Aplama and the Unicaja Foundation present the Contemporary Drawing Biennial exhibition.

The Unicaja Foundation and the Association of Plastic Artists of Malaga (Aplama) inaugurated this Wednesday, December 17, the exhibition of the IV Biennial of Contemporary Drawing 'The Traces of Drawing', which displays about twenty works selected from December 17 to January 7, 2026, at the Manuel Barbadillo Exhibition Hall, on Comandante Benítez Avenue, next to the old CAC Malaga.

The Contemporary Drawing Biennial aims to revitalize this technique, and this year it has been a great success with 102 artists presenting their different drawing proposals. This edition included a first and unique prize of 1,000 euros awarded to the work 'Alma Andaluza', by José Augusto Aguilar-Tablada Espinosa (@aguilartablada_art), which can be seen along with another 17 selected drawings of various techniques and styles.

This initiative reflects the interest of the Unicaja Foundation in the cultural dissemination and promotion of quality artistic expressions. The competition complements a wide range of activities related to plastic arts promoted by the institution, which includes a stable season of exhibitions in its centers, the organization of informative and educational workshops in the field of arts, the management of its museums, and the call for the Unicaja Foundation Plastic Arts Contest, one of the most prestigious purchase competitions in the artistic world.

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At the event on Wednesday, the head of Plastic Arts of the Unicaja Foundation, Emilia Garrido Oliver, the curator of the exhibition, Mariano Fernández Cornejo, and the winner of this edition, José Augusto Aguilar-Tablada, participated, along with members of APLAMA and the rest of the artists of the exhibition.

The other authors and works selected for this exhibition are: Adolfo Soto Santarem with 'Chelista'; Alexia Cusimano with 'Sympathy or not?'; Andrea López Galva with 'Claro de sombra'; Anneli Kivinen with 'Connection'; Concha Espinosa with 'Sustaining the ephemeral', Gloria Prado with 'Family meal'; Javier Peinado with 'It was the city VI', Jessica González with 'A day at the beach'; José Joaquín Sánchez Garrido with 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi', Madeleine Edberg with 'Genocide'; Manuel Lareo Fernández with 'Column', Mª Carmen Heredia Melero with 'Childhood in a box'; Óscar Pérez with 'Rocks and Sea 1', Pablo Borrego with 'The unlooked'; Regina Carrascosa with 'Deformed self-portrait'; Svetlana Kalachnik with 'The farmer' and Dori Agudo Pérez with 'Vanity Fair'.