agustin cardenas

1927 Born: in Matanzas, Cuba

1943 - 1949 Beaux-Arts Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1953 received the Segundo Premio at the VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, 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
1955 Moved to France
1955 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
1976 Awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and with the Fujisankey Biennal Prize at the Hakone Open Air Museum, Fujisankey, Japan
1995 Received the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Cuban Ministry of Culture
2001 Died: in Cuba

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
1989 Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Salon de Mars, Paris, France
1988 Galerie JGM, Paris, France (solo)
Trente ans de Sculpture, Galerie JGM, Paris, France
1987 Open Air Museum, Yorkshire, UK
Corea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1984 FIAC, Paris, France (solo)
1982 Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
1980 Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1978 Festival of Lyon, Lyon, France
1973 Biennale Internationale de la Petite Sculpture II, Budapest, Hungary
1972 Musée Galleria, Paris, France
1971 Sculptures, Parc Floral, Paris, France
1969 Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
Biennale de Sculpture, Antwerp, Belgium
1968 International Biennale of Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
1967 Biennale Internationale de Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
1965 Babel 65, Musée Galliera, Paris, France
L'Art Latino Américain, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1964 Monparnasse haute, Margarete Lauter Galerie, Mannheim, Germany
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art latino american, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1963 Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art latino Americain, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1962 L'Objet, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition de l'Art Latino Americain, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1961 Art Cubain Contemporain, Gallerie du Dragon
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Exposition Internacionale du Surréalisme, D'Arcy Gallery, New York, NY
1960 Cent sculpteurs de Daumier à nos jours, Musée de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
1959 Exposition internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
Galerie de La Cour d'Ingres, Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
1957 Hommage de la Sculpture a Brancusi, Paris, France
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Realites Nouvelles, Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1956 Gallery L'Etoile Scellée, Paris, France
Galerie Suzanne de Connink, Paris, France
Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris, France
1954 Contemporary Plastic, Havana, Cuba
1950 IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

Selected Public Collections:

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

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