Álvaro Zardoni (born January 4, 1964) is a Mexican sculptor and architect of Italian descent who has been a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana since 2006.
He specializes in small bronze sculptures which focus on the human face, which is almost always male, expressing something emotional and/or psychological.
[1][2] From his earliest childhood he knew he wanted to be an artist.”[2] He studied drawing and painting at the Irene Lidroth workshop from 1975 to 1981 than again from 1983 to 1988.
From 1996 to 2002 he was a project director with the Linea de Tierra company in Lomas Altas, Mexico City.
Private presentations include Torra Altus in Mexico City (2012), Arte Galería in Polanco (2012), as contributor in Leah Poller’s “unmade-bed” project in New York City (2010), auction at the Modelo Museum of Science and Industry in Toluca (2009), Casa de los Gitanos in Ajijic (2007), Hotel Casa Bonita in San Miguel Allende (2006), Maria Sicardi Studio in Mexico City (2004) and pieces created for a film called La Tregua based on the novel by Mario Benedetti (2002) .
[1][3] He was admitted as a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 2006, with his first individual exhibition there in 2007, called Cyclops (Cíclopes) .
[5] His work can be found in private collections in Mexico City, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York, Minneapolis, Portland, Eugene, Seattle, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Stuttgart, Vienna, Rotterdam, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Paris and London.
[2] His sculpture is figurative and of small size, usually accompanied by various commons objects to reinforce the central theme.
[1] His themes center on the human form with emphasis on the face, which express emotions, the soul and psychological conditions, always with humor and irony.