Maria Fernanda Cardoso

After 1998, when Maria Fernanda Cardoso’s famous Flea Circus was shown for the first time in The United States, her name became widely known in the contemporary art circle around the globe. Since then, her works have been featured in the most important museums and galleries around the world. Currently, one of her pieces, which first exhibited at MOMA in New York City, Vertical Cemetery, is part of a traveling exhibition, which will be on view at The Miami Art Museum parallel to her show in Casas Riegner Gallery.

On the evening of May 25, 2002, Casas Riegner Gallery, in collaboration with Felipe Grimberg Fine Art, will be opening a show with the artist latest work titled, “Butterfly Drawings.”

Maria Fernanada Cardoso’s use of unconventional materials (from piranhas to guava sweets and sea horses) has been a trademark of her work. In her latest series, she uses butterflies to form patterns in circular motions, part of a structure, which has characterized her previous pieces. She enhances nature into art, and dissects the parts of the insect, using its wings, tongues, and antennas to perform a drawing. She questions nature and culture: In Carolina Ponce De Leon’s (Latin American art critic and curator) own words, Cardoso “culturizes nature.”

Maria Fernanda Cardoso was born in Bogota, Colombia, but lives and works in Sidney, Australia.

“Butterfly Drawings” will run through July 8. The artist will be present during the opening. Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Latin American Art will open at MAM from June 21 through September 1, 2002.

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Maria Fernanda Cardoso "Butterfly Drawings"