Rodrigo Zorrilla de San Martín was born into a family of artists. From his great grandfather Don Juan “poet of the fatherland”, the sculptor José Luis, the painters Alfredo and Enrique to the charismatic actress China Zorrilla.
Rodrigo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 12, 1972. As a child he went to free expression workshops, one of them with Gustavo “Pollo” Vázquez and Ago Páez.
His training continued:
1990 to 1991, a painting workshop with the plastic artist Luis Arias (Agó Páez workshop)
1994 to 1995 Edgardo Ribeiro Nario (H) painting workshop
1995 to 1996 He continued his training with Edgardo Ribeiro (P)
1995 to 1996 Estela Matos sculpture workshop
1996 to 1997 Marivi Ugolino sculpture workshop
1997 to 1998 Walter Nadal painting workshop
1999 to 2000 Photography Course Uruguayan photo club
2000 to 2004 He paints in his own atelier
2005 to 2006 Atelier in FAC (contemporary art foundation)
with the Plastic Artist Ferdinand López Lage
2007 He opens a new atelier in Carrasco Montevideo
2008 He opens a new atelier in Pocitos Montevideo
