SALTWORKS — William Cordova

Biography: Lives and works in Lima, Miami, New York
Education: 2004; M.F.A, Yale University, Master of Fine Arts, New Haven, CT; 2003; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME; 1996; B.F.A, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibitions: 2012; yawar mallku: look for me in the whirlwind, General Audience Presents, Miami, FL; smoke signals: viviendo pa’ la cuidad, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; revisiting radicalism: eclipse of mountains and plains, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba; this one’s 4U (pa’ nosotros), Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; 2011; buscame en el torbellino: but also time itself, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GA; buscame en el torbellino: stand up next 2 a mountain, John Jay College, New York, NY; yawar malku, (royalty, abduction & exile) La Conservera, Murcia, Spain; 2010; untitled (chincanas), LAXART, Los Angeles, CA; 2009; More Than Bilingual, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VA; Laberintos, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY; 2008; The house that frank lloyd wright built for Atahualpa, fred hampton y mark clark, Threewalls, Chicago, IL; 2007; Pachacuti (stand up next to a mountain) Arndt & Partner, Zurich; 2006; P'alante, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany; Drylongso (Pichqa Suyo) PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, NY; 2003; No More Lonely Nights, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2012; Now’s the Time, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Recent Acquisitions, Yale Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT; It is What it Is. Or is it? Contemporary Museum of Art Houston, Houston, TX; 2011; Arte al pas:Colecao de MALI, Pinacoteca de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil; 2010; The Record, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Greater New York, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, NY; Viva La Revolucion, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; 2009; San Juan Triennial, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Cumanana, SALTWORKS, curated by William Cordova, Atlanta, GA; 2008; Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY; Prague Triennial, Prague, Czech Republic; NeoHooDoo, Menil Collection, Houston, TX; 2007; Street Level, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2006; I wish it were True, Jamaica Center for The Arts & Learning, Queens, NY; The Beautiful Game, Roebling Hall, New York, NY; 2005; Gimme Shelter, SALTWORKS, Atlanta; I Wish it Were True, Project Row House, Houston, TX; Scratch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; 2003; Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Paradise City, SALTWORKS, curated by William Cordova, Atlanta; Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, New York, NY; 2002; Americas Remixed, Faborica de Vapore, Milan, Italy
Awards: 2011; Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York, NY; 2009; Art Matters Grant, New York, NY; 2005; Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY; New York Community Trust, New York, NY; 2003; Yale Graduate Residency Scholarship, New Haven, CT; 2001; South Florida Cultural Consortium, Miami, FL
Residencies: 2012; American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 2010; Studio in the Woods, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Denniston Hill, A-I-R Program, Woodridge, NY; 2009; Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY; 2008; MacDowell Artist Colony, Peterborough, NH; Artpace, Artist in Residence Program, San Antonio, TX; 2007; Threewalls, Artist in Residence Prorgam, Chicago, IL; The Core Program, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX; Woodstock A-I-R, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY; 2006; The Core Program Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX; Headlands Center for the Arts Residency Program, Sausalito, CA; 2005; LMCC/Workspace: 120 Broadway, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY; 2004; A.I.R. Program, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; A.I.R Program, Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY
Public Collections: Berger Collection, Zurich, Switzerland; Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal; Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany; Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Inelcom, Madrid-Xativa, Spain; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC; New Museum, New York, NY; Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; Polaroid Collection, Boston, MA; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Yale University, New Haven, CT
Bibliography: 2012; Shultz, Oliver, William Cordova’s smoke signals at YBCA, Felt Retina, November 8, 2012; Locke. Steve, William Cordova at the Mills Gallery, Artcore Journal, June 15, 2012; McQauid, Cate, Cordova turns recycled into creative story, Boston Globe, Galleries, March 27, 2012; Feaster, Felicia, William Cordova Review, Art Papers, Nov/Dec 2011; 2011; Feaster, Felicia, William Cordova Review, Art Papers, Nov/Dec 2011; Boshier, Paul, Absence as Catalyst for Social Change, New American Painting, Sept 28, 2011; Diez, Gontzal, Un Camino Hacia el Lado Oscuro, La Verdad, April 8, 2011, section: Planes; Hood, John, Nite Talk: William Cordova brings spillage to Carol Jazzar, NBC: Niteside, March 17, 2011; 2010; Schoomaker, Trevor, The Record catalogue, August 2010, Pg 23/24; King, Sarah S. Laberintos exhibition review, Art in America, March 23, 2010, Pg 64; Shanberg, Ariel. Chapters, PQ A Journal for Contemporary Photography, #98, Vol 24, N1, Pg44/45; 2009; Going on About Town, Art, The New Yorker