María Fernanda Cardoso
1963, Born in Bogotá, Colombia.
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Selected Works
Biography
Education
2008-2012
PHD Candidate, Sydney College for the Arts, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
1988-1990
Master of Fine Art in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, USA
1987-1988
Graduate Sculpture Program, Pratt Institute New York, USA
1981-1985
BA in Visual Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
1981-1982
Architecture, Universidad del los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Selected Solo shows
2011
Brown and Green Leaves, Freemantle Arts Centre Australia.
2010
Garden of Insects, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá
Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Fashion and Mimesis. Definitely, Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada
2009
Emu Wear, GRANTPIRRIE Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008
Mimicry, Berenice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, USA
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogota, Colombia
2006
Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Death Becomes Her, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Emu, next 5 km, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Sicardi Gallery, Houston
2004
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney
Cara de Buseta (Bus Face), Galeria Diners, Bogotá, Colombia
Maria Fernanda Cardoso: 20 años, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
2003
Cara de Buseta (Bus Face), Casas Riegner, Miami, Florida USA
ZOOmorphia: Maria Fernanda Cardoso, MCA, Sydney
BIOgeometries (BIOgeometras), Latincollector, New York, USA
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Galeria Diners, Bogota, Colombia
2002
Sheep, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C., USA
Butterfly Drawings, Galeria Casas-Riegner, Miami, Florida, USA
Dibujos de Mariposas (Butterfly Drawings), Galeria Diners, Bogotá, Colombia
2000
Cardoso Flea Circus, Installation, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA
Esculturas (Sculptures), Galeria Sala Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Cardoso Flea Circus, video installation, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1996
Cardoso Flea Circus, installation, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA
1995
Love Down Under, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
1994
Submarine Landscape, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, USA
i, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Recent Sculptures, MIT List Art Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA
1993
Cemetery, Chapman University, Orange County, California, USA
Gold, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, USA
1992
Calabazas (Gourds), San Francisco Artspace, San Francisco, USA
Botuto Guarura (Gourds), Sala Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
El Marmol Americano (American Marble), Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
1991
Obra Reciente (Recent Work), Galeria Garcés y Velasquez, Bogotá, Colombia
1987
Nuevos Nombres (New Names), Casa de La Moneda, Bogotá, Colombia
Group shows
2010
ArteBA’10, 19 Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arte No Es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000, Blaffer Gallery, University of Texas, Houston Open Instituto
2009
Adressing Identities, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, USA Curated by Barbara Bloemick
Thesis, Victorian College for the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
Arte No Es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
2008
Arte No Es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
Australian, Casula Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Cantos Cuentos Colombianos, Fundación Daros Latinoamérica, Río de Janeiro, Brasil
2007
Homing Devices, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa Florida
Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia
Transactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, USA
The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latinamerica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
National Australia Bank Sculpture Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
New Media/New Materials: Highlights in Contemporary Art from The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati
Arte Colombiano en la Colección del Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota 60-00, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota
Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latinamerican Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2006
TRANSactions, Miami Art Museum, USA. (2006-2007)
MCACollection: New Acquisitions 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney
Nature in the Garage, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
Earth Cry, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Australia
Animal as Allegory, QUT Brisbane
We are Australian too, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
Swell, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Australia
Marca Registrada, Museo Nacional, Bogotá
2005
Riverside Walk, permanent public art piece, Miami, USA
Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia
National Sculpture Prize, National Art Gallery, Canberra, traveling exhibition, Australia
The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latinamerica, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
Bug City, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
Swell, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Australia
2004
Otras miradas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber MACSI Venezuela.
