Juan Cárdenas Colombian painter, was born in Bogotá

Bogotá

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, and studied in the Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

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 program at Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design

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, Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

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, in the United States

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His career began as a cartoonist in El Tiempo, La República, El Espacio, and in the magazine Flash. He was jailed for a cartoon. Soon he became professor of Painting, Drawing, and Anatomy, University of the Andes, Colombia

University of the Andes, Colombia

The University of the Andes , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in city centre Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948, the University has 9 faculties: Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and...

. He participated in and won first prize in the 25th National Salon of Colombian Artists

Salon of Colombian Artists

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in 1974 for his self-portrait ("Autorretrato Dibujo").