Jorge Pardo

1963, Havana, Cuba. Lives and works between Mérida, Mexico, and New York, USA.

Jorge Pardo’s investigation deals with the concept of functionality, questioning the limits of art, of design, and of the spaces of coexistence. His research is developed in a constructive narrative wherein various techniques are juxtaposed to build a pictorial set of references drawn not only from contemporaneity, but also from the history of art. The artist generally uses technology – he was one of the first artists to use computer programs for making his sculptures – and vibrant colors to enhance the eclectic and diversified motifs used in his paintings, sculptures and installations.

The artist graduated in fine arts from the Art Center College of Art, in Pasadena, California (USA), as well as from the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA). Throughout his career, he has won important prizes, including the MacArthur Fellowship Award (2010), the Smithsonian American Art Museum Lucelia Artist Award (2001) and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1995). His most outstanding solo shows include those held at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA (2023), University of Houston, Houston, USA (2022), Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College, Miami, USA (2021), Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2019-2020), at David Gill Gallery, London (2015), at Petzel Gallery, New York (2014), at Gagosian Gallery, New York (2010), at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2010), at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2008), and at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (2007). Group shows he has participated in most notably include the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). His works figure in important public collections, including those of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (USA), the Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, New York (USA), and Tate Modern, London (England).