Xavier Cortada at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland where he created “In Search of Higgs boson.”
Engaged Projects
- “Yellow Bus” – Creating a dialogue with youth and families on how trauma, bullying and self-harm can impact lives and behaviors (in collaboration with Youth MOVE Through the Arts and parents from the Federation of Families for the 3rd Annual Youth & Family Empowerment Summit, Miami, FL).
- “In Search of Higgs boson” – Created five site-specific banners depicting the five search strategies scientists at CERN used to discover the Higgs boson which hang in the Large Hadrion Collider where the experiment occurred, providing crucial evidence to support the Standard model of Physics (in collaboration with Pete Markowitz for the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland).
- “Water Paintings” – Capturing hydrologic data captured from a small watershed at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest to calculate all components of the water cycle for the catchment in real time, artistic data visualizations (in collaboration with Hubbard Brook Scientists, NH).
- “WaterViz” – Depicting the hydrologic processes at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest through the visual arts, music, and information design.
- “Miami Beach Earth Day 2013” – Engaging students, faculty, organizations, businesses, and other individuals to pledge an eco-action to support our environment (hosted by the City of Miami Beach’s Parks and Recreation Department, Miami Beach, FL).
- “FLOR500” – Combining art, nature, and history to commemorate Florida’s quincentennial (presented by the FIU College of Architecture + the Arts Office of Engaged Creativity in partnership with the FIU School of Landscape Architecture, Viva Florida 500, Museum of Florida History, Florida Higher Education Arts Network, History Miami, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Institute for Systematic Botany, Florida Wildflower Foundation, and Espana Florida Foundation, Florida).
Public Art Commissions
- “Starfish Shuffle: Seashore,” “Seagrass 1,” “Seagrass 2,” “Sandbar,” “Sand,” “Current,” and “Digital Tapestry,” Port Everglades Terminal 2, Broward County Public Art and Design Program, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- “Flight of the Ibis,” University of Miami Shalala Student Center, Coral Gables, FL
- “Flor,” Key Biscayne Recreation Center, Key Biscayne, FL
- “Mangrove Cove,” “Seedlings,” “Mangroves (On Blue),” “Raices,” “Entangled,” and “Roots,” Dante Fascell Apartments, Miami-Dade Housing Authority, Miami, FL
- “Sawfish,” “Horseshoe Crab March,” “Sea Star Light,” “Sea Stars,” “Night Swimming,” and “Octopus,” South Miami Plaza, Miami-Dade Housing Authority, Miami, FL
- “Flores de Cocuyos,” “Baile de las Mariposas,” and “Odonata,” Joe Moretti Apartments, Miami-Dade Housing Authority, Miami, FL
- “In Search of Higgs Boson: 1 (WW),” “2 (gamma gamma),” “3 (bottom bottom),” “4 (tau tau),” and “5 (zz),” CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geneva, Switzerland
- “Heron,” Stirrup Plaza, Miami-Dade Housing Authority, Miami, FL
- “500,” Collins Park Apartments, Miami-Dade Housing Authority, Miami, FL
Residencies
- Art @ CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Large Hadron Collider, Geneva, Switzerland
- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Artist-in Residence, White Mountains National Forest, Compton, NH
Group Exhibitions
- The Quest for the Fountain of Youth in Florida History, “Prime: The Residual Fountain of Youth” and “Agua,” The Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
- Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775 – 2012, “Antarctic Sea Ice” series, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
- FLOR500: Region 2, Focus Gallery, University of Florida-Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL
- FLOR500: Region 1, Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf Coast State College,Panama City, FL
- FLOR500: Region 7, “FLOR500,” South Regional Library, Naples, FL
- White Mountain National Forest Artist-in-Residence exhibit, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
- Ecological Reflections, (featuring: “Reclamation Project”), National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
- Recently Acquired IV, (featuring: “Echinodermata ceramica”), Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
- Blue Sphere, (featuring: “Getz” from Antarctic Sea Ice series), Wynwood Exhibition Center, Miami, FL
- Offsite Insights, (featuring: “Reclamation Project), Eckerd College, Sarasota Center, University Park, FL
- FLOR500 (featuring: “FLOR500” artists), University of Florida Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Solo Exhibitions
- Antarctic Ice Paintings, (featuring: “Antarctic Ice Paintings”), Kona Kai Gallery, Key Largo, FL
- The “500 Exhibit”, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Preserve Gallery, Key Biscayne, FL
Writings
- 500 Artists, Gardens Commemorate Florida’s 500th Birthday By Xavier Cortada. Published in Palmetto Magazine, Volume 30:2, Spring 2013.
Awards
- 2012-2013 Cintas Fellowship in Art, Finalist
Newsletters
- April – CINTAS Exhibit to feature local premiere of Cortada’s 180 “Endangered” Drawings at Freedom Tower
- May – The Art of the God Particle
- June – Proclamation: “Distinguished Citizen of the City of Miami”
- October – FIU Honors College Community Advisory Board Members
- December – Verge Art Fair 2013
- December – Season’s Greetings!
