LEYLA CARDENAS
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BIO

Born in Bogota-Colombia, currently lives and works in Bogota, Colombia

EDUCATION:

2004 M.F.A., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
1999 B.F.A., Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia

GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS:

2007 Associate Artist in Residency. ACA. New Smyrna, FL (Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant)
2003-04 Recipient of the Art Council Award (U.C.L.A.)
2003 Recipient of D'Arcy Hayman Award
2002 Recipient of Colfuturo Scholarship, Colombia
Graduate Student Fellowship. University of California, Los Angeles
2001 Mention. Uniandino Award for the Arts. Espacio Alterno Gallery, Bogotá
1998 Mention. El Séneca Ladra y Muerde. Los Andes University, Bogotá
1997 Mention. Espacio X. Los Andes University, Bogotá

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2010 upcoming solo show at Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
2008 PULSE Art Fair New York. March 27th-30th
Removido, solo show at Galeria Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
2006 Traces of Displaced Recollections, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2005 Site-generated installation, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
1998 Preposition, B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Casa Wieddemann, Bogotá

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 group show, den contemporary art at PDC, Los Angeles, CA
ARCO, feria de arte Madrid, galeria Casas-Riegner
2009 Yolanda o Magdalena. Salón Regional de Artistas-Zona Centro, Sogamoso
ArtBo 2009, galeria Casas-Riegner, Bogotá
New Digs, group show, d.e.n. contemporary art at PDC, Los Angeles
2007 Land Grab, curated by Lillian Fellman and Sarah Lookofsky,
Apexart, New York, NY
A Spectral Glimpse, curated by Jim O’Donnell, Platform Gallery,
Seattle, WA
In Praise of Shadows, a two-person exhibition with Edgar Guzmanruiz,
RJ Fine Arts at 3rd Rail Studio, New Rochelle, NY [catalog]
2006 Topologías: Materia en Tránsito, Salon de Arte de la BBVA, Casa de la
Moneda, Bogotá [catalog]
2005 Arte Joven 2005, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá [catalog]
Groundwork, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2004 Surface Treatments, The Exhibition Room, Pomona, CA
Supersonic, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA [catalog]
MFA#3, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Uniandino Award for the Arts, Bogotá
Heimfahrt, Galería Espacio Alterno, Bogotá
1999 El Séneca Ladra y Muerde , Galería Espacio Alterno, Bogotá
1995 Quinto Salón de Arte, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá [catalog]
1994 Festival de Video Arte, Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá
1993 Artas Artes, Young Artists exhibition, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2007 Karen Rosenberg, Land Grab, The New York Times, December 7
Shane McAdams. -Land Grab- The Brooklyn Rail, December 2007.
Jen Graves. Spectral Glimpse, The Stranger - Seattle- November 7
Campbell, Clayton. “Culver City: d.e.n. contemporary art,” Contemporary Magazine,
Issue 93: Annual, Summer [image]
2006 Melrod, George. “Culver City: Chelsea West?,” Lifescapes, November [image]
Myers, Holly. "Looking beneath the surface", Los Angeles Times, August 18
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, August 24
2005 Pagel, David. “New Vistas in Landscape Painting”, Los Angeles
Times, February 11
2004 Knight, Christopher. “Artworks with wattage,” Los Angeles Times,
June 21