events
JANUARY
- Chilean President Gabriel Boric Welcomes Cortada
January 13, 2025 - Cortada Speaks at Chilean National Congress
January 15, 2025 - Cortada Addresses Congreso Futuro in Santiago, Chile
January 17, 2025 - Broward County Mayor Unveils Elevation Sculpture in Government Center
January 31, 2025
FEBRUARY
- Gulf Coast Connections 2025 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine | Galveston, TX
February 6-9 - Florida Arts & Culture Awards Ceremony | Cortada Inducted into Florida Artist Hall of Fame
February 17, 2025 - “Water Columns” Public Art Dedication Ceremony | Jacksonville Beach, FL
February 18, 2025 - Cortada Speaks on Art & Human Rights at UM Law
February 20, 2025 - Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series Presents Xavier Cortada
February 22, 2025
MARCH
- “The Underwater: Broward” at Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach K-8
March 10, 2025 - Endangered Species Coalition Art & Science Workshop
March 11, 2025 - “The Underwater: Broward” at Miramar High School
March 18, 2025 - Cortada Commissioned to Create Centennial Sculpture for Coral Gables Garden Club
March 20, 2025
APRIL
- Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Webinar with CLEAN and ISKME
April 1, 2025 - LIVE@Frost Science: Creative Solutions for a Planet in Crisis
April 9, 2025 - Cortada Eco-art Courtyard Dedication Ceremony
April 22, 2025 - Cortada Keynotes Tropical Audubon Society Annual Meeting
April 27, 2025
MAY
JUNE
- Cortada Speaks at ‘Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice’
June 3, 2025 - Arts For Life! Scholarship Luncheon & Artist Symposium
June 9, 2025 - Green Sports Alliance Summit
June 10-12, 2025 - AFTACON 2025
June 13, 2025
JULY
- Community Climate Conversation
July 26, 2025
AUGUST
- Cortada Challenges Incoming UM Med School Class to be Voices for Truth
August 14, 2025 - Cortada Welcomes UM Global Executive MBA Cohort
August 21, 2025
SEPTEMBER
- Cortada Delivers Leadership Miami Keynote Address
September 6, 2025 - Seahorse Society Mural Unveiling & Dedication Ceremony
September 13, 2025 - Cortada Honored During Hispanic Heritage Month by Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo
September 17, 2025
OCTOBER
- Cortada Inspires Young Artists at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
October 10, 2025 - Xavier Cortada Participates in Aspen Institute’s National Water Strategy Convening
October 19-22, 2025 - Cortada Speaks at William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum
October 28, 2025 - Underwater in Coastal Virginia: Workshop with Newport News, Hampton & the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
October 29, 2025
NOVEMBER
- Jewish Leadership Academy Participates in The Underwater
November 7, 2025
DECEMBER
- Miami Art Week Panel Discussion
December 1, 2025 - City of Coral Gables and Coral Gables Garden Club to Unveil Centennial Public Art Sculpture
December 6, 2025
Engaged Projects
Public Art Commissions
- “In Gear: Lifelines and Vital Signs,” Fire Station 49, Main Entrance Lobby, Palm Beach County, Florida
- “Planting Pollinators,” Coral Gables Library, Coral Gables, Florida
Residencies
- 2017 – 2025: Pinecrest Gardens Artist-in-Residence (Artist’s Studio), Pinecrest, FL
- Feb. 2, 2022 – Mar. 9, 2022: Oolite Arts’ Home + Away Residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass-Aspen, CO
- 2022 – present: Inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade County, FL
Funded Research
- Co-Principal Investigator (along with UM Law Professor Jessica Owley, RSMAS Associate Professor Katharine Mach, Economics Assistant Professor Ian Wright, and Law Librarian Nicholas Mignanelli), “On the Move: Climate Migration and Retreat in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Beyond,” University of Miami U-LINK Phase 1 Grant
Publications
Plan(T)ing for the Future: Using Socially Engaged Climate Art to Mobilize Change Agents
Adam Roberti, Ryan Deering & Xavier Cortada (24 Feb 2025)
Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2025.2468503
Awards
- 2025 Xavier Cortada Day, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Newsletters
- January – Cortada Invited by Chilean Government to Speak on Global Challenges
- February – New Cortada Public Art Marks Deep-Sea Reef Discovery
- March – Science-art banners at Harvard inspire the next generation of scientists
- April – “Cortada Eco-Art Courtyard” launched in Hialeah on Earth Day
- May – Cortada Speaks at National Ocean Justice Summit; Launches Student Scholarship at Miami High
- Summer – Cortada Challenges Sports World to Lead on Climate; Releases Official Public Art Catalog
- September – Cortada Unveils Seahorse Mural, Honors Matthew Shepard, Inspires Leaders
- October – Cortada Completes Major Public Art Commission for Palm Beach Fire Station
- December – Happy Holidays ~ 2025 Year in Review
Exhibitions
- Oolite Arts “Home + Away” Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Feb. 17 – Mar. 25 - “Fire and Ice: Our Changing Landscape,” Wildling Museum exhibition, Solvang, CA.
