Xavier Cortada has 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 South Pole Station.
In
2006-2007, the Miami artist was awarded a National Science
Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program residency.
For more information visit www.cortada.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2007
The Reclamation Project and Native Flags
Miami Science Museum, Miami, Florida
2007
South Pole Installations
Wolfson Center Gallery, MDC Art Galleries,
Miami Florida
2006
The Reclamation Project
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
2007
Weather Report (curated by Lucy Lippard)
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art,
Boulder, Colorado
2007
Envisioning Change
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Miami in Transition
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
ECOART
An
essay by Mary Jo Aagerstaun, Ph. D.
Xavier Cortada did not know he was joining the worldwide
ecoart movement when he began mobilizing Miami citizens
in 2005 to promote mangrove reforestation in his home town,
using his artistic imagination as the instigator. He just
knew something had to be done. His artistic "greening"
...click to read the essay in its
entirety
