Olga Piria

Piria was born in Montevideo on 28 April 1927. From 1941 to 1943 she studied at the Círculo de Bellas Artes.^[1] From 1944 to 1949 she was taught by Joaquín Torres García and his son in their communal studio.^[2] At the same time she studied music and taught at the Montevideo Conservatiore.^[3] In 1957 she began to design pieces which were made by her husband Carlos Jaureguay. Piria had taught herself how to design and make jewellery, specialising in decorative goldwork.^[2] From 1960 she focussed on her work as a jeweller, to the exclusion of painting, which she returned to in 1976.^[3]

During her lifetime she exhibited in over 150 exhibitions, including at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America,^[4] alongside Jaime Nowinski and Glauco Cappozzoli,^[5] at the Cultural Department of Bank of America, and in many other national and international settings.^[1] Her works are held in both public and private collections,^[6] including: National Museum of Visual Arts,^[7] as part of the collection formed at the Mexico Olympics,^[3] in the Engelman-Ost Collection in Uruguay,^[8] amongst others. She died on 30 July 2015 in Montevideo, at the age of 88.^[1]

• Golden Candelabra Award (2007).