maggie cardelùs

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<I>origine du monde with tongues</i>, 2020 </br> cast bronze, leather, and faux leather </br> 85 x 63 cm / 33.5 x 24.8 in
<I>origine du monde with tongues</i>, 2020 </br> (alternate view)
<I>origine du monde with tongues</i>, 2020 </br> cast bronze, leather, and faux leather </br> 85 x 63 cm / 33.5 x 24.8 in
<I>origine du monde with tongues</i>, 2020 </br> cast bronze, leather, and faux leather </br> 85 x 63 cm / 33.5 x 24.8 in
<I>doing life</I>, 2012 </br> installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
<I>doing life</I>, 2012 </br> installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
<I>doing life</I>, 2012 </br> installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
<I>maggie here (maggie there)</I>, 2012 </br> digital photo print, bleach, muriatic acid, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide </br> mouthwash, silver cleaner </br> 270 x 127 cm / 106.3 x 50 in
<I>laura unraveling, with style</I>, 2012 </br> digital photo print, 150 x 60 cm / 59 x 23.6 in
<I>laura, the throbbing pink spot, and the mysterious yellow light</I>, 2012 </br> cut-out photograph, spray paint, nails </br> 90 × 60 cm / 35.4 x 23.6 in
<I>a rainy day transfiguration of Laura</I>, 2012 </br> layered cut-outs photographs, 114 x 165 cm / 44.9 x 65 in
<I>maggie there (maggie here)</I>, 2012 </br> cut out photograph, 270 x 127 cm / 106.3 x 50 in
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<i>Maggie Cardelus</i>, 2012 </br> installation view, museum of modern art, moscow
<I>laura, almost 12</I>, 2011 </br> dissolved photographs, variable dimensions
<I>laura in the flow</I>, 2011 </br> layered cut out photographs, wood </br> 132,5 x 95,2 cm / 52.2 x 37.5 in
<I>laura's great great grandmother</I>, 2011 </br> incised plastic with printed image, sourdough, glass, wood </br> 119 x 92,5 cm / 46.8 x 36.4 in
<I>morning</I>, 2011 </br> photographs mounted on aluminium and rubbed with silver polish and vinegar, wood, glass, enamel paint </br> 100 x 70 x 3 cm / 39.4 x 27.5 x 1.2 in
<I>heat</I>, 2011 </br> layered cut out photographs, plastic, aluminium frame, painted wall </br> 70 x 50 cm / 27.5 x 19.7 in
<I>slice of space</I>, 2011 </br> photographs, wood frame, house paint </br> 33,5 x 41 cm / 13.2 x 16.1 in
<I>unravelling the universe</I>, 2011 </br> cut photographs, plexiglass, painted wall </br> 122 x 122 x 2 cm / 48 x 48 x 0.8 in
<I>inscape / becoming</I>, 2011 </br> in foreground: white clay, sourdough crust coats interior </br> 26 x 56 cm / 10.2 x 22 in </br> on wall: corian lithophane, steel frame, light electronics </br> 50 x 76 x 5 cm / 19.7 x 29.9 x 2 in
<i>umbilicus</I>, 2011 </br> red clays, variable dimensions
<I>echigo forest with zoo</I>, 2008 </br> four layers of cut out photographs, 100 x 150 cm / 39.4 x 59 in
<I>looking for time (quogue)</I>, 2007 </br> video, color sound, 18’ </br> ceramic, 60 x 50 cm / 23.6 x 19.7 in
<I>looking for time (quogue)</I>, 2007 </br> layered cut-outs photographs, 100 x 150 cm / 39.4 x 59 in
<i>zoo, age 10</I>, 2007 </br> video, color, sound
<i>zoo, age 10</I>, 2007 </br> video, color, sound
<I>looking for time (window in quogue)</I>, 2007 </br> layered cut out photographs, 100 x 150 cm / 39.4 x 59 in
<I>floating body</I>, 2006 </br> plexiglas, cut out photographs, 25 x 20 x 20 cm / 9.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 in
<I>lala’s bullfight</I>, 2006 </br> cut out photographs, 70 x 100 cm / 27.5 x 39.4 in
<i>galicia</i>, 2005 </br> cut out photographs, 47 x 61 cm / 18.5 x 24 in
<I>lala’s bullfighter with priest and two ladies</I>, 2005 </br> cut out photographs, 100 x 66 cm / 39.4 x 26 in
<i>fuzzy zoo</I>, 2005 </br> cut out photographs, 120 x 120 cm / 47.2 x 47.2 in
<I>zoo flying</I>, 2004 </br> cut out photographs, 180 x 160 cm / 70.9 x 63 in
<I>bird people</I>, 2004 </br> cut out photographs, 200 x 200 cm / 78.7 x 78.7 in
<i>bella and zoo</i>, 2003 </br> cut out photographs, 120 x 400 cm / 47.2 x 157.5 in
<i>laura’s inheritance</I>, 2003 </br> cut out photographs, 400 x 530 x 27 cm / 157.5 x 208.7 x 10.6 in
<i>zoo age 5</I>, 2002 </br> cut out photographs, 10 x 125 cm / 3.9 x 49.2 in
<I>vanishing points: light piece with light</I>, 2001 </br> cut out photographs, thread, glue, 300 x 300 cm / 118.1 x 118.1 in
<I>vanishing points: shadow piece with shadows</I>, 2001 </br> cut out photograph, 125 x 300 cm / 49.2 x 118.1 in
<I>august 10</I>, 2001 </br> cut out photographs, 250 x 120 cm / 98.4 x 47.2 in

