A PROJECTTenTenTen commission

for the Mint Museum of Craft + Design Uptown

“My work is meant to address people who thrive in environments of emotional density.

People who are used to walking through moments of intensity

can relate to my work because I think

the symbolism I use is generated from these places.” 

Originally from Puerto Rico, Christina Cordova is a ceramics artist living in Penland, North Carolina. She received her MFA in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Cordova's work has been described as "a compelling strain of magical reaslism... laden with ideas of creation, crucifixion and the difficult nature of existence" by Atlanta's Creative Loafing.

Online Resources

• Artist's website
• Cordóva at Penland School of Crafts
• Article from Ceramics Art and Perception in Australia
• Blog entry from Spill Space showcasing the artist's work 
• Review of "Elastic Authenticity" exhibition on Creative Loafing Tampa
• Article on the artist's representation in Charlotte from Creative Loafing Charlotte 

Video from North Carolina Arts Council  

Exhibitions

• Cordóva will be exhibiting at the Ann Nathan Gallery for SOFA Chicago 2011, November 4-6.
• Cordóva is one of many artists who will be included in The Mint Museum's upcoming exhibition Fairytales, Fantasy, and Fear, opening March, 2012.
• Cordóva is one of the featured artists in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibition 40 Under 40: Craft Futures, opening July, 2012.
• Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte  
• MFA exhibition, Alfred University, NY
• Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina, Mint Museum of Craft + Design 

Print Resources from the Mint Museum Library

• From the Inside Out - Two Views on the Creation and Experience of Cristina Cordova's Clay Sculptures Ceramics: Art and Perception (64: 51-6) 
• Dark Horse: Artwork Mixes the Divine and the Grotesque Creative Loafing (5/12/04)
• Cristina Cordova: Magic Realism. Creative Loafing (5/30/07) 
• Possibilities:Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina. American Craft (Oct/Nov 2008) 
• Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008

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 Edited by Laura Brown, intern for The Mint Museum Library