SCHOLARSHIPS
1982/84. Guggenheim Scholarship (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation) in Painting.
INVITATIONS
1958 "Pipino & Marquez" Prize, Biennial of Current Painting, Córdoba "Current Painters of Córdoba, Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires 1959 "First International Exhibition of Plastic Arts", Punta del Este (Uruguay) 1962 "First Werthein Prize for Argentine Painting", Buenos Aires 1965 "Biennial of Sao Paulo" (Brazil), representing the OEA with a special exhibition of drawings 1969 Automobile Club of Argentina Exhibition, Buenos Aires "Pio Collivadino" Competition, Buenos Aires "Panorama II of Argentine Painting", organized by the Lorenzutti Foundation on the National Exhibition Halls, Buenos Aires 1970 "Tribute to Lautreamont", organized by Aldo Pellegrini, Graviglia Gallery, Buenos Aires 1973 "Tribute I to Van Gogh", Lorenzutti Foundation, Buenos Aires "Mirror Movement", Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires "Fantastic Realism", travelling exhibition throughout the Americas and Japan 1979 "International Tribute Exhibition to Jorge Manrique", Palencia (Spain) 1980 "Internation Biennial of Arévalo" (Spain) 1982 "Artisti Latinoamericani in Europa", Museum of Contemporary Art, Venice (Italy) "ARCO '82", Vermeer Gallery stand, Madrid (Spain) 1983 "Biennial of La Habana" (Cuba) 1986 "Vth Ibero-American Biennial of Art", Mexico D. F., (Mexico) 1993 "Argentine Draftsmen", guest of honor, Provincial Musuem of Fine Arts, General Roca, Río Negro Province (Argentina)
PRIZES
1947 Mention for Engraving, 1st Jockey Club Exhibition, Córdoba 1954 2d Prize for Engraving, Plastic Arts Exhibition of Villa María, Córdoba Province 1955 Acquisition Prize for Engraving, A.C.A. Exhibition, Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba 1st Prize for Engraving, Plastic Arts Exhibition of Villa María, Córdoba Province 1956 4th Prize for Painting, National Exhibition for the Centennial of San Justo, Buenos Aires Province Acquisition Prize for Painting, Annual Exhibition of Santa Fe 1957 Honorable Mention, Monocopy, National Exhibition of Plastic Arts, Córdoba Acquisition Prize for Painting, II Jockey Club Exhibition, Córdoba 1958 1st Prize, Competition for the Mausoleum of General Paz, Córdoba 1961 1st Prize for Painting, National Exhibition of Córdoba 1962 2nd Prize for Painting, First Werthein Prize for Argentine Painting, Buenos Aires 1965 2nd Prize for Painting, National Exhibition of Tucumán Special Prize for the best collection of Drawings, VIIth Biennial of Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1969 Prize of the National Fund of Arts, City Bank Current Painting Exhibition, Córdoba 1973 1st Prize for Painting, Casa de Córdoba Annual Exhibition, Buenos Aires 1974 2nd Prize for Drawing, National Drawing Exhibition, Buenos Aires 1975 2nd Prize for Engraving, Casa de Córdoba Annual Exhibition, Buenos Aires 1986 Grand Prize "Doctor Genaro Pérez, Córdoba 1998 1st Prize, First Regional Painting Exhibition, Santa Fe 1st Prize, First Regional Painting Exhibition, Córdoba
WORKS IN MUSEUMS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Municipal Museum of Villa María, Córdoba Province (Argentina) Municipal Museum of San Justo, Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán (Argentina) Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (Argentina) Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Rosario, Santa Fe Province Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires (Argentina) Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago (Chile) Museum of Latin-American Art, Managua (Nicaragua) Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art, Madrid (Spain) Nación Argentina Bank, Buenos Aires Córdoba Bank, Córdoba Jockey Club, Córdoba National Fund of Arts, Buenos Aires Numerous private collections in: Argentina, Spain, Sweden, France, Germany and the United States of America
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publications about his painting: "El Príncipe Manco" (The one-handed Prince), by José Viñals, Torres Agüero Publishing House, Buenos Aires "Pont Vergés, Palabra e Imagen" (Pont Vergés, Word and Image), by José Viñals, Torres Agüero Publishing House, Buenos Aires Monograph by Hellén Ferro, Correo del Arte, Buenos Aires
the following critics and writers, among others, have dealt with his pictorial work: Costa Peuser, Córdoba Iturburu, Aldo Pellegrini, Rosa Faccaro, Hugo Monzón, Ernesto Ramallo, Eduardo Baliari, Osiris Chierico, Manuel Mujica Láinez, César Magrini, Romualdo Brughetti, Manuel Rey Millares, Hellén Ferro, Rafael Squirru, José María Moreno Galván, Cristina Castello, Fermín Febre, Aldo Galli, Raúl Vera Ocampo, Laura Feinsilber, Carlos Arean, Raúl Chávarri, Fernando Mon, Pablo Ponzano, José Viñals, Osvaldo Pol, Jorge Barón Biza In 1996, he published his book of stories: "Memoria de El Pueblo" (The Small Town Memory).
