Cristina Córdova

Cristina Córdova is an American-born, Puerto Rican sculptor who works and lives in Penland, North Carolina.

Cristina Córdova
Born (1976-04-12) 12 April 1976
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityPuerto Rican
Known forCeramics
Notable work
"Bestiario", "Contiguous", "A Show of Heads", "Hacia otro mar", "Paseantes", "Variation", "Mito y Enteanatomia"
Spouse(s)Pablo Soto
AwardsProject 10/10/10- Artist Commission,Permanent Collection, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte , NC
Websitehttp://www.cristinacordova.com/

Biography

Córdova was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents were Puerto Ricans completing their studies in Medicine at Harvard University. They returned to Puerto Rico when she was 6 months old. She grew up taking in the rich and layered imagery of the Catholic church. The powerful iconography would come to inspire her work and her view of the world.

Education

Córdova graduated from the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro, Miramar, Puerto Rico in 1994 and earned a Bachelor of Arts and a concentration in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus in 1998. During the summer of 1999 she finished courses at Touchtone School of Crafts at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. That same summer she completed courses at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. Later, she began studies as a special student in independent studies at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She was supervised by Wayne Higby and Walter McConnell. She earned a scholarship to Alfred University for her master's degree in ceramics in 2000. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts from New York State College of Ceramics.

Career

Córdova was on track to becoming an engineer when she realized that it wasn't for her. She switched to art school, where she could pursue her interest in ceramics.[1] After graduating in 2002 she was selected to serve as a resident artist at Penland School of Crafts. Córdova moved to Penland, North Carolina to participate in the residency in 2002. After completing her residency she and her family made their home and studio on the Penland campus where she maintains her studio and offers workshops.

Personal life

Cristina Córdova and Pablo Soto have two daughters. They live in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Penland, North Carolina. She travels often to Puerto Rico and exhibits and teaches internationally.

Work

"Córdova doesn’t want to be labeled a Puerto Rican artist – or a woman artist, or any type of artist, other than a compelling one – she does believe authenticity can come only from a deeply personal place."[2] Her Afro-Caribbean heritage and her understanding of contemporary and historical influences have impacted her art form. Her knowledge of early Roman life and African sculptures are also reflected in her figures. Among the artists which have impacted her work are Doug Jeck, Judy Fox, Jaime Suarez and Susana Espinosa.[3] She comments about her own work that "we are all taking from a collective creativity."[3]

The human figure is key to her work which has been described as "a compelling strain of magical realism ... laden with ideas of creation, crucifixion and difficult nature of existence."[4] She works primarily with clay but has an interest in working with other mediums. Her moldings recreate various human forms, often female. She has also recreated animal-like creatures. At the abstract level, her figures, represent the struggles in the world of today. Cordóva weaves the past with the present as she creates a place for the viewer to complete the narrative in her work.[4]

Exhibitions
  • 2018: del Balcón, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, Ma
  • 2018: del Balcón, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, Ma
  • 2017: The Women, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
  • 2016: Cerca Y Lejos I Cristina Córdova, Penland Gallery, Penland Gallery & Visitors Center, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2016: Contemporary Clay, A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  • 2016: EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
  • 2015: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery
  • 2015: Miami PULSE, Miami Beach, FL
  • 2015: Art Market San Francisco, Seager Grey Gallery
  • 2014: Cristina Córdova, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC, July
  • 2014: Ceramic Top 40, Gallery 224, Office of the Arts at Harvard, Boston, MA
  • 2014: Clay Bodies: International Figurative Sculpture, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
  • 2013: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2013: Cristina Córdova: Tierra de Leche y Miel, Pamil Fine Art, Puerto Rico
  • 2012: 40 Under 40: Craft Futures, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • 2012: Push Play, NCECA 2012 Invitational exhibition, Bellvue Art Museum, Seattle, WA
  • 2011: Cristina Córdova: Bestiario, Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg, FL
  • 2010: Mancha, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2010: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2010: Muestra Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Antiguo Arsenal, Puntilla, Museo de las Américas, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2010: Contiguous, Cristina Córdova and Jerilyn Virden, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
  • 2010: A Show of Heads, A collective with Tip Tolan, Akio Takamori, Judy Fox, Doug Jeck, Tom Bartel, Tanya Batura, Thaddeus Eardhal, and Arthur Gonzalez, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL
  • 2009: Cristina Córdova: ENTRE] [TIERRA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puero Rico, PR
  • 2009: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2008: Cristina Córdova, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
  • 2008: Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
  • 2008: Hacia otro mar, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2007: Paseantes, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • 2007: Variation, SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2007: Fábulas de la Fascinación II, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2006: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2006: Causes Invisibles, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • 2006: Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Antiguo Arsenal, Puntilla, Museo de las Américas, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2006: Palm Beach 3, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
  • 2006: Fábulas de la Fascinación, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
  • 2005: Mito y Enteanatomia, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2005: Enteanatomia, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2005: Vanitas, lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
  • 2005: School's Out, curated by Gail Brown, Community College of Baltimore County, Cantonsville Gallery
  • 2005: Armory Arts Center Figurative Invitational Exhibition, Armory Arts Center, Palm Beach, FL
  • 2004: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
  • 2004: Cristina Cordova: Mitomemoria, WDO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
  • 2004: Penland School of Crafts: Contemporary Traditions, SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
  • 2004: SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2004: Mito, memoria y lluvia, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2003: National Fine Arts Juried Sample, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Antiguo Arsenal, Puntilla, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2003: SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
  • 2003: SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2003: Penland Resident Artists Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
  • 2003: Transformation 4: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, Elizabeth Raphael Prize Finalists Show, Honorable Mention, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2003: Bajo Faldas y entre cabezas, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2002: De mujeres santas y renacimientos, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2002: MFA Thesis Exhibition: Cristina Cordova, Dragica Suskind and Brian Gillis, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
  • 2002: Artists in Wonderland, Digital exhibition curated by Pedro Pachano, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY
  • 2002: Graduates, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
  • 2001: Encuentro: Cristina Cordova y Mercedita Andrew, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2001: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2001: Raices, Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2001 Escalera, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Rincon, Puerto Rico
  • 2001: Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Chardon Gallery, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (1998- First Prize Award)

