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photo by Caetano Diaz
Cesar Cornejo
Lima 1966. lives and works in Brooklyn, Florida, Peru and UK.
Education
(1996-2003) Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ministry of Education of Japan, Monbusho Scholarship, Research Student (1998 - 2000), MA in Fine Art (sculpture), Awarded 2000, PhD in Fine Art,(sculpture) Awarded 2003.
(1983-1993) Ricardo Palma University, Bachelors degree in Architecture, Awarded 1989, Professional License in Architecture, Awarded 1993, Lima-Peru.
Prizes and Fellowships
2010 Art Omi, International Artists Residency, New York, 2010.
2009 Creative Capital Foundation, Grant for Emerging Fields - Architecture 2009.
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fiscal Sponsorship for The Puno
Museum of Contemporary Art Project, NY.
2008 Finalist, First London International Creative Competition, UK.
2008 Center for Book Arts, Workspace Residency, NY.
2007 Sculpture Space Residency, Aug-Sep 2007,Utica, NY.
2006 New York University, visiting artist, October 2006 – May 2007.
2006 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Workspace Residency, Sep. 2006-May ISLIP
2007, NY.
2006 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Award, USA.
2005 British Council Grant for Artists.
2004 The Henry Moore Institute, research visitor, Leeds, UK.
2004 The Art House and Creative Partnerships Commission, Doncaster, UK.
2003 Toride Shou, Public Sculpture Prize, Japan.
2002 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship Award, USA.
2002 Asahi Art Foundation, Foreign Art Students Prize.
2001 Selected for International Symposium, Ceramics in Architecture, “Habitar
2001”, Portugal
2001 Selected for, Sculpture Biennale Rincon De Ademuz, Spain.
1999 International Contemporary Ceramics Symposium, Toki, Japan
1999 Tokyo National University Museum of Art, Sculpture “Kayage” Prize
1996-2003 Japanese Ministry of Education Monbusho Scholarship
1994 Eight World Ceramics Congress, Ceramics and Architecture, Florence,
Italy.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Puno Museum of Contemporary Art, Galeria Lucia de la
Puente, Lima.
2009 Cesar Cornejo, Gallery Jun, Tokyo
2006 "Sculpting the Canvas” Gallery Light Contemporary, April 06, London.
2005 "La Cantuta" Gallery ARTCO, June 2005, Lima.
2005 "A Private Matter" North American Institute Gallery, May 2005, Lima.
2003 "Enter the Labyrinth", Gallery Chika, Tokyo
2002 "Monuments and Amulets ", Gyokuei Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Something in the Air", Gallery Chika, Tokyo
1999 "400m2 of Sculpture", Gallery Yokohama
1993 "Habitaciones", North American Institute Gallery of Art, Lima.
Selected Group Shows
2011
The Armory Show, New York
Center for Book Arts Annual Benefit Auction, New York.
Exit Art, Annual
Benefit Auction, New York.
2010
GLAAD OUTAuction
Museum of Art of Lima, Annual Benefit Auction Exhibition, Lima-Peru
Islip Museum, Long Island, Utopia at Utica’s Sculpture Space Residency,
curated by Sydney Waller.
Galeria Lucia de la Puente, 15th Anniversary exhibition, Lima-Peru, April.
Noyes Museum, Latin American Art exhibition, curated by Henry
Bermudez, September 2010, New Jersey, USA.
2009
In/Out: An Exhibition and Auction Featuring GLAAD's top 100 Artists “Gay
& Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York.
Art in Odd Places, 14th Street, New York, curated by Erin Donnelly and
Radhika Subramanian, NY.
Museum of Art of Lima, Annual Benefit Auction Exhibition, Lima-Peru.
Preemptive Resistances: Reversed Strategies at the Westport Arts
Center, curated by Denise Bergstrom, Connecticut, USA.
Faculty Focus Show,University of South Florida Museum of
Contemporary Art, curated by David Norr, Tampa, Florida.
Center for Book Arts, Artists in residency show, NY.
