Ana Cardoso was born in 1978 in Lisbon. In 2006 she received her MFA from Hunter College - CUN in New York; in 2002 she received a BFA (Licenciatura) from FBAUL, the Fine Arts University of Lisbon, and in 2001 she attended UdK - Universität der Künste in Berlin.
Her work is centered on the history of abstraction concerning material process in painting, and its complex relation to the culture of images. Painting is an ongoing performance – her work negotiates between historical referents, conceptual and structural concerns, and distribution modes.
Ana Cardoso lives and works in Brooklyn.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2017
- New Artists Award 2017, MAAT Museum / EDP Foundation, Lisbon
- Granpalazzo 2017, Rome, with Collicaligreggi, Catania (solo presentation)
- The See Can Be Initialized Randomly II with Merike Estna, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn What’s Up New York, curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, 132 10TH Ave, New York Independent NY 2017 with Múrias Centeno gallery, Lisbon (group presentation)
2016
- Logic Operators Commute, Collicaligreggi, Catania (solo show)
- Two-person presentation with Cristoph Meier for Collicaligreggi (Catania), Sunday, London Costermongering organized by Paul Branca, Belmacz, London
- The See Can Be Initialized Randomly with Merike Estna, Múrias Centeno, Porto (two-person show)
- Vacation, with Tim Pierson, Four A.M, New York (collaboration)
- BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Benet, Bridget Donahue, New York
- Folder, Jablonka Maruani Mercier, Project Space, Knokke, Belgium (solo show)
2015
- The Hinge, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago (solo show)
- Progress curated by Adelaide Ginga for Echoes on The Wall, MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art — Museu do Chiado, Lisbon (solo show)
- Theme Can 1, curated by Ed Steck, theme-can.com (online)
- Old Truths & New Lies, curated by Mae Fatto, Rachel Uffner, New York
- BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Bene t, Cheim & Reid, New York
- Contribution to Lucky Weekend by Anna K.E., Teen Paranormal Romance, MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
- The Bar At The End Of The Night, organized by Charles Mayton and Lucas Knipscher, David Lewis, New York
2014
- Solo presentation with Longhouse Projects, Exposure, Expo Chicago, Chicago
- Artistas Portugueses En La Colección Navacerrada, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid Artadia 15th Anniversary Bene t Auction, Karen Mehiel’s Home, New York
- On The Blue Shores Of Silence, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York
- Flat Files, Múrias Centeno, Lisbon (solo show)
- Norlinda and José de Lima Collection — a selection, Oliva Creative Factory, S. João da Madeira
- Site-speci c installation for BAG 2014-15, Bocconi University, Milan
- The Other Side and In Between with Christian Bonnefoi, Longhouse Projects, New York
2013
- The Fruit and Vegetable Stand II curated by Paul Branca, Long Island City
- Droste Affect, Scaramouche, New York
- Presentation with Adam Pendleton and G. H. Cortesão, Pedro Cera (Lisbon), Armory Show, New York
Awards/Grants
2011
- Apoio à Internacionalização (Prague Biennial), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2010
- INOV-ART, Direcção Geral das Artes, Ministry of Culture of Portugal
2007
- Finalist, Fidelidade Mundial Young Painters Prize — 9th Edition, Culturgest, Lisbon
2004 - 2006
- Calouste Gulbenkian & Luso-American Foundations MFA Grantee, CUNY, USA
2003
- Madalena Lobo Antunes Grant, Ar.Co, Lisbon
2001
- Erasmus Grant, Erasmus Program (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students), HdK — Höchschule der Kunste, Berlin