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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1949 First exhibition at the Ateneo Cultural de Alta Córdoba, Córdoba (Argentina) Drawings and Paintings, Amigos del Arte, Dean Funes, Córdoba Province 1951 Drawings, Rembrandt Gallery, Córdoba 1952 Paintings, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba 1953 Paintings, Anteo Gallery, Santa Fe (Argentina) 1954 Drawings, Espacio Gallery, Córdoba 1955 Paintings, Espacio Gallery, Córdoba Drawings, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba 1956 Paintings, "O" Gallery, Rosario, Santa Fe Province 1957 Paintings, Antígona Gallery, Buenos Aires (Argentina) Paintings, Trapalanda Gallery, Rio Cuarto, Córdoba Province 1958 Paintings, Amigos del Arte, Rosario, Santa Fe Province 1960 Paintings, Witcomb Gallery, Buenos Aires 1964 Paintings, Modern Art Gallery, Córdoba Drawings, Carmen Waugh Gallery, Santiago (Chile) 1965 Paintings, Modern Art Gallery, Córdoba 1966 Paintings, Rubbers Gallery, Buenos Aires 1967 Paintings, Rubbers Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings, Carrillo Gallery, Rosario, Santa Fe Province Retrospective Exhibition, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba 1969 Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires 1970 Paintings, Fanny González Gallery, Rosario, Santa Fe Province Paintings, Testimonial Exhibition, Laboratorio Dr. Alfredo Garate, Córdoba Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings, Municipal Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Fe 1971 Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires 1972 Paintings, Feldman Gallery, Córdoba Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires 1973 Watercolors, Silk Screen Printings and Oils, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires Watercolors, Silk Screen Printings and Oils, Raquel Real Gallery, Rosario, Santa Fe Province 1975 Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings, Austral Gallery, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province Paintings, Tucumán Gallery, Tucumán (Argentina) Paintings, A. C. O. A. J. Exhibition Halls, San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province 1977 Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires 1978 Paintings, Kandinsky Gallery, Madrid (Spain) Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings, Giainnini Gallery, La Coruña (Spain) 1979 Paintings, Grifé y Escoda Gallery, Madrid 1980 Paintings, Pastels and Oils, Byblos Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Oils and Pastels, Feldman Gallery, Córdoba 1981 Drawings, Latina Gallery, Stockholm (Sweden) Oils and Pastels, Giainnini Gallery, La Corunna Pastels, Siringa Cultural Center, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province Pastels, Casa de Madera Gallery, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province 1982 Pastels, Latina Gallery, Stockholm Paintings, Amics Gallery, Alicante (Spain) Paintings, Stephan Exhibition Hall, Villajoyosa, Alicante 1984 Pastels, Pro Arte Foundation, Córdoba Pastels, Giarolli Gallery, Córdoba 1985 Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings, Jaime Conci Gallery, Córdoba 1987 "Portraits of Rafael Alberti", Mujica Lainez Museum, Cruz Chica, Córdoba Province Paintings, Imagen Gallery, Buenos Aires 1989 Paintings, Jaime Conci Galley, Córdoba Paintings, Suipacha Gallery, Buenos Aires 1991 Paintings, Auditorium Exhibition Halls, San Juan (Argentina) 1993 Paintings, Krass Plastic Arts, Rosario, Santa Fe Province 1994 Paintings 1989/1994, Francisco Vidal Gallery, Buenos Aires Paintings on paper, OEA Exhibition Halls, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires 1996 Paintings on paper, La Loma Museum, Los Cocos, Córdoba Province Paintings, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts "Dr. Genaro Pérez", Córdoba 1998 "Still Lifes 1993/1998", Via Margutta Gallery, Córdoba 1999 "Drawings Anthology 1984/1999", CPC Argüello, Córdoba "Solitudes", Praxis Gallery, Córdoba 2003 "Pont Vergés, Feeling of Córdoba", Duendies Gallery, Córdoba Retrospective, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts "Dr. Genaro Perez", Córdoba 2004 Still Lifes, CPC Argüello, Córdoba Tribute Exhibition, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts "Dr. Urbano Poggi, Rafaela, Santa Fe Province Tribute Exhibition, Arhus Gallery, Rafaela, Santa Fe Province
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1955 "Creation" group, Central Architects' Association, Córdoba "Creation" group, Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Rosario, Santa Fe Province 1956 "Creation" group, Peuser Gallery, Buenos Aires 1957 "Painters of Córdoba", Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Tucumán (Argentina) "Modern Painters of Córdoba", Central Architects' Association, Córdoba "Modern Painters of Córdoba", Alliance Française, Santa Fe "Modern Painters of Córdoba", Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Paraná, Entre Ríos Province (Argentina) 1958 "Modern Painting", Central Architects' Association, Córdoba 1964 "Contemporary Plastic Artists", as a part of the II American Biennial of Arts, Modern Art Gallery, Córdoba 1966 "Córdoba, Current Painting and Sculpture", Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Córdoba 1969 "Art-Sport", Rubbers Gallery, Buenos Aires 1970 "Bendersky, De Llamas, De Monte, Pedro Pont Vergés, Antonio Seguí", Córdoba House, Buenos Aires 1982 Rafael Alberti, Ana Luque, Gomaris, Pedro Pont Vergés, Las Rosas Gallery, Madrid (Spain) Alberto, Escalona, Ewert, Izquierdo, Pont Vergés, Galiarte 86, Madrid 1996 "The Revolt of the Ancients", Cronopios Exhibition Hall, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires
1998 "Argentine Art at the Turn of the Millennium", Artespacio Gallery, Córdoba "Argentine Art at the Turn of the Millennium", Artespacio Gallery, Santiago (Chile) 1999 "International Fair Arte Córdoba '99", Via Margutta Stand, Historical City Hall of Córdoba "Painters of Córdoba", Estancia La Paz Gallery, Ascochinga, Córdoba Province 2000 Alonso, Ocampo, Pont Vergés. Aarhus Gallery, Rafaela, Santa Fe Province. 2003 Tribute to Van Gogh, Zurbarán Gallery, Buenos Aires.
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