William Cordova
BornNationalityBased In
1971PeruvianN/A
Biography
William Cordova’s sculptures, installations and works on paper are very much bound up with his transcultural biography that took him from Lima, Peru, where he was born (1971), via Miami, Florida, to the many other places where he has lived or spent time in the US and Europe. His subjets are drawn from a continuum of radical movements and players in struggles for self-determination. “Revealing the intersections between magical realism and social realism, he orchestrates collisions between ancient and recent histories, oral tradition and revolutionary texts to make way for an in- between, transitional, and ultimately transformative space.” (Rashida Bumbray). ...
Selected Artworks
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Bienal de La Habana2019 - Havana
Bienal de La Habana2015 - Havana
Prospect New Orleans2014 - New Orleans
Whitney Biennial2009 - New York City
Venice Biennial2003 - Venice