1997 First Place, Art in the World of Coffee Competition, New Visual Arts Gallery, Santiago, Chile; 2002 Bororo: Citizenship on Canvas, Artespacio, Santiago, Chile; 2003 First Place, Consorcio Building Competition: One View, Eight Artists, Santiago, Chile; 2004 Altazor Award, Santiago, Chile; 2007 Altazor Award for From the Man on the Moon to Dolly the Sheep exhibition, Artespacio, Santiago, Chile;

2008 Selected to exhibit at the International Contemporary Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina;

Carlos Eduardo Maturana Piña, better known by his artistic pseudonym Bororo, is Chilean artist born in Santiago, Chile, on November 10, 1953. Along with Samy Benmayor, Omar Gatica, Matías Pinto D'Aguiar and Ismael Frigerio among others, he formed part of Chilean art’s 80s Generation. Bororo was his childhood nickname.[1]

  1. ^ Carlos Maturana (Bororo) Biography (in spanish) www.portaldearte.cl Artistas Plásticos Chilenos, Biblioteca National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, 2008, Retrieved May 20, 2013