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william cordova is an interdisciplinary cultural practitioner born in Pueblo Libre, Lima, Peru. He lives and works in Lima, Miami, and New York City. cordova’s work addresses the metaphysics of space and time, specifically how objects and perceptions change when we move around in space. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996 and an MFA from Yale University in 2004.

cordova has been an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem; American Academy in Berlin; Museum of Fine Art, Houston’s CORE program; Headlands Center for the Arts; Artpace San Antonio; Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture; and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; among others. He has exhibited in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. His work is included in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Walker Art Center, Museo de Arte de Lima, Ellipse Foundation, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and La Casa de las Américas, among others. His work has been included in several surveys and biennials including the Whitney Biennial (2008), Greater New York at MoMA PS1 (2010), Prospect.3 (2014), 12th Havana Biennial (2015), and SITElines at SITE Santa Fe (2016).

His recent exhibitions include william cordova now’s the time: narratives of southern alchemy at PAMM (2018); the 13th Havana Biennial (2019); In Plain Sight at Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington (2018); and on the lower frequencies I speak 4U (alquimia sagrada) at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York (2020). He organized the AIM Biennial in Florida (2020). His forthcoming projects include solo exhibitions at Galerie Florian Schönfelder, Berlin, and 80M2 Livia Benavides, Lima.