Águeda Dicancro

Águeda Dicancro (1938 – August 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan sculptor from Montevideo, noted for her plastic art. Her art is featured at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo.

Life

Dicancro studied at the University of the Republic National School of Fine Arts between 1960 and 1964, and later at Uruguay's Universidad del Trabajo. She also studied engraving and cement sculpture under Spanish sculptor Eduardo Yepes, before graduating as a professional ceramist in 1964. to study ceramics at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma's School of Applied Arts, at Mexico's School of Design.

An Águeda Dicancro sculpture of steel and glass can be found in the Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo), the current location of ANTEL.

Awards International Ceramic Art Contest XXXIII, Faenza, Italy 1965, First Prize in Ceramics at the Ford Foundation Contest, Mexico 1966, Grand Prize and First Prize in Jewelry of the 1st Hall of Decorative Arts, National Plastic Arts Committee Honorable Mention at the Second International Applied Arts Biennial, Punta del Este 1967, Acquisition Prize at the Salón Municipal XV Gold Medal at the Commune of Rome (1973) 1978, First Prize at the Mural Contest, Puerta del Sol building, Punta del Este Acquisition Prize at the Salón Municipal XXXIII 2001, Prmio Alas 2002, Premio Figari

She was selected to represent Uruguay at the Venice Bienniale in 1993 and the San Pablo Biennial in 1994.