Juana Córdova
Bio
Juana Córdova was born in Cuenca-Ecuador in 1973, the city where she studied Visual Arts. During her 20-year artistic career, she has participated in individual and collective shows at a national and international level, among which are: "Transplanted" Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette, US (2022), "15 Bienal del Cuenca" Cuenca, EC (2021 ), “disCONNECTED” Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE (2020), “Crónicas de desarraigo” Artpace, San Antonio, US (2019), “Accidentes Geográficos” La Neomudejar Vanguard Art Center, Madrid, ES (2018), “The Intimacy is Political: Sex, Gender, Language, Power" CCM, Quito, EC (2017), "A la Orilla" Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, EC (2016), "Contours, sensations of the world" CAC, Quito, EC (2015), “Raw Material”, Atelier Subterranea. Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, BR (2011). Awards: Paris Award, from the French Alliance 2000, National Salon of the Cuenca Biennial, 2003, Fundación del Comercio and Mariano Aguilera Award, 2004 and 2005.
Statement
Her work is directly influenced by the places she has inhabited. Her approach to the botanical world and its history has been an important motivation for some years of her work. The plant world was the link point to make the decision of her last move. Now that she lives in the countryside, on the beach, nature has become the protagonist of her work. Observing, walking, collecting and researching are day-to-day activities that have become part of the creation process and generally take the form of installations or objects, however, in some cases he resorts to video, drawing or photography. The materials she uses are objects collected during walks on the beaches, they gain meaning by themselves in the works, where they acquire symbolic characteristics. Daily life and her existential concerns are now the engine of her work and the means by which she tries to express her reality.
Additional information
Ejercicios resultantes del estudio fotográfico del vuelo de un gaviotín. Continuación de obra en la que cubría con “pan de plata” esqueletos de aves marinas como homenaje. El sol púrpura hace referencia a la idea opuesta del término “hot spot”, utilizado para designar lugares de alta biodiversidad.