Residencies, Workshops, and Lectures
  • 2016: Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, August 2016, Helena, MT
  • 2015: “Sculpture in Motion,” Teacher, ceramic sculpture and stop-motion course taught with Arturo Guillermo Córdova, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2015: “The Printed Figure”, Teacher, ceramic arts workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2015: “Women Working with Clay Symposium”, Presenter, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
  • 2014: Visiting Artist, Oxbow School of Art. Saugatuck, MI
  • 2014: “Firefest”, Invited Artist, Starworks Ceramics, Star, NC
  • 2014: “The Printed Figure,” ceramic workshop taught with Jason Burnett, Soto-Cordova Studios, Penland, NC
  • 2013: “Taller,” Demonstrating Artist & Lecturer, Soto-Córdova Studios, Penland, NC
  • 2012: “Work Intensive III: Figuration”, Demonstrating Artist & Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, CA
  • 2011: “Ultrafiguración,” Demonstrating Artist-Workshop, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
  • 2011: “Figure: Form + Content”, Demonstrating Artist-Workshop, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
  • 2011: “Figurative Symposium with Sergei Isupov and Janis Mars Wunderlich”, Presenting Artist, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
  • 2010: Armory Arts Center, ceramic arts workshop, West Palm Beach, FL
  • 2010: “The Figure in Clay,” ceramic arts workshop Odyssey Center for Ceramics, Asheville, NC
  • 2010: “Demonstrating Artist-Workshop”, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
  • 2010: Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  • 2009: Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
  • 2008: Visiting Artist, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, SC
  • 2008: “Corporal”, ceramic arts workshop, Penland School, Penland, NC
  • 2007: “Figurative Workshop”, ceramic arts workshop Clague Studio, Bakersville, NC
  • 2007: “Figurative Intuition”, Demonstrating Artist-Workshop, Mudfire, Atlanta, GA
  • 2006: “The Figure in Clay”, ceramic arts workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2005: “The Figure: Structure and Surface”, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2004: “The Figure in Clay”, ceramic arts workshop Odyssey Center for Ceramics, Asheville, NC
  • 2002-2005: Resident Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2002: “Cerámica Figurativa”, ceramic arts workshop, Taller Hambleton, Cayey, Puerto Rico
  • 2002: “Drawing Techniques”, Assistant to Prof. George Riekin, NY State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
  • 2001: “Handbuilding Techniques”, Assistant to Prof. Andrea Gill NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
  • 2000: “Figure Drawing,” Instructor, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Recognition and awards
  • 2015: USA Artist Fellowship
  • 2012: “40 under 40: Craft Futures”, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, American Art Museum, exhibition and work acquisition
  • 2012: Project 10/10/10- Artist Commission, Permanent Collection, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
  • 2010: Virginia Groot Foundation Merit Grant
  • North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Award
  • American Association of Art Critics Award
  • 2010: Virginia Groot Foundation Recognition Grant
  • 2009: Best Art Exhibit, Cristina Córdova at Hodges Taylor
  • 2009: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Visiting Artist Fellow, January
  • 2009: Creative Loafing, Best of Charlotte A & E Critic's Picks 2009
  • 2008: AICA Award (International Association of Art Critics/Puerto Rico Chapter), Best Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition for Hacia otro mar, Pamil Fine Art, Puerto Rico
  • 2007: Best Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition for Fábulas de la Fascinación II, Pamil Fine Art, Puerto Rico
  • 2004–2005: NC Arts Council Fellowship Grant
  • 2003: American Craft Council Emerging Artist Grant
  • 2003: Liza Plaster Award, Lenoir Sculpture Show, Lenoir, NC