Apr. 10, 2022 - “Underwater Gulf” at University of Miami Faculty Show
Oct. 5, 2022 – Nov. 10, 2022 - “Civility vs. Violence,” Miami New Media Festival, ArtToSaveLives Contemporary, Miami, FL
Oct. 8, 2022 – Oct. 29, 2022 - “Field Station: Art-Science in the White Mountains,” Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth, NH
Nov. 19, 2022 – Feb. 11, 2023
- ‘Miami Mangrove Forest’ exhibition
Sept. 13, 2021 – Jun. 12, 2022 - ‘Flower Force’ exhibition
Nov. 1, 2021 – Mar. 30, 2022 - ‘Florida is… Nature’ exhibition
Jan. 13, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘Plan(T)’ exhibition
Apr. 11, 2022 – Jun. 12, 2022 - ‘Art of Diatoms’ exhibition
Sep. 11, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘The Markers: South Pole’ exhibition
Oct. 26, 2022 – Jan. 8, 2023 - ‘Underwater Florida’ exhibition
Mar. 23, 2023 – Jun. 2, 2023
Talks
- Creative Capital: Ecologies of Meaning in Art, Science & Technology Collaborations
Jan. 19, 2022 - Keynote address at the Florida Bar International Law Section conference
April 1, 2022 - Keynote Speaker, 2022 Ransom Everglades Climate Symposium, Coconut Grove, FL.
Apr. 13, 2022
See https://www.ransomeverglades.org/about/environmental-sustainability - Laser Boston: Climate Visions panel
April 28, 2022
See: https://swissnex.org/boston/event/laser-boston-climate-visions/ - Speaker, 2022 Art Curators Conference, FOCUS: Confronting Environmental Crisis Conversation with Janey Winchell and Xavier Cortada
May 3, 2022 - Visualizing Sea Level Rise in Coastal Communities to Generate Equitable Responses (panelist)Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island in southern New England, U.S.
June 17, 2022
See: https://metcalfinstitute.org/public-events - Great Parks Summit: The Power of Parks (panelist)
July 26, 2022 - Keynote Speaker, Future of Water Summit 2022
Aug. 8-9, 2022 - TED Talk in London, England
Oct. 3, 2022
Press
- Xavier Cortada’s “Floral River” to heal, teach in Kentucky’s capital city
FRANK. Magazine
January 1, 2025 - Xavier Cortada: A Socially Engaged Artist in 2025
ArtSpeak, Florida International University
January 2025 - Tecnología, reciclaje y arte: las claves para un mundo sostenible
El Mostrador
January 18, 2025 - JAN. 2025 | Message from the County Administrator, Monica Cepero
Broward County Gov
January 24, 2025 - Bevy of events to mark Coral Gables Centennial
Miami Today News
January 29, 2025 - Broward County unveils sculpture marking its vulnerability to rising sea levels
Jannah News
February 1, 2025 - PRESS RELEASE: Secretary of State Cord Byrd Announces Florida Artists Hall of Fame Inductees
Florida Department of State
February 7, 2025 - Inductions are next week for Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Jax Today
February 10, 2025 - Xavier Cortada, eco-artista, sobre la crisis climática: “La ciencia informa, pero el arte transforma”
País Circular
February 11, 2025 - What happens when we unite art and science?
Telefónica
February 21, 2025 - Science and Art Collaborations: Engaging Gulf Communities in Understanding and Addressing Complex Environmental Issues
March 2025 - Cortada Eco-Art Courtyard Launched in Hialeah
NBC 6 South Florida
May 1, 2025 - Art That Sculpts Communities: Xavier Cortada’s Climate Social Practice
Climate Shifted
May 20, 2025 - TAS Birdstock, Members Migration close Earth Month on a high note
Miami’s Community News
May 27, 2025 - Third ‘Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice’ Symposium Spotlights Continued Fight for Ocean Justice
Earthjustice
June 3, 2025 - The Smithsonian’s Art x Climate Gallery, by way of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, Triumphs Despite the Circumstances
The Architect’s Newspaper
June 20, 2025 - Xavier Cortada at Brookfield Zoo for Hispanic Heritage Month
Brookfield Zoo Chicago
September 17, 2025 - Bringing sea-level rise home
Charles Bazerman’s Substack
September 18, 2025