Adrián Arguedas
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Why this artist is listed
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- Born in Costa Rica Quoted below
País de nacimiento y residencia Costa Rica
- Residence in Costa Rica, as the source records it Quoted below
País de nacimiento y residencia Costa Rica
- Has exhibited in Costa Rica Quoted below
2007 Súper Héroes. Museo de Arte Costarricense (MAC), San José, Costa Rica.
2004 Las cualidades del blanco. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC), San José, Costa Rica.
Our reading written by Costa Rica Artists
Adrián Arguedas works in two disciplines that the profile treats as one career: printmaking, which he studied abroad and at a Costa Rican university, and painting. The quoted awards cover painting and printmaking, including the national Aquileo J. Echeverría prize for printmaking in 1994.
The profile describes paint laid on with a palette knife in dense, opaque layers, and subjects drawn from popular life and slow everyday scenes. The exhibitions listed include Súper Héroes in 2007 and Las cualidades del blanco in 2004.
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Media named in the quotes below Painting Printmaking
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Practice and materials
deviene una pintura de riguroso trato (a la espátula) de densas opacidadesOur translation ...becomes a painting of rigorous (palette-knife) handling with dense opacities
el nervioso y lúdico cariz de lo popular, las escenas de un lento transcurrirOur translation The nervous, playful cast of the popular; scenes of a slow passage of time
Training and life
País de nacimiento y residencia Costa RicaOur translation Country of birth and residence: Costa Rica
Estudió grabado en Lorient, Francia y en la Universidad Nacional de Heredia, Costa Rica, donde obtiene el título de licenciado.Our translation Studied printmaking in Lorient, France and at the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica, where he earned his licenciatura.
Exhibitions, prizes and collections
Premios Nacionales de Cultura: Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría en Pintura. Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud, Costa Rica.Our translation National Culture Prizes: Aquileo J. Echeverría Prize in Painting, Ministry of Culture and Youth, Costa Rica.
1994 Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría en Grabado, San José, Costa Rica.Our translation 1994: Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize in Printmaking, San José, Costa Rica.
2007 Súper Héroes. Museo de Arte Costarricense (MAC), San José, Costa Rica.Our translation 2007: 'Súper Héroes', Museo de Arte Costarricense, San José.
2004 Las cualidades del blanco. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC), San José, Costa Rica.Our translation 2004: 'Las cualidades del blanco', MADC, San José.
Colecciones Museo de Arte Costarricense. San José, Costa Rica. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.Our translation Collections: Museo de Arte Costarricense; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (San José).
Sources for this profile
- Adrián Arguedas | Directorio de artistas (MADC), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC). Our check: October 19, 2026.
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