Hugo Frones

Hugo’s work explores the “control and chance concept”, the subject is discovered and rediscovered in the process of its making. Hugo is self-taught and has been working from the late 1980s under the influence of abstract expressionism, and despite the complex formal relationships in his work, the overall tone and scale of his paintings are intuitive rather than cerebral and organized. 

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Meeting Point #1

Meeting Point #1

Acrylic on Canvas | 60" W × 30" H × 1.5" D
Crescendo #2

Crescendo #2

Acrylic on Canvas | 36" W × 48" H × 1.5" D
In the Distance #3

In the Distance #3

Acrylic on Canvas | 18" W × 60" H × 1.5" D
In the Distance #2

In the Distance #2

Acrylic on Canvas | 18" W × 60" H × 1.5" D
Turning Point #5

Turning Point #5

Acrylic on Canvas | 35" W × 47" H × 1.5" D

BIOGRAPHY

Hugo Frones was born in Uruguay in 1950 and immigrated to Canada in 1975. His work has been shown in Canada and abroad, in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina and San Francisco. Hugo works with acrylic paint on canvas and is very fond of warm colours, Mediterranean atmosphere, and spontaneous and intuitive brushstrokes of bold paint that gives the work its final touch.

Hugo Frones lives and works in Toronto, Canada

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

Gallery Can-Marc, Begur, Spain

2009

Almirall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2008

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay

2006

Jacob Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2005

Almirall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2002

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay

2001

Westdale Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON

2000

Galeria Can-Marc, Girona, Spain

1999

Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto

1998

Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997

University of Toronto, ON

1994

Gallery Can-Marc, Barcelona, Spain

1991

Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto, ON

1990

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay

1988

Midway Forum Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, AB

2010

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay

2008

Gallery Carme Espinet, Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona Art Expo

2007

Zilberschuck Art Gallery, Toronto

2004

Scope Los Angeles (with Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA)

Gallery Praxis, Toronto

2000

Gallery A.C.S., Nagoya, Japan

1999

Barcelona Art Expo (Gallery Matisse, Spain)

Teodora Gallery, Toronto

1998

Consulate of Portugal, Toronto

Latin American Horizons Exhibition at Scarborough City Hall, Toronto

1996

Gallery 133, Toronto

1995

Latin American Artist Network Exhibition, Gallery 306, Toronto

Gallery 7, Toronto

1994

Gallery Del Cardal, Montevideo, Uruguay

Gallery 133, Toronto

1993

Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto

Gallery Matisse, Barcelona, Spain

1990

Henry Tannas Art Gallery, Mississauga, ON

1988

Canadian-Latin American Cultural House, Toronto

1985

Columbus Centre Art Gallery, Toronto

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

The Daniel’s Corporation, Acquisition Prize, Toronto

Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo, Uruguay

Uruguayan Consulate in Toronto

Donald Trump Building, New York