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Joana P. Cardozo is a Brazilian visual artist based in Los Angeles and São Paulo. Her art practice is rooted in rituals and spirituality, exploring ideas of mortality, domesticity, and identity through photography, mixed media, installation, and performance. Cardozo has most recently exhibited at Lois Lambert Gallery (Santa Monica), Helen J Gallery (Los Angeles), Bareiss Gallery (Taos), photo L.A. (Los Angeles), Texas Contemporary Art Fair (Houston), Koslov Larsen (Houston), and Rencontres d’Arles (France). Her projects have received support from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Fundação Nacional de Artes, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, among others. She received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (2022). Cardozo is represented by Koslov Larsen in Houston.

Solo Exhibitions and Performances

2024

The Watermill Foundation, Watermill, NY - "How to Build a Terreiro"

2022

Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA – “Self-Oscillations” performance created by Mehregan Pezeshki

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - "Above All Else I Want to See"

​2020    

Bareiss Gallery, Taos, NM – "The Naked Hours - 56 Live Performance Hours"

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - "The Naked Hours - 100 Hours Live Performance" 

2019     

Foto Relevance, Houston, Texas - "Domestic Fiction"

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - "Irrational Exhibits 13" curated by Deborah Oliver

Brazilian Consulate in Los Angeles, CA - "Liminal"

Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -  "The Dinner Party" curated by Lydia Horne

2023

Kvadratu Festival, Taurage Regional Museum, Lithuania

2022

Helen J Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - "Dureé" curated by Amy Kahng

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA – “Made in Brazil”

2021

Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA – “International Exhibition" juried by Debra Klomp Ching and Darren Ching

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - "Crossed Wires" 

Santa Clarita City Hall Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA – “Color is Your World”

Feeler Gauge Festival, Virtual Screening curated by Jennie Park and Fabian V. Euresti

2020     

Foto Relevance, Houston, TX, "Quarantine Blues"

Imagine Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA

Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX- “2020 Print Auction Exhibition”

photo L.A., Los Angeles, CA 

2019     

Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX

Foto Relevance, Houston, Texas - "1000 + 1" 

2018

Klompching Gallery, New York, NY - "Commorancy"

San Francisco Bay International Photo Show

Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France - "FOCUS photo l.a. exhibition"

 Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania

FestFoto 11th International Photography Festival, Porto Alegre, Brazil

ICA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - "Tokyo Foto Awards Winners Exhibition"

Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York, NY – “Let There Be Light (And Shadow)”

SxSE Gallery, Molena, GA - "Still Lifes" 

2017     

Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - “LensCulture Print Show”   

Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY 

Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM - “8th Annual Self Portrait Exhibition"

Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - “Cut/Paste”

2016     

Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany - “Borderless: In Perspective”

Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "Gabinete Contemporâneo de Curiosidades"

Paraty em Foco 12th International Photography Festival, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Photoville, Brooklyn, NY - "The Future Perfect" 

Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI

International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “The Future Perfect”

Rio II Gallery, New York, NY - "Uptown Arts Review"

A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - "Generations X | RAZZLE DAZZLE"

2015   

Filter Space, Chicago, IL – “Abstract”

International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “Tipping Point”

 

Grants, Awards & Residencies

2024

The Watermill Center, Artist in Residency, Long Island, NY 

Quick Grant Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), Los Angeles, CA

2023

Camera Obscura Art Lab Residency, Santa Monica, CA

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2022

Penland School of Craft, Summer Work-Study Scholarship, Penland, NC 

Nick England Intercultural Arts Project Grant, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

Interdisciplinary Project Grant, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

2021

The Bartman Fund Award, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

The Dean’s Fund, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

CERF+ COVID-19 Relief Grant, Montpelier, VT 

Hermes Artes Visuais Residency, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Lightning Fund, Los Angeles, CA

National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Grant, San Antonio, TX

Lillian Disney Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2020  

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY

Fundação Nacional de Artes – Funarte, Prêmio RespirArte, Brazil

NYFA and Anonymous Was A Woman Emergency Relief Grant, New York, NY

The Bartman Fund Award, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

The Dean’s Fund, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA

2019   

Lillian Disney Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2018   

FOCUS photo l.a. - Top 20 Finalists exhibited as part of the at Les Rencontres de La Photographie in Arles, France

San Francisco Bay International Photo Show - Gold Medal Award Winner

TIFA - Tokyo International Foto Awards - Silver and Bronze Prizes, Fine Art/ Abstract and Fine Art/ Collage

2017    

Critical Mass Finalist

Soho Photo Gallery National Competition - Honorable Mention granted to Blueprint One - Self-portrait

Moscow International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention granted to Blueprints, category Fine Art/Abstract

2016   

First Place awarded to Blueprints - Paraty em Foco 12th International Photography Festival, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Participant of the 2016 New York Foundation For The Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program

Third Fine Art Photography Awards - Professional Nominee, categories Abstract and Conceptual

Moscow International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention granted to Blueprints, category Fine Art/Abstract

2015

Juror’s Choice Award granted by Debra Klomp Ching, Co-Owner of Klompching Gallery - Filter Space, Chicago, IL

Moscow International Photo Awards - Honorable Mention granted to Blueprints, category Abstract

 

Curatorial Projects 

2017  

International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “Hidden Narratives” - Assistant curator

2016  

Photoville, Brooklyn, NY - “The Future Perfect” - Co-curator

International Center of Photography, New York, NY - “The Future Perfect” - Co-curator

 

Press and Publication

2023  

anthology for Unseen by Amanda Bauer and Ruoyi Shi. Published by R+A Editions

2022

Shout out LA, July 5

Made in Brazil Arts Festival Catalog. CalArts. May 25

Hyperallergic, Caroline Ellen Liou. May 16, 2022

2020  

The Taos News. Tempo Magazine. June 4-10, 2020

2019   

Better Photography Magazine. September 2019. Vol 23

2018   

Foto Relevance Online – Commentary on Domestic Fiction – October 17, 2018

Fraction Magazine – Issue 110, May 10th Anniversary Issue

Let There Be Light (and Shadow) - Published by Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2017   

F-Stop Magazine. Home. Issue #85 October - November 2017

Lenscratch. Fine-art photography daily journal. Issue of June 3, 2017

Musée Magazine. Photography magazine. Issue of June 28, 2017

2016 

Die Angst Magazine. Berlin-based photography magazine. Issue #2 June 2016

L’ceil de la Photographie. Digital magazine about photography published daily. Issue of April 9, 2016

2015   

F-Stop Magazine. Where I Live. Issue #73 October - November 2015

SHIFT 10 - Published by International Center of Photography, New York, NY 

 

Education

2022   MFA, Art: Photography & Media - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA

2015   General Studies in Photography - International Center of Photography New York, NY, USA

2010   Master of Laws in International Financial Law (LL.M) - King’s College London, London, England

2002  Bachelor of Law with specialization in Business Law (LL.B.) - PUC-SP, São Paulo, Brazil

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Koslov Larsen

4411 Montrose Boulevard

Suite C

Houston, TX 77006

+1 (713) 505-1499

info [at] fotorelevance.com

Joana P. Cardozo Studio

Los Angeles, CA 90291

+1 (646) 522-4548

joana [at] jpcardozo.com

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