Roberto Lizano
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Why this artist is listed
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- Born in Costa Rica Quoted below
1951 Nace en Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Residence in Costa Rica, as the source records it Not stated by our sources
- Has exhibited in Costa Rica Quoted below
"Revisión a Media Carrera", Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
"Paradigma.com", Galería Nacional, Centro Nacional de la Ciencia y la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica.
Our reading written by Costa Rica Artists
Roberto Lizano graduated as a civil engineer in 1977 before studying fine arts, and his material is packaging: corrugated cardboard from shipping boxes, kept with its printed text, cuts, folds, marks and stamps.
The profile says the box is reinvented as mobiles, assemblages and installations. The profile lists a mid-career review exhibition, the national Aquileo J. Echeverría prize in 1992 and a public collections list with seven entries.
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Practice and materials
En la obra de Lizano es fundamental el significado de la materia: los cartones corrugados usados en la confección de cajas para embalaje con sus textos impresos, cortes, dobleces, marcas y sellosOur translation In Lizano's work the meaning of the material is fundamental: corrugated cardboard from packing boxes with its printed texts, cuts, folds, marks and stamps
un artefacto artístico reinventado en móviles, ensambles e instalacionesOur translation An artistic artefact reinvented as mobiles, assemblages and installations
Training and life
1951 Nace en Alajuela, Costa RicaOur translation 1951: born in Alajuela, Costa Rica
1977: Se gradúa de Ingeniero Civil en la Universidad de Costa Rica. 1978-81:Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Costa Rica.Our translation 1977: graduated as a civil engineer, Universidad de Costa Rica; 1978-81: School of Fine Arts, Universidad de Costa Rica.
Exhibitions, prizes and collections
"Revisión a Media Carrera", Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.Our translation 'Revisión a Media Carrera' (mid-career survey), MADC, San José.
"Paradigma.com", Galería Nacional, Centro Nacional de la Ciencia y la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica.Our translation 'Paradigma.com', Galería Nacional, Centro Nacional de la Ciencia y la Cultura, San José.
1992: - "Premio Nacional de Cultura, Aquileo J. Echeverría", Costa Rica.Our translation 1992: Aquileo J. Echeverría National Culture Prize, Costa Rica.
"Tercera Bienal de la Habana", Museo Nacional de Arte, La Habana, Cuba.Our translation 3rd Havana Biennial, Museo Nacional de Arte, Havana.
Colecciones Publicas Embajada de Costa Rica en Tokio, Japón. Embajada de Costa Rica en México DF, México. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, USA. Museo de la Estampa, México DF., México. Museo de Arte Costarricense, San José, Costa Rica. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica. Museos del Banco Central, San José, Costa Rica.Our translation Public collections: Embassy of Costa Rica in Tokyo; Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico City; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; Museo de la Estampa, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Costarricense, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo and Museos del Banco Central, San José.
Sources for this profile
- Roberto Lizano | Directorio de artistas (MADC), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC). Our check: October 19, 2026.
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