2007

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Engaged Projects

  • “Longitudinal Installation” – Presenting the issues of climate change through the lens of a global community (sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, North Pole).
  • “Endangered World” – Addressing global biodiversity loss with worldwide installations and eco-actions (sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, North Pole).
  • “The Markers” – Marking the mere 50-year history of human presence at the South Pole with chronological flags stretching across the frozen land (sponsored by the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers fellowship program, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica).
  • “150,000 Year Journey” – Setting a “seedling” on a 150,000 year journey through the Antarctic towards the seashore where it can eventually (theoretically) set its roots (sponsored by the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers fellowship program, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica).
  • “Homage to Shackleton” – Memorializing Sir Ernest Schackleton at the South Pole, who came within 97 miles of being the first to reach the Pole (sponsored by the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers fellowship program, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica).
  • “Antarctic Ice Paintings” – Using sea ice and sediment samples provided by Antarctic scientists to create ice paintings (sponsored by the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers fellowship program, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica).

Public Art Commissions

  • “Conquistadores” and “Raices,” State of Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
  • “18 Mile Stretch,” North Key Largo Fire Station, Monroe County Art in Public Places, Key Largo, FL

Residencies

  • 2006-2007 NSF (National Science Foundation) Antarctic Artists and Writers Fellowship, McMurdo Station and South Pole Station, Antarctica

Group Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Awards

  • 2007 Creative Capital Professional Development Program

Artworks

Events, Lectures, Installations and Presentations

  • “Antarctica” a solo exhibit by Xavier Cortada at Kunsthaus Miami Contemporary Art Space 3312 North Miami Avenue Wynwood Art District Miami, FL 33127 Tel. 305 438 1333 
    March 10th – May 5, 2007
  • Xavier Cortada’s Longitudinal Installation at Envisioning Change an international group exhibit at the Nobel Peace Center Oslo, Norway 
    June 5 – August 20, 2007
  • Longitudinal Installation travelling with Envisioning Change
    June 5, 2007 – August 20, 2007
  • Florida Summit on Global Climate Change: Florida Governor Charlie Crist and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger accept Antarctic “ice paintings” from artist Xavier Cortada at the Florida Summit on Global Climate Change in Miami 
    July 13, 2007
  • Incorporation Palm will be exhibited at the One-One-One: The Unofficial Surprise 111th Birthday Party for the City of Miami. July 28, 2007 at 801 SW Third Avenue, Miami see:  http://www.camposition.org/
  • Weather Report: Art & Climate Change
    September 14, 2007 – December 21, 2007
  • Endangered World an exhibit by Xavier Cortada in the Rotunda of the State Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 
    September 15th – October 15th, 2007
  • Ice Paintings: a solo exhibit by Xavier Cortada at the Governor’s Office Gallery, The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida. 
    September 15th – October 15th, 2007
  • Native Flags a participatory eco-art intervention to re-grow Miami’s native tree canopy at the Miami Science Museum 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL. 
    October 4th, 2007
  • Reclamation Project exhibit at Miami Science Museum
    October 4, 2007 – September 30, 2008
  • Longitudinal Installation travelling with Envisioning Change
    October 6, 2007 – January 6, 2008
  • Longitudinal Installation at Envisioning Change an international group exhibit at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, Belgium 
    September – December, 2007
  • Weather Report: Art & Climate Change — a group exhibit curated by Lucy Lippard at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder, Colorado 
    September 14 – December 21, 2007
  • The Reclamation Project at the Miami Science Museum — 3280 South Miami Avenue Miami, Florida 305-646-4405. Opening reception: 
    December 3, 2007
  • South Pole Installations: Centre Gallery, MDC Wolfson Campus 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 305-237-7186. 
    December 4, 2007 – February 2008
  • Smithsonian Latino Institute: Young Ambassadors Washington, D.C. 
    June 24, 2007 @ 7pm
  • Culture in the City 3138 Commodore Plaza Coconut Grove, Florida
    April 25, 2007 @ 7 pm
  • Aesthetics and Values 2007 Florida International University
    April 11, 2007 @ 12:30 pm

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