Monica Yacqueline Cardozo

Artist profile

She discovered her passion for painting after taking a workshop in Aguas Dulces, Rocha, with the painter and drawing teacher Humberto Ochoa in 2018. From that moment on, portraits and painting became part of his daily life, creating portraits of various characters from Aguas Dulces and Valizas. Since 2022, she dedicates herself exclusively to the plastic arts, currently being the director of Monarca Art Gallery in Punta del Este. She has participated in different exhibitions: Octógono Agó Paez Vilaró (Punta del Este, 2020), Sala Cultural Goes (Montevideo, 2021), Costa Urbana Shopping (Ciudad de la Costa, 2022) , Gramado, Brazil, 2023, Punta del Este Art Exibition: Artes Reales y galeria Monarca Punta del Este, August 2023, ArteViva: Palermo Boxing Club, Montevideo, September 2023, Carrusel de Paris, 2023 and MONARCA PDE GALLERY (permanent artist)