Agustín Cárdenas

(Cuban, 1927–2001)

moyenne coquille by agustín cárdenas

Agustín Cárdenas

Moyenne Coquille, 1974

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Biography

Timeline

1927
Born: in Matanzas, Cuba
1943 - 1949
Beaux-Arts Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1951 - 1955
Member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC), Havana, Cuba
1953 - 1955
Member of the creative group Los Once, Havana, Cuba
1953
received the Segundo Premio at the VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba
1955
Moved to France
Awarded with the Silver Medal XXXVII, Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1957
Joined the Surrealist movement
1961
Prize of Sculpture in Biennial of Paris
1968
Started working in his studio in Nogent sur Marne, France

Exhibitions

2002
Desires and Grace, Haim Chanin Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Abstract Art: Tono a Tono, Salón de la Solidaridad, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
1999
Art-World in Dialogue, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
1998
Internation Festival of Biarritz, France (solo)
Augustin Cardenas - Jean Prouvé, Maison Verte, Paris, France
1997
Retrospective, Galeria del Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy (solo)
Le Surréalisme et l'Amour, Pavillon des Arts, Paris, France
The Art Show, Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
1996
The Art Show, Jeffrey H. Loria, New York, NY
The Magic of the Volume, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
1993
Agustín Cárdenas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
IAM, Miami, FL
1992
Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
International Art Esposition Arco, Caracas, Venezuela
Galerie du Château, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1991
International Art Exhibition, Miami, FL (solo)
Art Exhibiton in Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1990
Bois, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
FIAC, Paris, France

Public Collections

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
National Museum, La Havane, Cuba
Musée d’Art Moderne, Caracas, Venezuela
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Literature

2008
Pau-Llosa, Ricardo. Cárdenas, Agustín. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008