2008
Busan Biennial 2008, “Expenditure”, Sculpture Project, South Korea.
The LAB, San Francisco, curated by Heather Mikolav.
2007
The Red Badge of Courage , Newark Council of the Arts, Curated by
Omar Lopez Chahoud.
On the Third Day, curated by 3B group, Tribeca, NY.
Queens Library Gallery, Workspace 2007, curated by Juliana Driever.
V Biennial Museo del Barrio, NY, S Files, curated by Elvis Fuentes and
Carmen Ramos
“Freaks of Nature”, Bronx River Arts Centre, NY, curated by Jose Ruiz.
LMCC Open Studios, NY.
2005
New Art Birmingham, UK
The London Connection, Gallery Lisi Hammerle, Austria
Peter Harvey Gallery, London
Jovenes con Fia, Caracas, Venezuela.
2004
V Bienal Barro de America, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Selected Collections
Museo del Barrio, NY
Tokyo National University Fine Arts Museum, Permanent Collection
Toki Collection of Ceramics, Japan
Museo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Gallery Jun, Tokyo
Gallery Gyokuei, Tokyo
Peruvian – North American Cultural Institute, Permanent Collection, Lima Peru.
University Ricardo Palma Permanent Collection, Lima Peru.
Various private collectors in Peru, Japan, USA, United Kingdom, Brazil and Venezuela.
Reviews
1)Art Nexus 79, Cesar Cornejo, Gallery Lucia de la Puente, by Augusto Chimpen.
2)Somos Magazine, All Houses are Museums, by Lucia Pardo
3)Casas Magazine, Museum of Art in Puno, by Cecilia Ly
4)A Roof for Art, Dominical Newspaper, Lima-Perú.
5) Artistas plásticos en el Perú : siglos XVI - XVII - XVIII - XIX - XX / Gabriela
Lavarello Vargas de Velaochaga. Lima 2009.
6) Art Nexus, Preemptive Resistances, Pointers in Latinamerican Art, by Tatiana
Flores.
7) Flash Art Magazine, The S Files, Nov-Dec 2007, by Denise Bergstrom
8) Museums Magazine, Found in Translation, By Magdalene Perez, Sep 2007.
9) Harvard Advocate Magazine, Harvard College, January 2008, Boston, USA.
10) NY1, Channel , El Museo del Barrio Celebrates Last Two Years in Latino Art
July 2007 , NY.
11) Artdaily.org, Workspace 07 Exhibit at the Queens Library Gallery, 8/17/2007.
12) Times Newsweekly/ Arts and Leisure, Artwork on Display at Library Showing,
New works featured at WORKSPACE07, August 30, 2007.
13) Timesledger, Library gallery charts path from artist’s idea to exhibit, by
Danielle Winterton, July 26, 2007.
14) The Flowers of Evil, By Doris Bayly, Somos Magazine, El Comercio
Newspaper, 23 June 2005, Lima, Peru.
15) Two Proposals of Interest in Artco, By Elida Roman, El Comercio
Newspaper, Sunday June 19th 2005
16) The Garden of Memories, By Alberto Villa, El Comercio Newspaper, June 12
2005, Lima Peru.
17) Empty House, By Alberto Villar Campos, El Comercio Newspaper, Lima May
29th 2005.
18) Taken House, Magazine Presencia of the CONFIEP, July 2005, Lima Peru.
19) The Best of 2005, La Primera Newspaper, December 28th, Lima Peru.
20)The Best of 2005, Newspaper El Comercio, EL Dominical, December 25th
2005, Lima Peru, By Diego Otero
21)Top Artist Cesar Cornejo draws on children’s talent, Barnsley Chronicle, April
29th, 2005, UK.
22) Five Commissions for Public Spaces, Arts Council of England, News from the
Arts Council of England, Issue No. 08 / 01.05
23) Henry Moore Institute, Newsletter Oct Nov 2004, issue No 56.
24) Drawing on the Past, Start Magazine, issue #10, UK.
25) Wood you Believe it? Specially Commissioned Work Challenges Viewers,
The Star Newspaper, May 17, 2004.
