Otto Apuy
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Why this artist is listed
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- Born in Costa Rica Not stated by our sources
- Residence in Costa Rica, as the source records it Quoted below
País de residencia Costa Rica
- Has exhibited in Costa Rica Quoted below
El Nautilus (Julio Verne). Instalación vertical 20 mts. Bajos de los Museos del Banco Central, Plaza de la Cultura. San José. CR.
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Otto Apuy's profile moves across scales. It recalls early drawings and prints of human-like beings, then lists installations, walk-in pieces, assemblages, sculpture and painting.
Two entries show the scale of his public work: a parish church project for which he was director and designer of over 3.000 meters of ceramics (as printed), and a vertical installation 20 meters tall titled El Nautilus. A sculpture biennial's grand prize went to his work Transformación del Rostro.
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Media named in the quotes below Installation Sculpture Painting Drawing Printmaking Ceramics
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Practice and materials
Siempre creativo e instigador de la idea, que resuelve versatil en sus instalaciones, penetrables, ensamblajes, esculturas y pinturas.Our translation Always creative and an instigator of ideas, which he resolves versatilely in installations, penetrables, assemblages, sculptures and paintings.
En sus inicios se le recuerda como dibujante y grabador de unos seres antropomórfosOur translation In his early years he is remembered as a draughtsman and printmaker of anthropomorphic beings
Training and life
País de residencia Costa RicaOur translation Country of residence: Costa Rica
Exhibitions, prizes and collections
Templo Parroquial de Cañas. Proyecto Cañas 2000. Director - diseñador. Mas de 3.000 metros de cerámica. Guanacaste. Costa Rica.Our translation Cañas parish church, Proyecto Cañas 2000, director-designer; over 3,000 meters of ceramic. Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
El Nautilus (Julio Verne). Instalación vertical 20 mts. Bajos de los Museos del Banco Central, Plaza de la Cultura. San José. CR.Our translation 'El Nautilus (Julio Verne)', 20 m vertical installation, beneath the Museos del Banco Central, Plaza de la Cultura, San José.
Gran Premio de la II Bienal de Escultura de la Cervecería Costa Rica con la obra “Transformación del Rostro”.Our translation Grand Prize of the 2nd Cervecería Costa Rica Sculpture Biennial with the work 'Transformación del Rostro'.
I Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima. Instalación escultórica “La Otra Identidad”.Our translation 1st Ibero-American Biennial of Lima: sculptural installation 'La Otra Identidad'.
Sources for this profile
- Otto Apuy | Directorio de artistas (MADC), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC). Our check: October 19, 2026.
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