Marcela Jardón. Collage 100 (2020) Collage on paper, 50x50cm, unframed.
Marcela Jardón (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1964), multidisciplinary artist, trained at the National School of Fine Arts (National University of the Arts), in Argentina, where she obtained her degree in 1988, and began her exhibition career.
Since 2000 he has lived and Artworked in Barcelona.
His Artworks have been exhibited and published in America, Europe and Asia, in various art fairs (recently in Germany Art Karlsruhe, C.A.R. Ruhr, and in Madrid estampa, Italy Arte in Nuvola) and in institutions such as the University of Valencia, Sociedad Argentina of Plastic Artists of Buenos Aires, the Sydney Opera House, Australia, the Kanazawa Art Center Citizen, Japan, the University of Alicante Museum, the Bangkok Regional Office of The Rockefeller Foundation, the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, the Department of Expressions Artistic of the University of Panama, the Argentine Social Museum of Buenos Aires, the Provincial Museum of Quilmes in Argentina, the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, the Cabildo de Montevideo Historical Museum and Archive in Uruguay, the Aveiro Museum of Portugal, the Museu de Reus, the La Neomudéjar Museum in Madrid, the Santa Mónica Art Center in Barcelona, the Reial Cercle Artístic in Barcelona, at the Spectrum Fair Miami (2018), the LA Art Show, Fair (2019) and in several galleries.
Some of them already belong to private and public collections in Argentina, Spain, Canada, Panama, Australia, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Sweden, USA, Mexico, Netherlands, Belgium, among others.
Artwork in public collections
• Catalog of the Department of Fine Arts and Cartography of the National Library of Spain, BNE.
• AICOA • Library Specialized in Contemporary Photography of the Forvm Foundation for Photography, in Tarragona • Art Fund of the University of Valencia. • Pinacoteca Universitaria, University of Panama, Panama • Procreation-Postcreation. womanifesto2003. Bangkok Regional Office, The Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand. • The University of the West of England, Department of Creative Arts. Center for Fine Print Research, Bristol.
Awards and honours
2004 • First Prize Azulazul Audiovisual Contest, Barcelona. • Finalist in Canariasmediafest04, Spain. 2002 • Finalist in Canariasmediafest 02, Spain. 2001 • Finalist for the Discoveries of Photoespaña 01 Madrid, Spain • Third Prize for Photographic Call “mirar i veure” University of Valencia, Spain. 2000 • Accesit Photographic Contest “Festa Major de Gracia 2000" Barcelona. 1995 • Mention Small Format Salon Neumann & Asoc Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1993 • First Prize Salon Argentine Society of Plastic Artists, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1992 • First Prize VII Salon of Current Events in Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Second Prize IX Salon of Plastic Artists Municipality of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. • First Prize II Salon de Almagro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1991 • Third Prize IV Salon Young Art, Municipality of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Second Prize VIII Annual Salon of Plastic Artists, Municipality of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1990 • First Prize III Salon of Young Art, Municipality of San Isidro, Buenos Aires , Argentina
Exhibitions (recent)
2023 • Art Karlsruhe. Art Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany, Javier Román Project. • Luxemburg Art Fair, Luxembourg, Le Petit Atelier Gallery. • Art in Nuvola, Rome, Italy, Uxval Gochez Gallery.
2022 • Print. Art Fair, Madrid, Javier Román Project. • C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany, Javier Román Gallery. • Art Karlsruhe. Art Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany, Javier Román Project. • The Art Revolution. Javier Román Gallery, Pop Up Madrid. • Bada Madrid Art Fair, Madrid.
2020 • FIG Bilbao International Festival of Engraving and Art on Paper. Online Fair • Infinite creativity Focus Art Gallery, Sitges • Spring 2020 collection – Undocumented events and object permanence https://noemata.net/ueop/1-20.php • Imaginaries. red03 Art Gallery, Barcelona
2019 • Cluster Circular. Gestalt Consortium. LA Art Show, Fair 2019. • Deus ex terra. CON-TEMPORARY Art Observatorium, Lavagna, Italy.
2018 • Spectrum Fair Miami • Something of the World. Luis G. Agustench & Marcela Jardón. Quatre Room, Reus Museum, Reus. • Other writings. Bulevard dels Antiquaris, Barcelona. • Femart 25anys. Generalitat de Catalunya-Institut Català de les Dones, Diputació de Barcelona i Ajuntament de Barcelona –ICUB • 38th International Mini Print of Cadaqués. Fort Gallery Artworkshop, Cadaqués / Galerie L’Etangd’Art, Bages (France) / Wingfield Barns England / Fundació Tharrats d’ArtGràfic, Pineda de Mar, Spain. • Disk. Paintings. Bulevard dels Antiquaris, Barcelona.