Alberto Bergeret

TUCHO

He began his higher education studies at the Faculty of Architecture in Montevideo and obtained his degree in architecture from the Higher Technical School of Architecture in Barcelona. Since its foundation in 2004, he has been part of the creative space TALLER D’IDEES. He has participated on several occasions, both individually and collectively, in exhibitions during the Open Studio Days in the creators’ workshops of the Old Town of Barcelona: TALLERS OBERTS, organized by the AFAD. Throughout his career, he has explored a variety of creative methods, from painting to animation, and finally sculpture. Living in Barcelona, the sea is a recurring theme in his artistic reflection, and he remains active in exhibition participation. Tucho has been involved with Drap-Art since 2016, in Barcelona, Sitges, and Montevideo, and will return to Barcelona in March 2023 with his exhibition ‘Los Barcos de Tucho’. Ships have been the central theme of his practice since 2014.

THE SHIPS OF TUCHO

“Although the ships are the protagonists, my works are not naval modeling projects. I do not copy a model; I create a fiction. Although the base material is wood, these are not carpentry works. I start from waste materials from carpentry shops or those collected from the street. Although they represent ships, none of them would sail. After all, the theme serves as a pretext to compose with the elements of a maritime language that unifies them: bows, anchors, sails, masts, propellers, chimneys…”