26) Lesson in Art, Peruvian Sculptor at Thurnscoe School, Barnsley Chronicle,
June 2004, UK.
27) Escultura Em Terra(cota) Palco Sul, (cover), 24 to 30 of August, 2001, Evora,
Portugal.
28) The Artist in his Labyrinth, Newspaper El Comercio, March 2003, Lima Peru.
29) Spirits from East, El Comercio, Newspaper, July 26th 2000, Lima Peru.
30) Ceramics in Architecture, World Ceramics Congress, Florence, 2004.
31) A Preface for a Catalog, Arch. Hugo Iberico,1993, Lima Peru.
32) La Habitacion de Cornejo, El Comercio Newspaper, Sunday Suplement,
1993, M2(1993)81016
Published Articles
2010 AUT Magazine, School of Architects of Peru, Puno Museum of Contemporary Art.
2009 Text for Catalog, Preemptive Resistances: Reversed Strategies at the
Westport Arts Center, curated by Denise Bergstrom.
2007 Architecture as Installation: from the Organic to the Anti-Architectural
Expression – Use of Narrative Within Installation Art, NY Arts Magazine,
May/June 2007.
1994 Sculpture – Architecture,1994, World Ceramics Congress, Florence, Italy.
Teaching and Lecturing
University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History
2008 - present, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Foundations.
College University New York, Staten Island
2008, Summer Drawing Course.
University Ricardo Palma
1991 - 1993, Architecture Department, Teaching Assistant in Sculpture.
1993 -1996, Architecture Department, Lecturer in Sculpture.
Other University Teaching and Lecturing Experience
2011 College Art Association Annual Conference, Latin American Art in the Now, panel presentation, organized by Claudia Calirman and Tatiana Flores, NY.
2010 Panel about Gordon Matta Clark, Museo de Arte de Lima
2008-2009, College University of New York, Staten Island, Summer Drawing
Courses.
New York University, Visiting Artist November 06 - June 07.
Syracuse University, guest speaker, Nov 2006, NY
2007 Henry Moore Institute, Situation Leeds Arts Festival, guest speaker, Leeds,
U K.
2007 Mowhawk Community College, lecture, NY.
1999-2009 Visiting Lecturer at Catholic University, Corriente Alterna Art School,
University San Martin de Porres, Ricardo Palma University, and other
institutions, Lima Peru.
2005 The Art House, Guest Speaker, Jul 2005, London UK.
1993-1995 University Ricardo Palma, Lecturer in Sculpture, Lima Peru
1990-
1992 University Ricardo Palma, Assistant Professor in Sculpture, Lima Peru.
Community Projects
2008, Museo del Barrio, Museum Mile, Fifth Avenue Museum Mile, NY.
2007, Emotions Cluster, How can space affect emotions?, Bruce Grove Primary
School, London.
2006, Freedom Cycle and Skate Project, Land Securities Community Fund,
2006 Video, Meditation Techniques applied to Art, Southwark Schools, London.
2006, Creative Partnerships London North, Mayville Primary School, Can we be
a happy school that get's along together?
2006, The Generator, Millfield House, Creative Partnerships London North. 2006,
2006 The Facility Architects, Freedom Cycle and Skate Project, Burgess Park
Southwark, London, sponsored by Arts Council of England.
2006 Creative Partnerships London North, Bowes Primary School, "How can the
outside space inspire learning through play?".
2006 Creative Partnerships London East, Islington Arts and Media School,
2006 Religion and Art, "Finding the Shape of the Spirit".
2005 Creative Partnerships London North, Guest Speaker at Space Outside
Event.
2005 British Council, Exhibition and Workshops at schools in Lima Peru.
2005 Creative Parnerships Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham, Interactive
Sculpture Project at The Hill Primary School, Workshops and Installation of
works designed by the students.
2004 Creative Parnerships Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham, sculpture
workshops at primary schools in Rotherham area.
2004 Creative Parnerships Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham, sculpture
commission installed at the Brodsworth Hall in Doncaster.