Permanent Collections
  • Colección Acosta, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
  • Gretchen Keyworth, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA
  • Joseph–Schein Museum, NY
  • Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
  • Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
  • Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Publications
  • 2014: “Ceramic Top 40”, Ferrin, Leslie, Ferrin Contemporary, 2014.
  • 2012: “The Body Eloquent”, Lovelace, Joyce. American Craft magazine, Feb/March 2012.[5]
  • 2012: “Retablos, joyas, plateria y arte colección acosta de San Juan, Puerto Rico (1695-2010)”, Acosta Stolberg, Robert, Editorial Reves, November 2012.
  • 2010: “Art Market Insights: Art at the Crossroads”, O’hern, John. American Art Collector, Issue 39, January 2010.
  • 2010: “Cristina Córdova”, Howley, Paul. The Laurel of Asheville, July 2010[6]
  • 2009: “Cristina Córdova: Entre Tierra”, Sanz De Arellano López, Isabel P., Imágen, mayo 2009.
  • 2009: “Umbral de lo surreal”, García Benítez, Mariana. Arq.i.tec 3.4, junio 2009.
  • 2009: “ENTRE TIERRA: Nueva escultura en cerámica por Cristina Córdova (English/Español)”, Fred Rivera, Ivette y Ramos Collado, Lilliana, ARTES (artesrp.com), mayo 2009.
  • 2008: “Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina”, Dobbs Ariatl, Kate, American Craft Magazine, October–November 2008.
  • 2007: “Creadora de enigmas”, El Nuevo Dia, 14 de diciembre del 2007.
  • 2007: “Cristina Córdova: Magic Realism”, Feaster, Felicia. Creative Loafing, May 2007.[7]
  • 2006: “From the Inside Out—Two Views on the Creation and Experience of Cristina Cordova's Clay Sculptures”, Schultz, Katey and Hillman, Linda. Ceramics Art in Perception, 2006.
  • 2006: “Reviews: Cristina Cordova”, Dobbs Ariail, Kate. American Craft, September– August 2006.
  • 2005: “Body Language”, Camper, Fred. Chicago Reader, May 2005.[8]
  • 2005: “The Figure in Clay”, Tourtillot, Suzanne. Lark Books, 2005.
  • 2004: “Dark Horse”, Lucas, Scott. Creative Loafing, May 2004.[9]
  • 2004: “500 Figures in Clay”, Editor Gunther, Verónica Alice. Lark Books, 2004.
  • 2004: “Transformation”, Shearing, Graham. American Craft, June/July 2004.
  • 2004: “Cristina Cordova: Mito, Memoria y lluvia”, Trelles, Rafael. El Nuevo Dia, March 2004.
  • 2003: “Enamorada de la cerámica", Alegre Barrios, Mario. El Nuevo Dia, 2003.
  • 2002: “Celebracion Femenina”, Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. El Nuevo Dia, 2002.
  • 2001: “Cristina Córdova: Mujeres Santas y Renacimientos”, Rodriguez, Jorge. El Vocero, 2001.
  • 2000: “My Experiences and Impressions”, Xiaoping, Luo. Sculpture, 2000.3, vol. 23, 2000.
  • 2000: “Cerámica Escultural”, Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. El Nuevo Día, 2000.

References
  1. "Sculptor Cristina Cordova on Finding Success in Failure". Format Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Lovelace, Joyce (3 February 2012). "The body eloquent". Ceramics, Sculpture. American Craft Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. Hillman, Linda. "From the Inside Out - Two Views on the Creation and Experience of Cristina Cordova's Clay Sculptures". Ceramic Art and Perception. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. Feaster, Felicia. "Cristina Córdova: Magic Realism". Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. "Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina | American Craft Council". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  6. "Artist Cristina Córdova - The Laurel of Asheville". The Laurel of Asheville. 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  7. "Cristina Cordova: Magic realism | Atlanta Creative Loafing". Atlanta Creative Loafing. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  8. Camper, Fred. "Body Language". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  9. Lucas, Scott. "Dark Horse". Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
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