william cordova

william cordova (born in Lima, Peru. lives/works in Miami and New York). Received an MFA from Yale University and BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is an interdisciplinary cultural practitioner interested in the roots of abstraction, history of textile encoding and non-linear narratives. cordova illuminates the synthesis of memory, ritual and mythology to further disrupt, challenge and reassess definitions of our collective landscape.

william has exhibited internationally in venues such as, the 50th Venice Biennial. Prague Triennial, 13th Havana Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Prospect III Triennial, Site Santa Fe Biennial. He co-curated the Tulsa Greenwood Massacre Centennial in 2021, founded and co-curates the Florida AIM Biennial. Awards include, Creative Capital Award (2024), Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2021), Art Matters Award (2020), Knight Arts Foundation Award (2022), Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2011). Recent exhibition includes, Avant-Garde and Liberation, Museum Modern Kunst, Vienna, Austria (2024). Forthcoming solo exhibitions include "2 tienes santo pero no eres babalawo," Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru and Locust Projects, Miami, FL (2025). Publication of The Odyssey of Byron Booth a biographical research project by NAME Publications and Stand Up Next 2 a Mountain: Unknown Story of Latin members of the Black Panther Party through a Creative Capital Grant (2025).