artist short biography

Born in 1962, in Alexandria, Virginia. Lives and works in Paris.

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selected solo exhibitions

2014
Maggie Cardelus, Galeria F2, Madrid
Total Environment, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid

2012
Doing Life, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Total Environment, MMOMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow, Moscow 

2011
Galería Fúcares, Madrid
Laura, Almost 12, Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao

2009
Cluster: Maggie Cardelus / Daniela De Lorenzo, Galleria Maria Grazia del Prete, Rome

2007
Looking for time, Galeria Fucares, Madrid
Looking for time, francesca kaufmann, Milan

2004
Bird People, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Zoo’s Days, Galeria Fucares, Madrid-Almagro
Laura’s Inheritance, francesca kaufmann, Milan

2001
Vanishing Points, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Hearth Pieces, Galeria Fucares, Madrid-Almagro
Circus, Deitch Projects, New York

2000
White Pieces, francesca kaufmann, Milan
Matrix, Galeria Fucares, Madrid-Almagro

1997
Installation #12: Dispersal, Galeria Fucares, Madrid-Almagro
Installation #11, Colegio de Arquitectos, Malaga

1995
Installation #10, Galeria Fucares, Almagro

1994
Installation #9, The Temple Gallery, Rome

1993
Installation #8, ViaFarini, Milan

Selected group exhibitions

2020
Vent’anni – Twenty Years, 20th anniversary exhibition, kaufmann repetto, Milan

2011
Ficciones y Realidades, Museo Patio Herreriano, Vallaloid
Tra Arte e Design: Vivere e Pensare in Carta e Cartone, Museo Diocesano, Milan
Fiction and Reality, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2010
Al di là delle apparenze opache, Museo dei Cappuccini, Reggio Emilia

2009
The 4th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT), Echigo-Tsumari Region, Japan
Linz09, House of Stories, Linz
Modernstarts: Dentro/Fuera, Sala Museística CajaSur, Cordoba

2008
ARTIFACTS, Album di Famiglia nell’arte contemporanea, Mirafiori Motor Village, Turin
Eppi Femili, Teatro Studio, Scandicci, Italy
Photomonth, Krakow
Cohabitation: 13 artists and collage, francesca kaufmann, Milan

2007
La Femenidad del Arte, Fundacion Caja Castellon, Valencia
Una casa per no Viure, Sala d’Exposicions de La Caixa, Girona

2006
International Photography Biennale, Brescia

2005
Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Serene Obsession, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York
Women on the Verge, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York
Collection 2,  Fondation Salomon, Annecy

2004
Bambini nel tempo, Palazzo Tè, Mantua
La Gran Mentira del Arte, Galeria Fucares, Madrid-Almagro

2003
Imago, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone
Assenze Presenze, Centre Culturel le Botanique, Bruxelles
Popstraction, Deitch Projects, New York

2002
Exit, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Gotico…pero Exotico, Artium-Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Victoria-Gasteiz

2001
Boom, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence

2000
SchattenRisse, Lenbachhaus, Munich
Trends: Milano, Salara, Bologna, Galeria Sandenga, Granada
El Arte Es Ellos, Tecla Sala, Barcelona e El Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid

1999
Un Monde Irréel, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Tiempo Existencial, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de la Fundacion La Caixa, Lerida
Passaggi invisibili, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
Officina Europa, Villa delle Rose, Bologna
Castelli di Carte, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Como nos Vemos, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid

1998
San Zenone, Galleria Civica di Campione, Campione d’Italia
Rock Around the Clock, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Como Nos Vemos, Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona
Con la Pazienza si Acquista Scienza, ViaFarini e C/O, Milan

1997
Collecion Testimony de la Fundacion Caixa, travelling exibition, Spain
Open Studio, International Studio Program, New York

1995
Topi d’archivio, ViaFarini, Milan

1994
Primordi-Installation #8: Humming, Palazzo d’Arte della Triennale, Milan

1992
Installation #5, Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, New York
Installation #4, Visionfest, Liverpool

Education

1992
Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, New York

1988
Master of Architecture, Columbia University GSAPP, New York

1985
Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley College, USA

Financial Times, 2016

El Cultural, 2016

selected press