Alejandro Cardenas (born 1977, Santiago, Chile) is a contemporary artist whose paintings and sculptures envision a post-human world in which human forms and their environment coexist in harmony and unity. He earned his BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2000. Before dedicating himself fully to studio painting, he had a successful career as a multimedia artist, working across illustration, graphic design, and videography. For over a decade, he served as lead textile designer and art director for the influential fashion label Proenza Schouler. He was also a founding member of Lansing-Dreiden, a New York-based transdisciplinary art collective that produced musical albums, a literary journal, and multimedia artworks. His work in both art and design has been reviewed in prominent publications, including The New York Times, Vogue, and AnOther Magazine.
Alejandro Cardenas currently lives and works in Madrid, continuing to develop his vision of post-human figuration and surreal, architecturally informed worlds. He was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner in his studio in June 2026.
Camera: Jarl Therkelsen Kaldan
Edited by: Jarl Therkelsen Kaldan
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2026
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