Ricardo Córdova
Bio
Ricardo Córdova (Arequipa, 1961).
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, University of San Agustín, Arequipa (1983–1988); PhD from the same Faculty (2007–2008).
Solo exhibitions in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, the United States, France, and Germany.
Group exhibitions and international art fairs in Lima, Miami, and Shanghai.
Awards and Distinctions: First Prize in the John Constable National Watercolor Competition of the Peruvian-British Association (Lima, 2004); Honorable Mention, Selected for the National Biennial (Lima, 1998); First Prize, Mitchell & Co. National Painting Competition (Arequipa, 1994); Third Prize, II Coca-Cola National Painting Competition (Trujillo, 1993); First Prize, IX Mitchell & Co. National Painting Competition. (Arequipa, 1989); First Prize of the ICPNA - Southern Peru Copper Corporation National Competition for Young Artists (Arequipa, 1986).
Statement
Ricardo Córdova
Córdova's work has been characterized over time by an impeccable handling of light and by the appropriation of references from modern and contemporary non-figurative art, skillfully incorporating architectural elements with which he recreates spaces charged with poetry and subjectivity: reality/unreality. But beyond the allusions to the work of renowned painters, what the artist emphasizes is the relationship between these works and the spaces that house them, where they fulfill the role of chromatic presences that radiate their own light, complementing and competing with the prevailing daylight, achieving an interesting visual counterpoint between the past and present of contemporary art.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