Galería Gabriela Mistral, Galería Metropolitana, la Galería Bech, la Galería Balmaceda,
Galería Posada del Corregidor, Chile. Museo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Memorial de América de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales de
Montevideo Uruguay. Museo de Artes de Perú. Casa de América Latina de París France.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cantos Cuentos Colombianos, Daros Latinoamérica Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland Jupiter’s Art Prize, (Awarded 1st Prize) Gold Coast Art Gallery, Australia
XXXIX Salón Nacional de Artistas, Bogotá, Colombia
2003
Material Witness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. USA
IV Bienal del Mercosur, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Archipiélago de Imágenes 50esima Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte la Biennale di Venezia,
IILA Instituto Italo Americano Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Fourtell, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, USA
Corporal, Schimidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
2002
Material World: 25 Years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Animalandia. Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
2001
Bienal del Barro (Biennale of Mud), Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Club Latino, Casula Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Políticas de la Diferencia: Arte Iberoamericano de Fin de Siglo (Politics of Difference:
Ibero-American – Art at the End of the Century), Centro de Convenciones de
Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil with international tour.
Final Del Eclipse (End of the Eclipse), Fundacion Telefónica, Madrid, Spain MEIAC
(Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo) Granada, Spain with
international tour until 2004.
2000
Versiones del Sur: 5 propuestas en torno al arte en Latinoamérica (Versions of the
South: 5 proposals around Latin American Art), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Ultra Baroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, San
Diego, California, USA with national tour.
Almost Warm and Fuzzy – Childhood and Contemporary Art, Des Moines Center for the Arts, Des Moines, Iowa, USA with international tour.
1999
Modern Starts: People, Places, Things, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
commissioned installation: Cementerio-Jardin Vertical (Cemetery: Vertical Garden).
1998
Sliding Scale, SECCA South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Generación Intermedia (Intermediate Generation), Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá,
Colombia
1997
Of Mudlarkers and Measurers, Agnes Ethenington Art Center, Ottawa Art Gallery,
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1996
Collective Soul, Galeria Marina Marabini, Bologna,
Natura Morte (Still Life), Institute fur Auslandsbeziehumgen Galerie, Stuttgart and Bonn, Germany
Quinta Bienal de Bogotá (Fifth Biennale of Bogotá), Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia
Fuera de Limite (Out of Bounds), Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, USA
The Essential Object, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, USA
Explorations Part I: The Shoreline, The Art Museum of Santa Cruz, California, USA
Matters of the Heart, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Changing Spaces: Artists projects from the Fabric Workshop and Museum, curated by
Mary Jane Jacobs, Vancouver Art Gallery; Canada with national tour.
1995
Confronting Nature: Silenced Voices, Main Art Gallery, California State University,
Fullerton, California, USA
About the Size of It, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, California, USA (World Premiere of the Cardoso Flea Circus)
1994
Animal, John Michael Kholer Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
Punto de Apoyo (Point of Support), Expo Arte Guadalajara ‘94, México;
travelled to Colombian Center, New York, USA; Galeria Deimos, Bogotá, Colombia
1993
Lingua Latina est Regina (Latin Language is Regal) Stux Gallery, New York, USA
Cartographies, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada; toured internationally until
1995.
Space of Time: Contemporary Art from the Americas, Americas Society, New York, USA; toured internationally.
1992
Entre-trópicos (Between Tropics), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela
Work in Progress by Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
Contemporary Images, The Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
Klima Global-Arte Amazonas (Global Climate – Amazonian Art), Museo de Arte Moderna de Río de Janeiro, Brazil; toured internationally until 1994.
Anteamerica, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia; toured internationally until1994.
1991
Cuarta Bienal de La Havana (4th Havana Biennale), Centro Wilfredo Lam, Habana, Cuba Instalaciones (Installations), Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
1990
II Bienal de Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
Arte Colombiano de los 80 – Escultura (Colombian Art from the 80’s-Sculpture), Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
XXXIII Salón Nacional de Artistas (XXXIII National Artists Salon), Feria Exposición, Bogotá, Colombia
1988
I Bienal de Arte de Bogotá (First Bogotá Biennale), Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
1987
XXXI Salón Nacional de Artistas (XXXI National Artists Salon), Aeropuerto Rionegro, Medellín, Colombia
1986
XXX Salón Nacional de Artistas (XXX National Artist’s Salon), Museo Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
1985
Salón de Arte Joven (Young Art Salon), Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Performances
2008
Emu Wear, Berenice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, USA
Emu Wear, Casula Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2000
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland.
