Zinno, Álvaro

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1958, he lives and works in Montevideo. In 1980, he studied drawing and painting with Professor Clever Lara. In 1986, he took a printmaking (photogravure) course with Professor David Finkbeiner at Purchase College, State University of New York (United States). He earned a degree in structural civil engineering from the University of the Republic. In 1987, he was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship for a photography project in New York. In 1988, he took a video art course with Professor John Sturgeon at the Museum of Fine Arts and Visuals. In 1997, he began studying video editing and later worked at the production companies Imágenes and Paris Texas. He made documentaries about national painters Juan Manuel Blanes and Pedro Figari. Later, at the production company Taxifilms, he directed the post-production department (Iman Motion Graphics) and began directing television commercials for Uruguay, Chile, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. In 2003, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at Warner Brothers TV Network, initially in motion graphics production and in the second year as art director, as a designer and in the production of animated graphics, primarily for projects in Uruguay, Los Angeles, and Spain. In 2009, he joined the production company Oriental Films as director and head of the post-production department.

Among his solo exhibitions are: 1983, Exhibition at the Galería del Notariado; 1986, Portraits at the Café Sorocabana; 1987, Exhibition at Galería del Notariado; 1988, Exhibition at Purchase College, State University of New York; 1989, Exhibition at the Cultural Center of the City of Buenos Aires; 1990, Photographs of Europe at the Alicia Goyena Chair Gallery. Light installation at the Uruguay-United States Cultural Alliance Gallery; 2003, Participation in Art Miami with the Latinarte Gallery. Participation in Art New York. Contemporary Art FAi Exhibition, in Mexico City; 2004, Exhibition at Galería Principium, in Buenos Aires; 2005, Exhibition at The Jazz Bakery, in Los Angeles.

He participated in the following group exhibitions: 1983, National Photography Salon; 1984, Exhibition of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Punta del Este; 1986, Uruguayan Photography Today; 1988, The Best of 87, by the Art Critics Association. Bienarte II Exhibition, at the Uruguay-United States Cultural Alliance; 1989, Cuatro Cuartos, organized by the Institute of Ibero-American Cooperation (ICI) at Casa del Vicario; 1990, Multifoto, organized by the ICI at the Casa de la Cultura de San Fernando, Maldonado; 1991, 500 Years, organized by the ICI at the Museum of Fine Arts and toured the interior of the country; 1993, Exhibition at the First Photography Space at the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum; 1994, The Book, at Casa Gandhi; 1997, Participation in the Sixth Havana Biennial (Cuba); 1998, The Immediate Memory, at the Municipal Exhibition Center. Intro, at the Buquebus Foundation; 1999, Exhibition of selected works for the Havana Biennial, at the Montevideo Subte; 2000, Exhibition 8 Photographers at the National Museum of Visual Arts; 2001, Water and Light Installation, tribute to Akira Kurosawa, at the Montevideo Subte; 2009, Minimal Photographs at the Spanish Cultural Center in Montevideo as part of Fotograma.

He received the following recognitions: 1988, Graciela Paternó Award in the Pan Am contest, Museum of American Art of Maldonado; 1991, V Centenary Award, organized by the Institute of Ibero-American Cooperation; 1996, City Bank Award at the Museum of American Art of Maldonado. First Prize in the 100 Years of El Día contest; 2006, BDA Award for promo editing piece, Smallville show of Warner Brothers. In 2010, he was selected by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay to exhibit his work at the International Exhibition of the Centennial of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.