Events, Lectures, Installations and Presentations
- Artistic Representations of Florida throughout 500 Years Exhibit
September 2012 – May 2013 - MDCPS Art Teacher Workshop
January 18, 2013 - “Art as a Method of Social Engagement” lecture
January 30, 2013 - No Bite = No Malaria
February 02, 2013 - “Liberation Project” presentation to Indonesian students
February 11, 2013 - Little Havana McDonald’s to unveil Cortada’s “Musica”
February 22, 2013 - Florida Native Plant Society presentation: Native Flags
February 26, 2013 - Ecological Reflections Exhibit at NSF Headquarters
February 28, 2013 – June 15, 2013 - South Regional Library Hosts Flor500 creator Xavier Cortada
March 04, 2013 - The Practice of Science-Art: Sequentia
March 05, 2013 - Americans for Immigrant Justice
March 07, 2013 - Altered Landscapes to benefit the Lowe Art Museum
March 07, 2013 - The Delray Beach Wildflower Dedication of FLOR500 Garden
March 07, 2013 - Cortada’s ceramic starfish at BAC’s “Recently Acquired IV”
March 8, 2013 – April 5, 2013 - Cortada and Youth Move participants to work on advocacy mural
March 14, 2013 - “A Florida Artist’s Reflections on Art and the Natural World”
March 21, 2013 - FLOR500 Presentation at Tree Summit 2013
March 27, 2013 - CERN: Art for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment
April 03, 2013 - Cortada’s Antarctic Ice Painting will be on exhibit at Blue Sphere
April 05, 2013 - Xavier Cortada and physicist Pete Marktowitz present CMS art project
April 09, 2013 - Offsite Insights Environmental/EcoArt Exhibit to feature Xavier Cortada’s Reclamation Project
April 12, 2013 – May 3, 2013 - Ocean Life Series: Lecture by Xavier Cortada on the Reclamation Project
April 19, 2013 - Miami-Dade County Public Schools Earth Day 2013
April 22, 2013 - EARTH DAY 2013: Miami Beach Native Flags
April 27, 2013 - Water Visualization Project at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
May 04, 2013 - 3rd Annual Youth & Family Empowerment Summit
May 14, 2013 - FLOR500 Project in Amelia Island
May 16, 2013 - FLOR500 at the Florida Native Plant Society 33rd Annual Conference
May 17, 2013 - Artist Xavier Cortada and Physicist Pete Marktowitz present their Art@CMS project at CERN
July 06, 2013 - PechaKucha 20×20: Design to Collide
July 30, 2013 - Art-Science Lecture at the Harn Museum of Art
August 03, 2013 - “Antarctic Ice Paintings” exhibit in Key Largo
August 14, 2013 – August 29, 2014 - Unveiling of the Yellow Bus Mural
August 21, 2013 - FLOR500 Project in Amelia Center Gallery at Gulf Coast State College
August 23, 2013 - Lecture at the University of Florida: Art-Science Practice: From Higgs boson to Native blossoms
September 06, 2013 - University of Florida-Focus Gallery, Hosts FLOR500 Exhibition
September 06, 2013 - WMNF Artist-in-Residence exhibit at Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery
September 07, 2013 - Lecture at FIU Artistic Expressions Course
September 18, 2013 - Florida Wildflower Foundation hosts FLOR500 at Annual Symposium
September 27, 2013 - Featured Speaker: Florida Association of Science Teachers Annual Meeting
October 26, 2013 - Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775 – 2012 at the Whatcom Museum
November 1, 2013 – March 30, 2014 - TEDxFIU Xavier Cortada and Physicist Pete Markowitz
November 7, 2013 - Cortada dedicates work at UM Student Activities Center
November 7, 2013 - Celebrating U.S. Particle Physics at the Capitol
November 20, 2013 - The “500” exhibit
December 1, 2013 - Human Impacts | Miami
December 12, 2013
Press
- Physics Week in Review: May 18, 2013
By Jennifer Ouellette Scientific American
May 18, 2013 - Xavier Cortada’s ‘Antarctic Ice Paintings’ on exhibit in Key Largo
The Miami Herald
August 24, 2013 - Cortada selected as Cintas finalist
FIU News
2013 - Amid the Buzz and Excitement of Homecoming, UM Dedicates Its Student Center Complex
By Robert C. Jones Jr.
University of Miami News Release
November 07, 2013 - Annual UF art exhibition features work by studio faculty members
By Bill Dean
The Gainesville Sun, Science
September 5, 2013 - 500 Exhibit
By Siobhan Morrissey. Miami Herald
November 16, 2013 - Evolving Landscapes Through Artists’ Eyes
Science Magazine, Volume 339
March 8, 2013 - 500 Artists, Gardens Commemorate Florida’s 500th Birthday
By Xavier Cortada Palmetto Magazine, Volume 30:2
Spring 2013 - Artist Turns Physicists into Particles at CMS
By Kelly Izlar
CERN
April 16, 2013 - What Happens When an Artist and a Physicist Meet?
By Karen Cochrane
FIU News
May 31, 2013 - Eco-Art: Artist Turns Florida Into His Canvas For State’s 500th Birthday
By Thomas Andrew Gustafson
WFSU
January 23, 2013 - Myth inspires artistic wellspring
By Tyler Fancischine
The Gainesville Sun, Science
March 28, 2013 - Area artists celebrate Florida wildflowers
By Wes Locher
StarFL.com
September 12, 2013