Biography

Ricardo Cárdenas, a successful artist born in México, expresses his feelings and beliefs connecting his Art, in media and technique, with his career as a construction engineer. His Artistic career is growing, as exhibitions and rising popularity demonstrate. Cardenas creates his paintings and sculptures cleverly using building materials, such as concrete and steel bars as his artistic media. He is a genuine original creator, always presenting new unique proposals, like his exquisite Series of Tributes to Great Masters. Reinterpreting the main traits of the ART from a chosen master artist, Cardenas paints and add collage using as canvas the cement and iron bars characteristic of his work, making the whole to look as a unique poster or street graffiti on a cement wall. The resulting Artwork is astonishing and greatly admired by viewers and Art Collectors. At Art Boca Raton, Cardenas presented his unique work Mi Jungla: Tribute to Wilfredo Lam that sold during the Fair Opening event, followed daily by further sales and commissions. Cardenas brings his interpretations to our present time. He uses the unforgettable imagery of an international master, but at the same time he makes it his own. Last December, the impressive Artwork El Juego de las Fridas by Ricardo Cardenas, was presented by Contemporary Art Projects USA at RED DOT Art Fair 2017 and sold at the Opening night. For this extraordinary Artwork, he merged on a double tribute the ART of two Great Masters: Frida Kahlo (1907-1954, Mexico) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987, USA), using paint and collage on a reminiscence of the popular Tic Tac Toe game that allowed him to depict several images of Frida displayed in the characteristic multicolored Warhol manner. Cardenas successfully and originally has celebrated renowned masters Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci and has sold to important Art Collectors residing between New York and Florida. Presented by Contemporary Art Projects USA, he exhibited in 2016: at Art Concept during Art Basel Miami Week, Art Santa Fe, NM, and his solo show Paramo, at Miami Dade College West Campus Art Gallery, Doral; in 2017: at Art Palm Beach, Art Boca Raton and Red Dot during Art Basel Miami Week; in 2018:Scope New York, Art Wynwood and during Art Basel Week, he had a Solo Show @Delano Hotel.

Exhibition

Solo Show at Miami Dade College, Scope Miami, Scope New York, Art Wynwood, Affordable Art Fair, Context.