Leyla Cárdenas Campos
1975, Bogotá, Colombia
Lives and works in Bogota
Selected Works
Biography
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Selected Solo Shows
2010
Con Posición Descompuesta, Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá
2008
Removido, Galería Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
Selected Groups Shows
2010
Group show, den contemporary art at PDC, LA Arts Month
ARCO, Feria de Arte Madrid, Galería Casas Riegner
2009
Yolanda o Magdalena. Salón Regional de Artistas-Zona Centro, Sogamoso
ArtBo 2009, galeria Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
New Digs, group show, d.e.n. contemporary art at PDC, Los Angeles
2007
“Land Grab” at Apexart, New York. Curated by Lillian Fellman and Sarah Lookofsky
“Spectral Glimpse” at Platform Gallery, Seattle. Curated by Jim O’Donnell
“In Praise of Shadows” RJ Fine Arts at 3rd rail studios NY *two person exhibition with Edgar Guzmán.[catalogue]
2006
“Topologías:Materia en Tránsito” Salón de Arte de la BBVA, Casa de la Moneda, Bogotá.[catalogue]
“Traces of displaced recollection”, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA (solo)
2005
Arte Joven 2005, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota [catalogue]
site-generated installation, project room, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA (solo)
“Groundwork,” d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2004
“Surface Treatments” The Exhibition Room, Pomona, CA
Supersonic, Art Center, Pasadena, CA [catalog]
MFA#3, U.C.L.A. New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Uniandino Award for the Arts, Bogotá
Heimfahrt. Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá
1999
Seneca Ladra y Muerde . Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá [catalogue]
1998
B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, “Pre-position,” Casa Wieddemann, Bogotá (solo)
1995
The Second International Female Artist’s Biennal. Art Addiction International Gallery, Stockholm
Quinto Salon de Arte, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá [catalogue]
1993
Artas Artes, Young Artists exhibition, National University of Colombia
h4> Awards
2008 Molaa Award 08, Best in Show
2007 Associate Artist in Residency. Atlantic Center for the Arts. New Smyrna, FL (Joan Mitchell
Foundation Grant)
03-04 Recipient of the Art Council Award (U.C.L.A.)
2003 Recipient of D’Arcy Hayman Award
2002 Recipient of Colfuturo Scholarship, Colombia
Graduate Student Fellowship. University of California, Los Angeles
2001 Mention. Uniandino Award for the Arts. Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá
1998 Mention. El Séneca Ladra y Muerde. Los Andes University, Bogotá
1997 Mention. Espacio X. Los Andes University, Bogotá
Education
2004 M.F.A., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
1999 B.F.A., Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia
Bibliography
2007
Karen Rosenberg, Land Grab, The New York Times, December 7
Shane McAdams. -Land Grab- The Brooklyn Rail, December 2007.
Jen Graves. Spectral Glimpse, The Stranger – Seattle- November 7
Campbell, Clayton. “Culver City: d.e.n. contemporary art,” Contemporary
Magazine, Issue 93: Annual, Summer [image]
2006
Myers, Holly. “Looking beneath the surface”, Los Angeles Times, August 18
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, August 23
2005
Pagel, David. “New Vistas in Landscape Painting”, Los Angeles Times, February 11
2004
Knight, Christopher. “Artworks with wattage,” Los Angeles Times, June 21




