Dani Umpi (b.1974, Tacuarembó, Uruguay) will use the Grant to produce the first comprehensive exhibition of his visual work. The show, to be held at the Subte, Montevideo, in 2026 and curated by Rodrigo Barcos, proposes a journey that brings together paintings, collages, textiles, and installations. It will include archival material documenting the underground scene and artistic life of Montevideo and Buenos Aires over the last twenty years, revealing the hybridity of languages that characterises his practice.

Dani Umpi is a visual artist, writer, performer and singer whose work is characterised by the intersection of disciplines and languages. His practice challenges the boundaries between art and popular culture, incorporating elements of everyday life, pop and kitsch aesthetics, which he reinterprets in a critical and poetic way. His visual work takes the form of collages, textiles, objects and installations that explore ornamentation, accumulation and the reappropriation of domestic materials. He has exhibited at international institutions and festivals, including MALBA (Buenos Aires), MNAV (Montevideo), Fundación PROA (Buenos Aires), Museo de Arte Moderno (São Paulo), Museo del Barrio (New York) and Bienal de Mercosur. He has also published novels and essays, including: Aún soltera (2003), Miss Tacuarembó (2004) and Un poco mentira (2006). As a musician, he has released albums that fuse electronic pop with a performative and theatrical style, collaborating with leading artists from the Latin American scene.