Ana Cardoso
Born in 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Lives and works in New York.
EDUCATION
2006. Painting MFA, Hunter College - City University of New York, New York;
2003. Individual Project / Advanced Course in Fine Arts, Ar.co, Lisbon;
2002. Painting BFA, Fine Arts University of Lisbon;
2001. HdK - Höchschule der Kunste, Berlin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009. No. 3 / No.13, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon;
2008. SPACE STUDY, Southfirst Gallery, New York; SANS IMAGE, VPF Gallery, Lisbon; SONAMBULISM, Poste-Ite Room, Pedro Oliveira Gallery, Oporto;
2007. ASSORTED PAINTINGS, Artecontempo, Curated by Miguel Amado and Filipa Oliveira, Lisbon;
2005. Color Paintings, VPF Gallery, Lisbon;
2004. Six Paintings and One Drawing, Sala do Veado, The Museum of Natural History, Lisbon; Six Drawings and One Painting, Mac Bride Room in Santa Marta Hospital, Lisbon
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009. BESIDES, WITH, AGAINST and YET: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture, curated by Debra Singer, THE KITCHEN, New York; TACTICAL SUPPORT: CURATORS CHOICE, curated by Anthony Huberman, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York; STRIP/STRIPE, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; TERRITORIAL PISSINGS, Emmerico Nunes Cultural Center, Sines, Portugal; WORKS FROM THE PLMJ COLLECTION, City Museum, White Pavilion, Lisbon; LÁ FORA - Portuguese Artists Abroad, Electricity Museum and the Presidential Museum of Portugal, Lisbon;
2008. ACROSS ACROSS ACROSS with Jacob Kassay, in Joao Simoes: NOV 5 - 26, 2008, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; E-FLUX VIDEO RENTAL, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; BENDOVER/HANGOVER: AN EVENING WITH CINEMA ZERO, organized by Amy Granat, White Flag Projects, St Louis, Missouri;
2007. THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SHOW - Limited edition artist multiples, curated by Robin Khan, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; FIDELIDADE MUNDIAL YOUNG PAINTERS PRIZE, 9th Edition, Culturgest, Lisbon; AMADEO SOUZA-CARDOSO PAINTING PRIZE, 6th Edition, Amadeo Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante; LISBOA - LUANDA - MAPUTO, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon;
2006. HUNTER COLLEGE MFA THESIS SHOW - Spring 06, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York; Opções & Futuros: Works from PLMJ Foundation - Recent Acquisitions, Faro Municipal Museum, Faro;
2003. Ar.co Finalists and Grantees, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon;
2002. My Way for The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, Independent Projects, Liverpool; EXPECT THE WORLD - MOI NON PLUS, curated by Ana Pinto and Solvej Ovesson, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, and Chiado Museum, Lisbon;
GRANTS and AWARDS
2007. Amadeo Souza-Cardoso Painting Prize, 6th Edition: Taminvest Prize.
2004-2006. Study Grant from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Luso-American Foundation, for MFA Degree Program - Hunter College, CUNY.
2002-2003. Madalena Lobo Antunes Grant, Ar.co, Lisbon.
2000-2001. Erasmus Grant, HdK, Berlin.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artforum.com, Critic's Picks: Ana Cardoso, Aug 2009, by Miguel Amado; Ana Cardoso interviews Fia Backstrom, Monolog Editions, Jun 2009; Artforum, March 2009 Issue, Top 10 by Stefan Tcherepnin; Flash Art online, HIPPY HOLIDAY, Nicola Trezzi on Joao Simoes' closing reception at Emily Harvey Foundation, Jan 2009; PLMJ Collection Catalogue, edited by Miguel Amado, PLMJ Foundation, 2009; LÁ FORA, Exhibition Catalogue, edited by Joao Pinharanda, EDP Foundation and the Presidential Museum of Portugal, 2009; Ana Cardoso interviews Anthony Huberman, Artecapital.net, Aug 2008; NY Arts Magazine, Ana Teixeira Pinto in Conversation with Ana Cardoso in Lisbon Seen, June 2008; Ana Cardoso interviews Joao Ribas, Artecapital.net, Feb 2007; Ana Cardoso interviews Alison Fox, in Space Study, Linkages & Sonambulism &, New York, 2007.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Cardoso created TEST with artist Joao Simoes - they invited to Lisbon performers, artists, lecturers and curators. She has been invited to lecture master classes at the Fine Arts
University of Lisbon and recently co-directed a documentary
(Metrocard, 2009) with Joao Simoes, about the art scene in New York, for RTP2 – Portuguese cultural state TV channel. She collaborates with online art magazine Artecapital.net and develops two editorial projects >
Monolog (monolog-editions.blogspot.com) and Space Study, an
artist edition - both publications available at Printed Matter, Inc.
