Juana Córdova
Bio
Juana Córdova nace en Cuenca-Ecuador en 1973, ciudad donde estudió la carrera de Artes Visuales. Durante sus 20 años de carrera artística, ha participado en muestras individuales y colectivas a nivel nacional e internacional entre las que destacan: “Transplanted” Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette, US (2022), “15 Bienal del Cuenca” Cuenca, EC (2021), “disCONNECTED” Motorenhalle, Dresde, DE (2020), “Crónicas de desarraigo” Artpace, San Antonio, US (2019), “Accidentes Geográficos” Centro de Arte de Vanguardia La Neomudejar, Madrid, ES (2018), “La Intimidad es Política: Sexo, Género, Lenguaje, Poder” CCM, Quito, EC (2017), “A la Orilla” Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, EC (2016), “Contornos, sensaciones del mundo” CAC, Quito, EC (2015), “Materia Prima”, Atelier Subterranea. Bienal de Mercosul, Porto Alegre, BR (2011). Premios: Premio de Paris, de la Alianza Francesa 2000, Salón Nacional de la Bienal de Cuenca, 2003, Fundación del Comercio y Premio Mariano Aguilera, 2004 y 2005.
Statement
Her work is directly influenced by the places she has inhabited. Her approach to the botanical world and its history has been an important motivation for some years of her work. The plant world was the link point to make the decision of her last move. Now that she lives in the countryside, on the beach, nature has become the protagonist of her work. Observing, walking, collecting and researching are day-to-day activities that have become part of the creation process and generally take the form of installations or objects, however, in some cases he resorts to video, drawing or photography. The materials she uses are objects collected during walks on the beaches, they gain meaning by themselves in the works, where they acquire symbolic characteristics. Daily life and her existential concerns are now the engine of her work and the means by which she tries to express her reality.
