Pinotello
I am not what I know, nor what I think, nor what I say.
I am what I do. Little by little, I have become what I have been doing.
I am creating sculptures; therefore, I am being a sculptor.
But I have always been creating.
Biography
September 2026 marks the third turning point in Alberto Pinotello's life. He completes the monumental black-marble sculpture “Humpback Whale”, part of the sculptural series “RenaSeres”, and decides to pursue his artistic practice professionally and for life.
Two and a half years earlier, at a second turning point, he left behind a 35-year career as a software creator —with 12 registered copyrights and 4 technology companies founded— to devote himself entirely to art and sculpture.
The first turning point came in 2021, when two blocks of black marble weighing 105 tonnes arrived at his land facing the Santa Catarina dam in Querétaro: the blocks that make up the whale that lay waiting inside a 400-tonne monolith, whose search and extraction had begun five years earlier. With that pair of blocks his sculpture studio began operating, with little more than basic tools and an unyielding creative will.
Acknowledgements
This project has overcome great human, technical and financial challenges thanks to people who offered their company and support in many different ways.
To that pair of generous friends who helped even before they were asked: Martín Orozco and Moisés Zecua.
To the friends and family who responded with immediate help: Francisco Gándara, Enrique Martínez, Raúl Tello and several more.
To those who bring honest dedication and effort to the studio.
To those who remain: Pablo Velázquez, Fernando Hernández and Álvaro Jiménez.
To those who were there: Jesús Nonato, Antonio Aguilar and Pedro Velázquez.
And to the people who, with love and unconditional support, give meaning to my life.
To my children, Natalie and Alberto. To my sisters Rocío, Sonia, Mireya, Elizabeth and Nancy. To my dear nephews and nieces. To Alberto Garrido, my nephew, who in life and still today remains a living source of motivation. To my mother, Oti, who taught me to work honestly and tirelessly. To Teto, my father, who taught me to see animals in breadcrumbs or tinfoil just as much as in leftover cement.
To Jorge de Santiago, who in life would visit my studio to share friendship and teachings.
And finally, to my teachers: in sculpture, David Kestebaum and Yoshi Yoshikawa; in printmaking, Marisa Boullosa; and in drawing and painting, Tanya Broklman.
