Xavier Cortada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS:
2008 Polar Attractions, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2008 EPA (Environmental Performance Actions), EXIT ART, New York, NY
2007 Weather Report, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2007 Envisioning Change, an international touring exhibit presented by the UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme) and the Natural World Museum:
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Ministry of Culture, Monaco (2008)
2006 SCOPE Art Fair Sculpture Garden, Miami Beach, FL
2006 Miami in Transition, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS:
2007 The Reclamation Project and Native Flags, Miami Science Museum, Miami, FL
2007 South Pole Installations, Wolfson Center Gallery, MDC Art Galleries, Miami, FL
2007 Antarctica, Kunsthaus Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
2006 The Reclamation Project, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL

SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS:
2008 Art in State Buildings, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2008 Monroe County Art in Public Places, Upper Keys Government Center, FL
2008 Pinellas County Art in Public Places, Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo, FL
2007 Monroe County Art in Public Places N. Key Largo Fire Station, Key Largo, FL

SELECTED AWARDS:
New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA sponsored artist, 2008
Creative Capital Professional Development Program, 2007
National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, 2006-07

EDUCATION:
December 1991 Juris Doctor
University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables, Florida.
December 1991 Master of Public Administration
University of Miami Graduate School.
December 1986 Bachelor of Arts
University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS:
2008 Polar Attractions, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2008 EPA (Environmental Performance Actions), EXIT ART, New York, NY
2007 Weather Report, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2007 Envisioning Change, an international touring exhibit presented by the UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme) and the Natural World Museum:
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Ministry of Culture, Monaco (2008)
2006... (read more)

Xavier Cortada has created art installations in the North Pole (2008) and South Pole (2007) to address environmental issues at every point in between. Cortada has worked with groups across the world to produce numerous collaborative art projects, including eco-art interventions in Finland, Latvia and in his hometown of Miami, as well as peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Geneva and South Africa.

Cortada has also been commissioned to create art for the White House, the World Bank, the Florida Supreme Court, the Florida Governor's Mansion, Miami City Hall, Miami-Dade County Hall, the Miami Art Museum, the Museum of Florida History and the Frost Art Museum. (read less)

Xavier Cortada has created art installations in the North Pole (2008) and South Pole (2007) to address environmental issues at every point in between. Cortada has worked with groups across the world to produce numerous collaborative art projects, including eco-art interventions in Finland, Latvia and in his hometown of Miami, as well as peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Geneva and South Africa.

Cortada has also been... (read more)