Fernando Cid de Diego: Born December 24, 1942 in Valencia Spain, of a Castillian family.
*While studying naval engineering, he taught himself to sculpt, which has been his calling since childhood, and
which consumed him such that he gave himself to it completely.
* “A gifted craftsman in drawing, his lines are almost photographic. He is one of the best craftsman I have ever
known”, said His Excellency Admiral Manuel Guillén, Director of the Naval Museum in Madrid, where Cid de Diego
completed his research.
* For Cid de Diego, his drawing is nothing less than the perfect tool with which to give contour to his works. Cid de
Diego thinks volume, sees volume, and dreams volume.Thus his captivation by the art form makes perfect
sense.
* The ancestral heritage of Cid de Diego has instilled in his character the sobriety and strong discipline of Castilla,
which push him to take on metal, struggling with it ceaselessly until he masters it, shaping it with the brilliance,
mental agility and inventiveness of Levante (eastern wind) and the Mediterranean, where Cid de Diego was
born, lived and tasted life.
* Two distinctly unique forces collaborated in the creation of this artist: his innate predisposition for art, and the
technical knowledge acquired through his studies of engineering that can be so difficult and rare for an artist to
acquire.
• The result of all this is an artist who reveals himself as a cultivated, humanistic and techical man. In Cid de Diego
is the soul of a renaissance man with a insatiable curiosity, capable of writing a poem, working with machinery,
painting a canvas and carving a sculpture.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
* Casa Bella Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
* Art Press Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
* Officer’s Open Mess (Air Base Madrid, Spain)
* House of Culture (Cuenca, Spain)
* Caja de Ahorros (Logroño, Spain)
* Museo Torreón de Lozoya (Segovia, Spain)
* Caja de Ahorros Municipal (Vitoria, Spain)
* Isalo Arte Gallery (Bilbao, Spain)
* Berruguete Gallery (Logroño, Spain)
* Doble LL Gallery (Valencia, Spain)
* Leonardo Gallery (Zaragoza, Spain)
* Caja de Ahorros (Cuenca, Spain)
* Casa del Cura Gallery (Pozuelo, Spain)
* Museo Casa de los Tiros (Granada, Spain)
* Caja de Ahorros (Cuenca, Spain)
* Ribera Gallery (Valencia, Spain)
* Juan de Villanueva Gallery (Aranjuez, Spain)
* Barquillo Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
* Reina Victoria Gallery (Ronda, Spain)
* Club Nautico Gallery (Marbella, Spain)
* Cultural Center of USA (Madrid, Spain)
* Opux Nite Gallery (Puerto Banús, Spain)
* Ministerio de Cultura (Madrid, Spain)
* Hermitage Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
* National Palace of Exhibit (Madrid, Spain)
* Hotel Cristina Gallery (Canary Island, Spain)
* Cultural Center of the Villa (Madrid, Spain)
* Summa Artis Gallery (Mexico DC)
* Serrano 19 Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
* Banco Occidental Gallery (Sevilla, Spain)
* Art Expo 92 (Sevilla, Spain)
* Casa de España (New York City, NY)
* Museum of Modern Art of Caracas (Venezuela)
* Centro Puerta de Toledo (Madrid, Spain)
* Summit of America Conference (Miami, Florida)
* Miami Media Conference (Miami, Florida)
PRIZES RECEIVED and WORKS PERFORMED
*Gold Medal V International Biennial in the Fine Arts
*First Price “Monument to Alfonso VIII”-Spain1976
*Medal of Honor VI Biennial in the Fine Arts 1976
*National Gold Medal in Naval Modeling 1965
*National Silver Medal in Naval Modeling1966
*Author of “Andromeda” at Puerto Banus-Marbella
*Author of “Caballero de Olmedo” monument (Spain)
*Author of UNICEF emblem for Geneva
*Author Project V Centennial of the Discovery for NY
