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.
The Miami artist has worked with groups across the world to produce numerous large-scale collaborative art projects-- including peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Geneva and South Africa, and eco-art installations on Miami Beach and Antarctica. In 2008, as a New York Foundation for the Arts sponsored artist, he'll bring his art installations to the North Pole.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS:
2008 Polar Attractions, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2008
EPA (Environmental Performance Actions)
EXIT ART Gallery, New York
2007
Weather Report, curated by Lucy Lippard
Boulder
Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2007-08
Envisioning Change, an 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, Florida
2007 South Pole Installations, Wolfson Center Gallery, MDC Art Galleries, Miami Florida
2007 Antarctica, Kunsthaus Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida
2006 The Reclamation Project, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
SELECTED COMMISSIONS & ART PROJECTS:
2008 Art in State Buildings, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2008 Monroe County Art in Public Places, Upper Keys Government Center, Key Largo, FL
2008
Pinellas County Art in Public Places Florida Botanical Gardens,
Largo, FL
2007 Monroe County Art in Public Places North Key Largo Fire Station, Key
Largo, FL
SELECTED GRANT 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
LEADERSHIP
State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council, member, 2008-present
City of Miami Green Commission, member, 2007-present
Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Councilor, 2005-present
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 in
Psychology
University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences.
