Carlos Azañedo (born 1990) is a Spanish artist known for his dynamic cityscape paintings that merge architectural precision with expressive brushwork, reflecting his background in architecture. His work has gained international recognition with exhibitions in cities like Los Angeles and Osaka and features in publications such as L'Officiel Hommes.
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A fast-rising contemporary artist in urban landscape and a graduate in Architecture with the highest rating, honorable mention, from University in Madrid in 2017. Azañedo received a diploma and medal of honor from the GEN TEN foundation in Japan, for an exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Osaka where he now has work on permanent display.
His background in architecture has had a major impact on his artworks, which portray imaginary cities as the backdrop for a buzzing urban social scene. Carefully considered color, and precision in perspective and proportion, but above all, joyous brushstrokes are the key elements of these dazzling mixed media works, in which Carlos seeks “pure creativity without limits or conditions”. He says “Right now I am in a creative phase in which I imagine the cities that I paint. These cities are not real; they only exist in my imagination. They have been born from memories and images that I have internalized observing architecture as the skeleton of the buildings and the urban society that organizes the city.”
His work has been featured in the media including Paris men’s fashion magazine L’Officiel Hommes.