Cardoso Flea Circus Live ,Sydney Opera House, Sydney Festival, Australia.
1998
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Quartier D’ete.
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, Awesome International Children’s Festival, Perth, Australia.
1997
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, Arts Festival Atlanta.
1996
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
1995-1996
Cardoso Flea Circus Live, San Francisco Exploratorium
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Tate Gallery, London
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gold Coast Art Gallery, Gold Coast
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Miami Art Museum
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Bogotá
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá
Daros Latinamerica, Zurich, Switzerland
Miscelaneous Private Collections
Academic appointments
Visiting artist San Francisco Art Institute, 1995
Visiting artist California Institute for the Arts, 1991-1993
Visiting artist Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia 1995
Awards, commissions and fellowships
Represented Colombia for the Venice Biennale, Italy, 2003
Commissioned public art work, One Miami Riverside Walk, USA 2005
First Prize, Jupiter’s Art Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Australia, 2004
Commissioned wall installation, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA 1999-2000
Represented Colombia for the Venice Biennale, Italy, 2003
Commissioned video work and installation, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA 1996-1997
Artist’s grant from the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council, 2001
Artist in residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, 1994
Artist in residence, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, USA 1994
Artist in residence, San Francisco Artspace, 1993
Artist’s grant from the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, Colombia, 1993
First Prize, II Bogotá Bienalle, Mambo, Colombia, 1990
Scholarship Graduate Sculpture Program, Yale University, New Haven, USA 1989-1990
Scholarship Young Talents for Overseas Graduate Studies, Banco de la República, Colombia 1987-1989
Bibliography
Fortescue, Elizabeth. Artist María Fernanda Cardoso tackles the taboo at Biennale of Sydney. The Daily Telegraph Online Edition, Sydney, Australia. February 29, 2012
Serrano, Eduardo, Primera Bienal de Arte de Bogotá (exh. cat.). Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, 1988
Arte colombiano de los 80’s: Obras tridimensionales (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Centro Colombo Americano.
Nuevos nombres: Seguimiento: German Nadín Ospina, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Luis Luna, Carlos Salazar, Doris Salcedo, José Antonio Suarez (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Banco de la República, 1990
Guerrero, Maria Teresa. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Art Nexus 2, 1991
Mosquera, Gerardo, Ante América (exh. cat.), Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, 1992
Metken, Gunter, Arte Amazonas: Ein künstlerischer Beitrag zur Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen über Umwelt und Entwicklung „Rio–92“ (exh. cat.), Brasilia: Goethe Institut, 1992
Colombia, Contemporary Images (exh. cat.). New York: Queens Museum of Art, 1992
Porges, Maria. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso at San Francisco Artspace.” Artforum International (Dec.), 1992
Mesquita, Ivo, Cartographies (exh. cat.), Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1993
Antelo-Suarez, Sandra, Space of Time: Contemporary Art From the Americas, New York: Americas Society, 1993
Sokoloff, Ana. “María Fernanda Cardoso. Nohra Haime Gallery.” Art Nexus 9, 1993
Platt, Ron, Maria Fernanda Cardoso (exh. cat.), Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. List Visual Arts Centre, 1994
Sokoloff, Ana, Punto de Apoyo: New Narrative in Contemporary Colombian Art (exh. broch.), New York: Colombian Center, 1994
Ponce de León, Carolina. “María Fernanda Cardoso: Recuerdos del mar.” Poliester 10, 1994
Enright, Robert, “Making a World from Scratch: An Interview with Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Border Crossings, 1995
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Lenz, Iris, Cultura vita Natura mors (exh. cat.), Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1996
Roca, José Ignacio, Fuera de límite: Liliana González, María Fernanda Cardoso, Juan Fernando Herrán, Miguel Huertas (exh. cat.), Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, 1996
Zea, Gloria, V Bienal de Bogotá (exh. cat.), Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, 1996
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Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer. 50th International Art Exhibition. Venezia: Biennale di Venezia, 2003
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