Antonio Martorell-Cardona

Visual Artist, Writer
2021 National Medal of Arts Recipient
Older white male in blue suit posing with older Hispanic man wearing a black-brown-white patchwork jacket in front of flags and gold curtain.

Antonio Martorell-Cardona accepting the National Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden. Photo by Cheriss May

Bio

For a lifetime of vision and candor as an artistic communicator, convener, and voice of conscience. Transcending generation and genre, Antonio Martorell-Cardona’s art exposes hard truths with whimsy and color, to help us remember and grow, as people and as a Nation.