Artist's Biography Translation
Artist's Biography Translation
When he was a twelve-year-old, he started showcasing a big interest in drawing when a horse depicting an expert, a family friend, started going to his childhood home. That is how, during his teenage years, he explored in a self-teaching way different techniques: taming lights and shadows, perspective and depth, composition, and human anatomy.
When he finished high school, he pursued studies at the Visual Arts Centre, learning drawing, painting, sculpture, and engraving. During those same years, he attended Noé Nojechowicz’s workshop, where he explored surrealism and produced a remarkable series of works that he underestimated due to their obvious inspiration from Dalí but which would still be recognized for their undeniable technical quality and the dramatic universe they embody.
In 1988, after completing his studies at the Visual Arts Centre, he continued formal education at the Escuela Superior de Artes Ernesto de la Carcova, where he attended Jorge Demirgian’s workshop, from whom he would continue to learn outside the academic setting. That same year, along with other contemporary artists, he organized a workshop under the mentorship of Jose Maria Caceres. Caceres would later encourage him to stop pursuing the quest for figuration and relying solely on his technical skills to delve into abstraction. This marked the turning point where the duality that characterized his work began: abstraction as a vessel to express power and impulse, and bodily figuration within those forces.
In 1990, he assembled his own working space, moving it three or four times over the next fifteen years. During that time, he jumped into sculpting, exhibiting an installation in Soho Telo Muestra. However, it was only in 2008 that his restlessness took him to Alberto Delponti’s workshop (with whom he would later share a workspace) and to master marble carving with Beatriz Sotto Garcia.
Waller exhibited his work in numerous galleries and spaces, such as the Alfredo Fortabat Centre, the Banco Patricios Foundation, the United Nations Contemporary Art Centre, the Autumn Salon, Espacio Giesso, and the Ameghino Library.
He received several awards, including the first prize in drawing from the ARCHÉ Foundation and first prizes for his paintings at the United Nations Salon and the Víctor Roverano Museum. The Autumn Salon also awarded him second place in the same category.
After 1995, he withdrew from the gallery and biennale scene, dedicating much of his time to a family business that allowed him to focus on his work without the pressure of sales. He also began to teach more extensively.
When asked if he considered himself an artist, he would simply reply, “I paint.” And so, he did, every day, throughout his life. His body of work is abundant and varied, and despite his family’s efforts to catalog it, some of the pieces he gave away to friends continue to resurface.
In his final years, he exhibited in "En Contraste" and BADA, both in Pilar, Buenos Aires Province. After his passing in 2015, his family organized two tribute exhibitions, and the Benito Quinquela Martín Museum hosted a retrospective curated by Yamila Valeiras. One of his paintings is now part of the Museum’s permanent collection. In 2024, his daughter opened an exhibition space in Villa Pueyrredón to preserve, showcase, and promote his artistic legacy.
Studies, Training, and Experience:
• 2011 - 2015: Taught drawing, painting, and sculpture at "El Taller de La Aldea". Pilar.
• 2011: Own Atelier at "El Taller de La Aldea". Pilar.
• 2009: Workshop with Beatriz Soto García. Marble Sculpture.
• 2008 - 2010: Workshop with Alberto Delponti. Sculpture at "El Taller de la Aldea". Pilar.
• 1989 - 1991: Workshop with Jorge Demirjian. Painting.
• 1988: Workshop with Jorge Demirjian. Painting. Ernesto de la Cárcova Higher School of Fine Arts.
• 1988: Holistic Techniques of the Creative Process with José María Cáceres.
• 1988: Creation of "Taller 2/17".
• 1988: Own Atelier at Defensa 217. San Telmo.
• 1984 - 1987: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking at CAV (Center for Visual Arts) with Marizú Terza.
• 1984: Workshop with Noé Nojechowitz. Painting.
Exhibitions:
• 1994: Paintings. Biblioteca Ameghino. Luján.
• 1994: Painting. Museum of Visual Arts “Víctor Roverano”. Quilmes.
• 1994: Painting. 59th Autumn Salon. SAAP 94.
• 1993: Paintings. Espacio Giesso. San Telmo.
• 1992: Painting. 57th Autumn Hall. SAAP 92.
• 1991: Painting. United Nations Hall. Contemporary Art Center.
• 1990: Drawing. 1st ALAP Salon. “Encuentro” Cultural Center. ARCHÉ Foundation.
• 1989: Paintings. Banco Patricios Foundation.
• 1988: Installation. “Angels with Warm Hearts”. Espacio “El Caballito de Pol”.
• 1988: “Painting in the Street”. San Telmo.
• 1988: Paintings. “Taller 2/17”. San Telmo.
• 1985 - 1986 - 1987: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculptures. “La Cave” Gallery.
• 1984: Paintings. “La Porte Ouverte” Gallery. Alliance Française. Alfredo Fortabat Center.
Awards:
• 2009 - Special Mention. 7th Painting Competition. Telviso. Del Viso.
• 2008 - Special Mention. 6th Painting Competition. Telviso. Del Viso.
• 1994 - 1st Prize in Painting. Museum of Visual Arts “Víctor Roverano”. Quilmes.
• 1994 - 2nd Prize in Painting. 59th Autumn Hall. SAAP 94.
• 1991 - 1st Prize in Painting. United Nations Hall. Contemporary Art Center.
• 1990 - 1st Prize in Drawing. ARCHÉ Foundation.