Magazine, November 2009, Pg 4; Wilson, Michael, William Cordova, "laberintos," Time Out New York, Nov 26-Dec 2, 2009, Pg 64; Nesbitt, Peter, Echo in Nicolas Guillen Landrians Bolex, Art on Paper, Oct-Nov 2009, Pg 35-40; Schoonmaker, Trevor, Vitamin 3-D, Phaiden Press, Spring 2009; 2008; Mueller, Kurt, Review Ok Mountain, Art Papers, Pg 50, October 2008; Santiago, Fabiola, Artist with Local Roots showing at Art Basel, The Miami Herald, Nov 30, 2008 Pg1A; Carroll, Sean, "NeoHooDoo: Best Pick: Art for a Forgotten Faith," Artforum.com, July 23, 2008; Wolff, Elaine, "Racing against Time and the Odds at Artpace," San Antonio Current The Arts, August 13.; Zamuda, Raul, 2008 Whitney Biennial, Art Nexus, N69, Volume 7, Pg 70-74, 2008; McQuaid, Cate, "Street Wise," The Boston Globe, Home/A&E/Theater/Arts, March 21, 2008, Pg 1.; Waxman, Lori, "Threewalls Review," Art Forum, April 2008, Pg 376; Carter, Holland, "Art's Economic Indicator," The New York Times, March 17, 2008, Pg E34; 2007; Bogel, Carol. Inside Art, The New York Times, November 16, 2007, Pg 30; Amado, Miguel. Street Level, Contemporary, n 94, 2007, Pg 59; Halperen, Max. ‚"Review", Art Papers, July/August 2007, Pg 59; Shapiro, Daria Britt. "Its Okay, He's With the Band", D'LUXE, April/May 2007, Pg 64; Broili,Susan. "Urban Landscapes", The Herald Sun, March 22, 2007, Pg 21,22; Canavan, Gerry. "Street Painting Men", Independent Weekly, March 28, 2007, Pg 29-31; Schoonmaker, Trevor. Street Level, March 2007; Martin, Courtney, I wish it were true, December 2007; 2006; Borcherdt, Gesine. " Ground Zero", Monopol. October/November, 2006, Pg 98-100; Nesbett, Peter. "Slight of Hand", Art on Paper, May-June 2006, Pg 48-49; Richmond, Susan. "Gimme Shelter", Art Papers, March-April 2006, Pg 52,53; Ward, Jeff.M. "Round 23", Artlies, Winter, 2006, Pg 117; 2005; Ammirati, Domenick. "Best pick: I wish it were true", Art Forum.com, December 2005; Carter, Holland. "Scratch", The New York Times, Art & Leisure, July 24, 2005, Pg 14; Scobie, IIka. "Go for it", Artnet.com, May 2005, Pg 2; 2004; Moreno, Gean. "Review of NMLN", Flash Art, March/April 2004, Pg 85; 2003; Feinstein, Roni. "Expanding Horizons", Art in America, December 2003; Ocana, Damarys. "In the Mix", Street, November28, 2003, Pg 34; Kerr, Merrily. "New Wave at Kravits/Wehby", Flash Art, March/April 2003, Pg 50; 2002; Finch, Charlie. "More Racist than Trent Lott", Artnet.com, January 12, 2002
Published Essays: 2010; 33rpms per Revolution, Wax Poetics magazine; eoc, xiang, echo exhibition publication, Steffani Jemison co-writer; 2009; Stand Up Next to A Mountain Review, Nasher Museum Blog, January 5, 2009; Cumanana, Saltworks Gallery, April 2009; 2008; Casa De Carton, Ingalls & Associates, February 2008; Up Against The Wall, Branch Gallery, June 2008; Nathaniel Donette Review, Art Lies Magazine, N.60 Winter 2008, Pg 103; 2007; Bunchy (excerpt from Proud Skin), Core catalogue, Glassell School of Art, Spring 2007, Pg.33; 2003; The Doors live at the Dinner Key Review, Ante Journal, Yale University Press Spring 2003 Pg. 4,5
Curatorial Projects: 2011; Exhibition curator, spillage / tapando el sol con un dedo, (tqo exhibitions) Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL March 18-June 2; 2010; Exhibition curator, Black Panther Party History Exhibition, Project Row House, Houston, TX. July 26; Exhibition Curator, eco,xiang,echo: meditations on the african, andean & asian diasporas, Project Row House, March 27-June 20; 2009; Exhibition curator, Cumanana, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, February 13- March 10Exhibition curator, The Immortals, Threewalls, Chicago, IL, July 13-August 20; 2008; Exhibition curator, Up Against the Wall, Branch Gallery, June 21-August 18; 2007; Exhibition organizer, Casa de Carton, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL January 18-March 14; 2006-2007; Exhibition curator, Passin'It On, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY Oct 2006-Jan 2007; 2005; Co-organizer, Being There, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL, Sept-Oct; 2004; Exhibition curator, Skillz, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL April 7-May 7; 2003; Exhibition curator, Paradise City, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Nov 18-Dec 20; Exhibition curator, Why don't we do it in the road, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL, May 1-June18; 2002; Exhibition curator, You were always on my mind, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL May 9- June 20; 2001; Exhibition curator, It doesn't matter if it's true as long as they believe it, NFA Gallery, Chicago, IL, April 19- May 20
Lectures: 2011; MIT, Program in Art Culture and Technology, Cambridge, Mass, Guest Speaker, April 8; John Jay College, Art & Philosophy Department, Guest Speaker, New York, NY, April 6; New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, Guest Speaker, March 24; La Conservera, Murcia, Spain Guest Speaker, January 26; 2010; Xavior College, New Orleans, LA, Art Department, Guest Speaker, October 26; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Guest Speaker, October 2; Project Row Houses, 3rd Ward Houston, TX, Curatorial Presentation, April 25; Tyler School of Art Fibers and Material Studies, Philadelphia, PA, Jan 20; University of Chicago, Graduate Fine Arts Department, Chicago, IL, January 11; 2009; University of California in San Diego, Visual Arts Dept Visiting Artist Lecture, San Diego, CA, Oct 28; Fleming Museum, Artist Panel Discussion, Burlington, VA, January 28; 2008; University of Pennsylvania, Penn Design Guest Lecturer, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 3; Harvard University, Art Forum: Artist Speak, Cambridge, Mass, October 21

William Cordova

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