Juan Cárdenas Arroyo

Place: Popayán

Born: 1939

Biography:

Juan Cárdenas Arroyo is a Colombian figurative painter. He was born in Popayán, Colombia in 1939. He graduated from Columbia University in New York and studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his career as a cartoonist in several Colombian newspapers and magazines. He was jailed for a cartoon. From 1969 to 1972, he was a professor of Painting, Drawing, and Anatomy at the University of the Andes, Colombia. He participated in and won first prize in the 25th National Salon of Colombian Artists in 1974 for his self-portrait ('Autorretrato Dibujo').