Alberto Ardid de Cabo (Vigo, 1986)

Visual and plastic artist, he works making pieces that can be placed in between the visual and the material, facing elements that are very different from each other and at the same time represent opposing ideas. To do this, he usually uses building materials and visual references that, when mixed and decontextualized, generate diverse meanings and huge contrasts, winking to history and mass culture.

He currently lives and works in Vigo, combining his artistic work with his part time job at Fundación Igual Arte as a plastic teacher and freelance jobs as a graphic and layout designer and videographer for music videos.

 

Education:

·      Degree in Fine Arts. University of Barcelona (2010). Specializing in Image

·      Master’s Degree in Teaching. Specializing in Drawing. University of Vigo (2013)

·      Artistic Screen Printing in the Arts & Crafts Municipal School, EMAO. Vigo (2012-2015)

·      Doctorate in Fine Arts. University of Vigo (Studying)

 

Exhibitions:

·      (INDIVIDUAL) Del lat. Factūra. Arniches 26 Gallery. 2024, Madrid

·      Algo que brilla (bienal). Sales Foundation. 2024, Vigo

·      O que hai. Obxecto, materia e o cotián nos tempos da precariedade. Laxeiro Foundation. 2023, Vigo

·      Hecho en casa. Video Arte doméstico actual en España. Condeduque Center. 2023, Madrid

·      Arniches se escribe con V de Vigo. Arniches 26 Gallery. 2023, Madrid

·      Naked. La Pera Projects. Badr El Jundi Gallery. 2023, Madrid

·      F.R.A.M.E. Rio Lagares. 2022, Vigo

·      XXIV BAM (Bienal de Arte no Morrazo). X.M. Pazos Varela Auditorium 2022 , Cangas

·      Apenas (Intervention for the II Andaina of CEF Anniversary). 2022 Casco Vello, Vigo

·      Culturgal 2021. Apo’strophe and A Colectiva. Pazo da Cultura. 2021, Pontevedra

·      Scalextric Sí. F**ck this studio. 2021, Vigo

·      Arredor do parado. Sala X. 2020-2021, Pontevedra

·      (SOLO) 00:00. Sala Apo’strophe. 2020, Vigo

·      Novos Valores 2020. Museo de Pontevedra, Deputation of Pontevedra

·      Plástika19. Museo do Mar de Galicia. 2019, Vigo

·      Un martillo, dos martillos. Maison Ruina. 2019, Vigo

·      (SOLO) GRAVIDADE. Espazo Cubo. 2019, Vigo

·      Novos Valores 2019. Museo de Pontevedra, Deputation of Pontevedra

·      Alégrame esas pascuas 2018. Gunter Gallery, Madrid

·      Spot the dot. Improper Walls Gallery. 2018 Vienna, Austria

·      Forever young. Casa das Artes. 2017, Vigo

·      Novos Valores 2016. Sala X, Deputation of Pontevedra

·      Proxectos. EMAO. 2015, Vigo

·      Certame de Artes Plásticas da Deputación de Ourense. Centro Cultural Marcos Valcárcel. 2013, Ourense

·      GB5. Espazo EMAO. 2012, Vigo

·      Totem Revolotem. Amalgama – Centro de Gravedad Permanente. 2010, Vigo

·      Sense Títol. Faculty of Fine Arts of the UB. 2009, Barcelona

·      Óptica Festival Internacional de Videoarte. 2008, Gijón, Madrid and Paris

 

Awards:

·     Casa de Indias Acquisition prize (UVNT Fair). Madrid, 2024

·     Bienal de Arte no Morrazo (XXIV BAM Scolarship prize). Cangas, 2022

·     Second prize XVI Certame de Artes Plásticas. Deputation of Ourense, 2021

·     Acquisition prize XVII Certame de Arte Isaac Díaz Pardo. Deputation of A Coruña, 2021

·     Plástika 19. Museo do Mar de Galicia. Vigo, 2019

 

Residencies:

·      VIII Encontro de Novos Artistas. Cidade da Cultura. 2018, Santiago de Compostela

 

Publications:

·      Carmeliña (Unha fotonovela de Alberto Ardid). 2014. Government of Galicia

 

Conferences:

·      O nunca visto (Never seen before). Fundación Luís Seoane and A Colectiva. Fundación Luís Seoane, 2021. A Coruña

·      On humour considered as one of the Fine Arts. (MA in Creation and Research in Contemporary Art) Fine Arts School. 2019, Pontevedra.

 

Catalogues:

·      XVII Certame de Arte “Isaac Díaz Pardo”. Deputation of A Coruña, 2022

·      XXIV BAM (Bienal de Arte no Morrazo). 2022 , Cangas

·      Tantas Imaxes IV – O obradoiro I. Espazo Cubo. 2020

·      Plástika19. Museo do Mar de Galicia and Apo’strophe Gallery

·      Novos Valores 2019. Deputation of Pontevedra

·      Forever Young. Council of Vigo 2017

·      Novos Valores 2016. Deputation of Pontevedra

·      Lingua Galega e literatura de 4º da ESO de 2016. Ed. Anaya

·      Iniciativa Xove. O reto da educación non formal. Government of Galicia. 2015

·      XII Certame de Artes Plásticas da Deputación de Ourense. 2013

 

Press:

·      Atlántico Diario, Ana Baena. 2020

·      La Voz de Galicia, Begoña R. Sotelino. 2020

·      Faro de Vigo, Mar Mato. 2019

·      Televisión de Galicia. ZigZag. Outubro de 2019

·      Atlántico Diario, Ana Baena. 2019

·      ABC Cultural. Darán que hablar. Javier Díaz-Guardiola. Setembro de 2018

·      Radio Galega. Galicia por diante. Decembro de 2014