William Cordova
Bio
William Cordova (Lima, 1971) His works were presented at the San Juan Triennial, San Juan (2009), the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2008) and the Venice Biennial (2003). In 2021 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
His solo exhibitions include the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2018), the University Galleries of Illinois State University (2018), the Marfa Contemporary in Texas (2017).
Recent group exhibitions include Whitney Museum of American Art (2018), SITE lines Santa Fe (2016), Guggenheim Museum (2013), Whitney Biennial (2008), 50th Venice Biennale (2003).
His work is part of the following collections: American Academy in Berlin, Deutsche Bank in New York, Guggenheim Museum of Art in New York, Harvard University in Cambridge, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI in Lima, Pérez Art Museum in Miami.
Statement
William Cordova's installations, sculptures and works on paper are closely related to his cross-cultural trajectory that has taken him from Lima, Peru, where he was born in 1971, to Miami, Florida, and many other places where he has resided or spent time in the United States and Europe. The themes he embraces stem from radical movements and games of self-determination. "Revealing the intersections between magical realism and social realism, organizing collisions between ancient and recent histories, oral traditions and revolutionary texts to give way to an in-between, transitional and ultimately transformative space." (Rashida Bumbray)
She received her MFA from Yale University in 2004 and her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
