Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Roberto Valcarcel studied Visual Communication and Architecture in Germany. He is probably among the Bolivian contemporary artists with the greatest international projection in the last decades.

He has exhibited his work in North and South America as well as in Europe and has participated in many of the most important international biennales. He has received numerous prizes for his drawings, paintings, conceptual works and non-traditional media. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Valcarcel has held more than thirty solo exhibitions, among which are included Pulchri Studio (Den Haag, The Netherlands 2005), The National Museum of Art in La Paz, The Contemporary Art Museum in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and renowned galleries as the BHN Foundation, EMUSA Gallery, EsArt and Nota in La Paz as well as Oxigeno Fine Arts in Santa Cruz.

selected eXHIBITIONS   

Bienal de Sao Paulo          2004 + 1994 + 1983 + 1979

ArteBA Buenos Aires         2000

Bienal de Mercosur            1999 + 1997

ARCO Madrid                    1998

New York Art Fair              1998

Bienal de Lima                  1997

Bienal de La Habana          1991 + 1989 + 1984

Bienal de Trujillo               1987

Bienal de Cuenca              1987

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo.     Santiago de Chile 2005

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo.     Santiago de Chile 1996

Museo Nacional de Arte.              La Paz, Bolivia  1995

Museo de Arte Moderno.              Cali, Colombia 1991

Museo de Bellas Artes.                Santiago de Chile 1991

Pulchri Studio.                           Den Haag, The Netherlands 2004

Galería Animal.                          Santiago de Chile 2003

The Mall Galleries.                     London 1996

Casa de América.                       Madrid 1995

I.M.F. Center.                            Washington, D.C. 1992