ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY / CV
HUGO CÁRDENAS, 1989
He studied Visual Arts at the University Foundation of Fine Arts in the city of Medellin in Colombia and studied a Master in drawing and painting at the Accademia Riaci in the city of Florence, Italy. He did a specialization in creative and children's illustration at the Center Universitari de Disseny i Art (Eina) in the city of Barcelona in Spain
He has held several solo and group exhibitions in Italy, Spain and Colombia, including the Arte Laguna award, Como Contemporany contest, Davinci Quinientos, Malaga art fair, Barcelona Big Awards, Dress your Wall, Feria del Millón among other exhibitions and is currently based In colombia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 Fragiles, individual exhibition, Opera Lounge, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Polaris. Individual exhibition. Speaker 23 bar, Florence, Italy.
2014 Herbes Mirabiles. Individual exhibition. Sensus Luogho Per Il Arte contemporáneo . Florence. Italy
2012 Exponer la Mirada. Individual exhibition. Suramericana metro Station. Medellin. Colombia.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
2021 Perspectiva en 2d, collective exhibition, Galeria el garaje, Bogota
2020 very important fact, collective exhibition , Sala Siroco, Madrid, Spain.
2020 Be happy fest festival, festival de empredimiento, parque de la 93 festival, Bogota, Colombia
2020 Arcot 2020 tokyo, Cervantes institute on Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Casa tres patios thirteenth auction, Casa tres patios, Medellin, Colombia
2019 Feria Buro, desing and art festival, instituto Pedagógico Nacional, Bogota, Colombia
2019 Abracemos el Futuro, auction, Culto gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2019 Amor y amor, Alma fundation, casa estudio 74, Bogota , Colombia
2019 Feria del Millon seventh exhibition , San juan Hospital, Bogota, Colombia
2019 Davinci Quinientos, Universidad Pontifica Bolivariana sporcenter, Medellin, Colombia
2019 Illustrazione dell´anima, Sensus Luogho per l arte contemporánea, Florence, Italy
2019 No borders, Miscelanea galeria, Barcelona, España
2018 Wunderkammer, Museo el castillo, Medellín, Colombia
2018 Twelve auction, Casa tres patios, Medellin, Colombia
2018 Barcelona big awards, Cage gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Swab barcelona art fair, italian pavilion, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Art fair Malaga, Malaga conferences palace, Malaga, Spain.
2017 Premio Marchionni, Museo Magmma, Sardegna, Italy
2016 Dress your wall, Graphic market, Miscelanea gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Nodes, collective exhibition, Mofuta gallery studio, Barcelona,Spain.
2016 Preludio, collective exhibition, Opera Lounge, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Cos I Materia, collective exhibition, Espai Txema, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 Arte Laguna prize, collective exhibition, Nappe Arsenale , Venice, Italy.
2015 Artisti a Simultanea, collective exhibition, Simultanea Spazi D´Arte, Firenze, Italy.
2015 Vertigo: Percorso d´arte contemporanea, collective exhibition, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italia.
2014 Casa Tres Patios eighth auction, Medellin, Colombia
2014 Persona. collective exhibition. Multiverso coworking. Firenze. Italy
2014 Co co co Comtenporany contest. Collective exhibition. San pietro In Atro church. Como. Italy
2014 Shortlisted for The Catalogue of hyperrealist painting (Ipperealismo - Hypperealism)
2014 Acts Visual Size Small, Collective Exhibition. El Castillo Museum . Medellín. Colombia
2014 Arte figurativa Ieri, Oggi , Domani. Collective Exhibition. Unique Gallery. Turin, Italy
2014 Liberamente. Collective Exhibition. La Goccia Gallery. Napoles. Italy
2013 Tragaluz d` illustration award. Collective exhibition Café Zorba. Medellin and beast of the independent publications in the Odeon Theatre, Bogota. Colombia
2013 Rafael Pombo Tribute, Faber Castell Second National Competition Design. Contemporány Art Museum. Bogota. Colombia
2013 Acts Visual Size Small. Collective Exhibition. El Castillo Museum . Medellín. Colombia
2012 Trueque Abierto. Collective Exhibition. Casa Taller Vector Stick. Medellín. Colombia
2012 Sixth Auction. Casa Tres Patios. Medellín. Colombia
2012 XII Heartist In The Marketplace. Centro Colombo Americano. Medellín. Colombia
2012 Was room as a John Cage. John Cage tribute. Collective Exhibition. Factory Formacol. Medellín. Colombia
2012 Acts Visual Size Small, Collective Exhibition. El Castillo Museum . Medellín. Colombia
2011 Faber Castell National Design Competition university. Collective Exhibition. Contemporány Art Museum, Bogota, Colombia
2011 VideoRockola. Collective Exhibition. The agencia gallery. Bogota. Colombia
2011 Comfenalco Third Biennale. Collective Exhibition. Castilla Library. Medellín. Colombia
2011 FUBA-IBA XV Students Art Competition Library. Collective Exhibition. EPM Library. Medellin. Colombia
2011 Media Shorts Marathon. Collective Exhibition. Medellin Modern Art Museum . Colombia
2010 artistas Mas, Mas ciudad. Collective Exhibition. Medellin. Colombia
2009 + Que Sangre First Art Bidimensional exhibition, Colombian Red Cross. Medellin Modern Art Museum . Colombia
MENTIONS
2017 first prize as an artist selected as representative of the Barcelona art and design schools at the Art on Paper event
2013 Mention of Honor Profesionals Category, Faber Castell II National Competition. Rafael Pombo tribute.
2007 laureate monograph: "Influence of American comic and manga in the Colombian youth"