Óscar Gacitúa

Biography Son of the Chilean pianist Oscar Gacitúa Weston, Gacitúa was born in Santiago de Chile once his father returned to that country after having studied in the United States.

From 1971 to 1972 he studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso School of Art. Then, from 1973 to 1976, he studied architecture at the same university. Later he worked in the Casa Mrksa piano workshop.

Since 1980 he has regularly exhibited his pictorial work in galleries and museums in Chile and abroad. His work is in the permanent collections of the main national museums of different countries.

In 2001, and according his sister Rebecca, he tried unsuccessfully to convince his father not to commit suicide in December 2001.