Joana P. Cardozo is a Brazilian visual artist based in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo. Her art practice is rooted in rituals and spirituality, exploring ideas of mortality, domesticity, and identity through photography, mixed media, installation, and performance. Her photographs create unconventional portraiture by examining the relationship amongst domestic spaces, their inhabitants, and their objects. Her installations discuss the futility of human attachments in an impermanent world. Cardozo has won numerous awards and has most recently exhibited at Bareiss Gallery (Taos), photo L.A. (Los Angeles), Texas Contemporary Art Fair (Houston), Foto Relevance (Houston), Klompching Gallery (New York), San Francisco Bay International Photo Show (San Francisco), and Rencontres d’Arles (France). She graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2015. Cardozo is represented by Foto Relevance in Houston.
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Bareiss Gallery, Taos, NM – "The Naked Hours - 56 Hours"
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - "The Naked Hours - 100 Hours"
2019
Foto Relevance, Houston, Texas - "Domestic Fiction"
Selected Group Exhibitions
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 & Honors
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
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 200 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
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
Publications
2020
The Taos News. Tempo Magazine. June 4-10, 2020
2019
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
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
SHIFT 10 - Published by International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Education
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, Sao Paulo, Brazil
