Xavier Cortada (second from the left) serves as panelist for the “Sustainable Communities: The Private Sector, Government and the Arts – A New Era of Innovative Partnerships for Regional Economic Development” Roundtable Discussion in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Deputy Secretary Ron Sims.
Engaged Projects
- “BLOOM” – Restoring the natural wildflower landscape across Taiwan to reclaim land for nature (for Artbitat: Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, Taiwan).
- “Body & Sold” – Sharing the experiences of young victims of human trafficking from Southeast Asia and their journeys of loss of innocence and redemption (in collaboration with playwright Deborah Fortson and FIU theater majors at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. and the Rose Theatre, UK).
Residencies
- Kaohsiung International Container Art Festival, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 2011-2018 Florida International University Artist-in-Residence, Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
- 2011 Kaohsiung International Container Art Festival, “BLOOM,” Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 2011 Nurturing Nature (featuring: “Endangered World Drawings” and “Endangered World: Life Wall”), Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery, Bronxville, NY
- 2011 Annual Alumni Exhibition (featuring: “Antarctic Ice Painting” series), University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Publications
- Science 331(6017):548 · February 2011
Cortada, Xavier. (2011). Genome-sequencing anniversary. Painting the genome for the public.. Science (New York, N.Y.). 331. 548.
Writings
- Painting the Genome for the Public By Xavier Cortada. Published in Science, Volume 331, Page 548, February 4, 2011.
- Let Art Bloom By Xavier Cortada. Posted in ARTSblog on November 11, 2011.
- Reclaiming Art By Xavier Cortada Posted in ARTSblog on November 9, 2011.
Artworks
Events, Lectures, Installations and Presentations
- Reception in support of the Florida Keys Council on the Arts
January 07, 2011 - Body & Sold at Kennedy Center
January 11, 2011 - MLK Worlds Ahead at Frost Art Museum
January 12, 2011 - A Roundtable Discussion with NEA Chair and HUD Deputy Secretary
January 31, 2011 - Nurturing Nature at Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery
February 10, 2011 - Public Art Symposium: St Lucie County Art in Public Places
March 05, 2011 - Presentation at SubTropical Cities
March 10, 2011 - Lowe Art Museum: Friends of Art Auction
March 11, 2011 - “Endangered World” lecture at FIU
March 30, 2011 - Sustainatopia: Art and Discussion
April 04, 2011 - Earth Day Celebration @ all Miami-Dade County Public Schools
April 22, 2011 - “Art of Found Objects” Art Exhibition & Awards Ceremony
April 28, 2011 - Tree Planting / Earth Day Celebration
April 29, 2011 - Silver Knight Alumni Legacy Network reception
May 18, 2011 - The Art of Found Objects: 25th Anniversary of the Education Fund
May 20, 2011 - FIU at International Youth Arts Festival
July 08, 2011 - The Miami Art Science Experiment lecture
September 15, 2011 - Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference
October 19, 2011 - Plenary Lecture: USF Fall Genome Festival
November 03, 2011 - Cortada’s “Antarctic Ice Paintings” in 2011 UM Alumni Art Exhibit
November 04, 2011 - At Parsons > Southern Discomforts: A Focus on Antarctica
November 29, 2011 - Seventeen: Artists Reinterpret Cortada’s “80.15 W” carbon paper drawings
December 01, 2011 - BLOOM: Kaohsuing International Container Art Festival
December 04, 2011 - Lecture at NKNU Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Art
December 13, 2011
Press
- The art of DNA
By Sabrina Aldridge
The Crow’s Nest
November 9, 2011 - Painting the Genome for the Public
By Xavier Cortada
Science Magazine
February 4, 2011 - Scientists Celebrate the Human Genome
By Eryn Brown
Los Angeles Times February 3, 2011 - Environmental Art
By Sam Bower
Animating Democracy
2011