el economista newspaper calls argudin one of mexico’s best active painters. argudín awards include the acquisition prize at the salon nacional de la pintura in 1987 and the acquisition prize at the rufino tamayo biennale in 1988 with honorable mentions in 1982 and 1992. he has been a member of the sistema nacional de creadores de arte (2001-2006, 2010-2013). in 2013, the museo de la secretaría de hacienda y crédito público held a retrospective of the artist’s work.