After graduating from the National School of Fine Arts in 1990, Cardozo traveled to Europe studying in France, under an award by the Paul Cézanne Salon, and Italy, under Luis Camnitzer, esteemed printmaker and founder of New York Graphic Workshop. Both experiences matured his artistic process and scholarship facilitating numerous subsequent exhibitions, notably at the Museum Nacional de Artes Visuales in Uraguay, Praxis Gallery in Buenos Aires, the Museo de América in Madrid and the Cervantes Institute in Barcelona. As a result, Cardozo has amassed a number of awards and recognitions, an achievement that merely formalizes the talent immediately evident upon interaction with his work.