Xavier Cortada builds the “Endangered World: Life Wall” using 360 red bricks marking the longitude of endangered species and stones deposited in the Netherlands by glacial forces during the last ice age.
Engaged Projects
- “Genetic Markers” – Depicting the route the first wave of humans took out of Africa across the Asian coastline to Australia and beyond (inspired by the field work of FIU geneticist Dr. Rene Herrera for the 2009 Fondation Derouin Symposium: Paths and Traces, Val David, Canada).
- “Hanging Gardens” – Removing exotic invasive species from our local ecosystems and turning them into art (exhibited at the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s main gallery, Miami, FL)
Public Art Commissions
- “Native Canopy: One,” “Two,” “Three,” “Four,” “Five,” “Six,” “Seven,” and “Eight,” Murray E. Nelson Government and Cultural Center, Monroe County Art in Public Places, Key Largo, FL
- 2008-2009 “Growing our Native Canopy 1,” “Growing our Native Canopy 2,” “Mangroves 1,” and “Mangroves 19,” Florida Botanical Gardens, Pinellas County Cultural Affairs Department Public Art and Design Program, Largo, FL
Residencies
- Paths and Traces/Chemins et Tracés, Fondation Derouin – Symposium 2009, Les Jardins du Précambrien, Val-David, Quebec, Canada
- Natuurkunst Drenthe Hunebedcentrum (Neolithic Graves Museum), Borger, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
- 2009 Water: Three States (featuring: “Reclamation Project”), Auburn University Art Gallery, Auburn, AL
- 2009 Polar Identity (featuring “The Markers” and “150,000-Year Journey”), Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
- 2009 Freedom of Expression (featuring: “articulo XIII”), Miami-Dade College InterAmerican Campus, Miami, FL
- 2009 Monitoring Art (featuring: “Infecundas), O Cinema, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
- 2009 Antarctica: Collection from the Bottom of the World (featuring: “Arctic Ice Paintings,” “Native Flags,” “Endangered World,” “Longitudinal Installation,” and “North Pole Dinner Party,”, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD
- 2009 Sustainable?, Central Connecticut State University Gallery, New Britain, CT
Solo Exhibitions
- 2009 Verge Art Fair (featuring: “Native Flags”), The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Miami Beach, FL
- 2009 The Reclamation Project (featuring: “The Reclamation Project”), Martin County Courthouse Cultural Center, Stuart, FL
Events, Lectures, Installations and Presentations
- Endangered World: Facebook
January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009 - Artist’s Lecture: Four Elements at the Frost Art Museum
February 4, 2009 - Eco-art Lecture: National Teach In on Climate Change
February 5, 2009 - Collaborative Art at STARS Conference
February 7, 2009 - Artist’s Presentation: Lowe Art Museum/Beaux Arts Meeting
February 18, 2009 - “SUSTAINABLE?” exhibit at the CCSU’s Chen Art Gallery
March 19, 2009 - The Reclamation Project at Martin County Courthouse Cultural Center Art Gallery
April 2, 2009 - Maryland Science Center presents “Antarctica”
April 3, 2009 - Installation and Keynote at Climate Change Symposium
April 5, 2009 - Art Unveiling at Pinellas County Public Art and Design Program
April 18, 2009 - Netherlands Artist’s Residency: Foundation Nature Art Drenthe
June 3, 2009 - Quebec Artist’s Residency: Fondation Derouin
June 27, 2009 - Dedication of the “Incorporation Palm” at Miami’s birthplace
July 28, 2009 - Polar Identity: Group Exhibit
August 7, 2009 - Water: Three States Exhibit at Auburn University: Phase 1
August 24, 2009 - Cortada presents Arts Advocacy Lecture
September 26, 2009 - Water: Three States Exhibit at Auburn University: Phase 2
October 12, 2009 - “Participatory Art Projects—Global Awareness/Local Action” Lecture
October 12, 2009 - “First Annual Native Ethnobotanical Day” Lecture
October 17, 2009 - International Solidarity for Human Rights
November 4, 2009 - O Cinema’s Monitoring Art exhibit at Calix Gustav Gallery
December 1, 2009 - Art Basel: ecoartspace presents Cortada at Verge Art Fair
December 3, 2009
Press
- Xavier Cortada to: Mount Major Installation
National Park Service
November 18, 2009 - Public Art Review
By Allsion Compton
Green Museum
Spring/Summer 2009 - Poles apart: Artists at WORKS/San Jose examine the state of the Earth, north and south
By Gary Singh
MetroActive
August 19, 2009 - Green Building Art
By Peyton White Lumpkin
Florida Green Building Law
July 14, 2009 - Miami Artist Mounting Installation at Biscayne National Park
By Lauren Himiak
About.com
November 24, 2009 - Florida Botanical Gardens – Artist in Residence Sustainability Project
Arts Tampa Bay
October 8, 2009 - Polar Identity exhibit opens Friday in San Jose, California
Works/San Jose News
August 4, 2009 - Haplogroup V: Image (depicting curator’s maternal lineage genetic haplogroup) printed on flag for Xavier Cortada’s installation at Les Jardins du précambrien in Quebec, July 2009; La Presse review
By Jocelyne Lepage
La Presse
July 24, 2009 - A Global tour of Environmental Artists with Google Earth
The Teaching Palette
April 2, 2009