William Cordova, born and raised in Lima, Peru/ Lives works NY/Miami. Earned his M.F.A. from Yale University and BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cordova is an internationally known artist. Exhibiting at 50th Venice Biennial, 13th Havana Biennial, Site Santa Fe Biennial (2016), Prospect III (2014). Awards include, Smithsonian Fellowship, Trellis Art Fund, Lunder Fellowship (2025), Creative Capital grant (2024), Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), Art Matters grant (2020).

“I have been created by my experiences, and I am recreated-over and over again- by each new experience.” –Viola F. Cordova (Windows and Academics: How It Is, 2007)

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