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"Not only having access to the DMCA but learning how to use programs properly gave me a bigger pallette from which to work. Learning discipline and how to simplify a process with so many choices made working and thinking clearer."
William Cordova was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Miami, Florida. He earned a BFA from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1996 and MFA from the Yale University School of Art in 2004.
Cordova is invested in bridging historical commonalities existing in marginalized landscapes.
Cordova has received several awards and grants in the arts including The Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant and The New York Community Trust Grant (2005; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2003); South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship (2001); Brandywine Workshop Fellowship/Residency, Center for Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA (2000) and Flat Iron Artist Residency Program, Chicago, IL (1999).
Recent exhibitions include one person exhibitions at Threewalls, Chicago, IL (2008); Arndt & Partner, Zurich (2007) and PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, NY (2006). Group exhibitions include, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, NY (2008); NeoHooDoo, Menil Collection, Houston, TX (2008); Street Level, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2008) and the Nasher Museum, Duke University (2007 and Scratch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2005). Previous exhibitions include Thesis Exhibition at Yale University, New Haven, CT (2004); Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, New York, NY (2003) and solo exhibition No More Lonely Nights, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (2003); Americas Remixed, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy (2002); Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale (2001); and The Present Absent: Seven Artist from Miami, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro (1999).
Currently, William Cordova is participating in the ArtPace International artist in residence program, San Antonio, TX (summer 2008). Working on public art projects and museum exhibitions both nationally and internationally. |
