Graduated from the Academia Provincial de Bellas Artes (Provincial Academy of Fine Arts) in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, in 1967. There, he got the degrees of “Master of Fine Arts” and “Teacher of Drawing and Sculpture”. In 1974 he travelled to Europe, where he lived for five years. There, he developed a vigorous activity in the field of plastic arts and his work was meritoriously praised by art critics.
His first exhibition in Europe was held in the salon of the Most Illustrious Literary Coterie (Ilustrísimo Gabinete Literario), in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, followed by further exhibitions at the following venues: Showroom of the Reina Cristina Hotel, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Showroom of the Maspalomas Ohasis Hotel, in Gran Canaria; Showroom of Arts and Culture at the Savings Bank of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Salón de Arte y Cultura de la Caja de Ahorros de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria); Showroom of Arts and Culture at the Savings Bank of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Salón de Arte y Cultura de la Caja de Ahorros de Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Canary Islands; Casa de Colón Showrooms, in Gran Canaria; Foga 2 Gallery, in Barcelona; Khül Galleries and Kooh Gallery, in Hannover, Germany. Some of his paintings are currently exhibited at private art galleries from a number of German cities, such as Düsseldorf, Bremen, Hamburgo and so forth.
Cárrega O’Dena’s paintings were also on view at joint exhibitions; among them, it is worth mentioning the one held in the salons of El Corte Inglés Gallery, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Today, there are Carrega O’Dena’s paintings in many European art galleries and private pinacothecas, mainly in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Holland and Sweden.
It is important to mention the fact that a good many of his paintings can be found not only in several private pinacothecas in Argentina -above all in Córdoba and Buenos Aires- but also in several American countries, like Venezuela, Peru and the United States.
He also gained personal recognition in Europe, both as a critic and an artist. He wrote reviews for Spanish artists and participated in ornamental and decorative projects: for example, the murals on the new building for the Spanish Air Force and the Hindu-Brahmanic Temple in las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the bust and plaque of the founder of the German School in Córdoba, Argentine Republic, et cetera.
In the city of Córdoba, Argentine Republic, where he settled again in 1980, Cárrega O’Dena presented some of his most important exhibitions: “Canary Islands, Retrospective exhibition”, held in the Salon of the Córdoba Hockey Club (1980); Valent Gallery (1983). He also took part in the “Fourth Salon and Córdoba City Award”, in 1980.
He has held a solo exhibition at North Caroline University, in the United States of America. The Argentine Senate has bought him some of his works.
He mounted an exhibition sponsored by the Bank of Córdoba, in Argentina; he took part in a local exhibition entitled “Switzerland’s Month”, which was displayed at the Historic Town Council in the city of Córdoba. He arranged other shows and exhibitions in the artistic circles of Córdoba and Argentina.
Since 1980 he has been working in the cultural circles of the city of Córdoba, Argentina, both independently and for government agencies.
The authenticity of the artistic and cultural background above-mentioned can be verified at the Evaluation Board of “DEMYS -Dirección de Enseñanza Media y Superior”- (Office of Secondary and Higher Education), a branch of the Ministry of Education of the Province of Córdoba, Argentine Republic. Website: www.cba.gov.ar, File number: C-547.
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