About Xavier Cortada
Name: Xavier Cortada
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Web Site: http://www.cortada.com
Bio: Xavier Cortada created art at the Earth Poles to generate environmental at point in between: In 2007, the artist used the moving ice sheet beneath the South Pole as an instrument to mark time; the art piece will be completed in 150,000 years. In 2008, Cortada planted a green flag at North Pole to encourage reforestation in the world below. The Miami artist has worked with groups globally to produce numerous collaborative art projects, including peace murals in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama, AIDS murals in Switzerland and South Africa, and eco-art projects in Hawaii, Holland and Latvia. Cortada serves as artist-in-residence at the FIU College of Architecture + The Arts | Office of Engaged Creativity.
Posts by Xavier Cortada:
- 500 Artists, Gardens Celebrate Florida’s 500th Birthday (Dec 17 2012)
- Creating, Collaborating, Connecting with Art, Activism, and the Internet (Dec 05 2012)
- Let Art Bloom (Nov 11 2011)
- Reclaiming Art (Nov 09 2011)