Teresita Fernandez

Biography

Teresita Fernández was born in 1968 in Miami, Florida and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions internationally and abroad at sites including the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Site Santa Fe, New Mexico, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy, the Witte de With in Rotterdam, and the Miami Art Museum. She was also featured in "Outer City, Inner Space: Teresita Fernandez, Stephen Hendee, and Ester Partegas" at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris in 2002.

Fernández is the youngest artist commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum for the recently opened Olympic Sculpture Park, where her work Seattle Cloud Cover allows visitors to walk through a covered skyway while viewing the city’s skyline through tiny holes in multicolored glass. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards both in the U.S. and abroad, including the 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1999 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, and she has had residencies in Japan, Italy, and at ArtPace in San Antonio. She was commissioned for special projects by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2000, and by the Public Art Fund in 2001.

Her work is included in numerous major private collections as well as the permanent collections of the St. Louis Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, the Miami Art Museum, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Sammlung Goetz, and Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.

Fernández had her first solo exhibition in 1995 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, and regularly exhibits work worldwide.
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Gallery Exhibitions

Teresita Fernandez, Teresita Fernández - March 29 - April 28, 2007
Teresita Fernandez - April 15 - May 14, 2005
Teresita Fernandez - October 24 - November 30, 2002
Off the Grid, Works on Paper - January 17 - February 16, 2002
The Crystal Stopper - March 22 - April 19, 1997

Museum Exhibitions

Teresita Fernandez, Teresita Fernández - March 29 - April 28, 2007
Teresita Fernandez - April 15 - May 14, 2005
Teresita Fernandez - October 24 - November 30, 2002
Off the Grid, Works on Paper - January 17 - February 16, 2002
The Crystal Stopper - March 22 - April 19, 1997

Public Projects

Teresita Fernandez, Teresita Fernández - March 29 - April 28, 2007
Teresita Fernandez - April 15 - May 14, 2005
Teresita Fernandez - October 24 - November 30, 2002
Off the Grid, Works on Paper - January 17 - February 16, 2002
The Crystal Stopper - March 22 - April 19, 1997

Publications

Selected Works

Fire, 2005 silk yarn, steel armature, epoxy 96 x 144 diameter inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm In collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia LM8520

Fire - detail, 2005 silk yarn, steel armature, epoxy 96 x 144 diameter inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm In collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia LM8520

Vertigo (Sotto in su) , 2007 polished precision-cut aluminum 41.375 x 144 x 129 inches 105.1 x 365.8 x 327.7 cm Edition 1 of 2 Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa LM10593

Vertigo (Sotto in su) detail, 2007 polished precision-cut aluminum 41.375 x 144 x 129 inches 105.1 x 365.8 x 327.7 cm Edition 1 of 2 Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa LM10593

Projection Screen (Black Onyx) , 2007 black onyx 76 x 103 inches 193 x 261.6 cm Edition 1 of 3 LM10659

TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ Projection Screen (Black Onyx) - detail , 2007 black onyx 76 x 103 inches 193 x 261.6 cm Edition 1 of 3 LM10659

Ink Mirror (Landscape), 2007 high-polished black fiberglass and marble dust 71 x 174 x 58 inches 180.3 x 442 x 147.3 cm unique LM10482

TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ Quiet Ice: White Washed, 2006 mixed media on paper 8 x 10 inches (paper) 20.3 x 25.4 cm 13.31 x 15.5 inches (framed) 33.8 x 39.4 cm LM9595

Blue Haze, 2004 ink on wood panel 64 x 80 inches 162.6 x 203.2 cm LM8339

Dune, 2002 painted aluminum, glass beads variable dimensions LM6262

Mirror Canopy , 2007 glass with silvering 106 x 154 inches 269.2 x 391.2 cm Edition 1 of 2 LM10658

Bamboo Cinema, 2001 Installation at Madison Square Park, NY April - September 2002 Commissioned by Public Art Fund, special project for Target Art in the Park, Madison Square Parkacrylic, steel 96 x 332 inches diameter 243.8 x 843.3 cm LM5127

Bamboo Cinema - detail, 2001 Installation at Madison Square Park, NY April - September 2002 Commissioned by Public Art Fund, special project for Target Art in the Park, Madison Square Parkacrylic, steel 96 x 332 inches diameter 243.8 x 843.3 cm LM5127

Waterfall, 2000 Installation at SITE Santa Fe, 2000 aluminum, plastic 144.09 x 144.09 x 335.83 inches 366 x 366 x 853 cm LM5178

Foam Fall, 2003 collage and ink 14 x 11 inches (paper) 35.6 x 27.9 cm 17.25 x 14.25 inches (framed) 43.8 x 36.2 cm LM6748

Sky (Plane), 2002 Installation View, Whitney Museum at Philip Morris July 18, 2002 - January 3, 2002 Polycarbonate tubes 36 x 27 feet LM5675

Sky (Plane) - detail, 2002 Installation View, Whitney Museum at Philip Morris July 18, 2002 - January 3, 2002 Polycarbonate tubes 36 x 27 feet LM5675

Longing (Double Portrait), 2007 black onyx and glass with silvering 62 x 135 inches 157.5 x 342.9 cm Edition 1 of 5 LM10657

Longing (Double Portrait) detail, 2007 black onyx and glass with silvering 62 x 135 inches 157.5 x 342.9 cm

Burnout, 2005 glass cubes 69 x 67.5 inches 175.3 x 171.5 cm Edition of 3 LM8525

Burnout, 2005 (detail) glass cubes 69 x 67.5 inches 175.3 x 171.5 cm Edition of 3 LM8525

Eruption (Small), 2005 aluminum, glass beads, wood, vinyl 4 x 96 x 48 inches 10.2 x 243.8 x 121.9 cm LM8693

Vermillion Landscape, 2006 plexiglass cubes with photographic image overlay 72 x 120 x 12 inches 182.9 x 304.8 x 30.5 cm Edition of 2 LM9976

Vermillion Landscape - detail, 2006 plexiglass cubes with photographic image overlay 72 x 120 x 12 inches 182.9 x 304.8 x 30.5 cm Edition of 2 LM9976

Seattle Cloud Cover, 2004-2006 laminated glass with photographic design interlay 114 x 2400 x 75 inches 289.6 x 6096 x 190.5 cm LM8457 Commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum for the Olympic Sculpture Park

TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ Borrowed Landscape, 1998 wood, fabric, oculus light, pencil, paint dimensions variable LM5002

TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ Apparition (Green), 2007 precision-cut stainless steel and enamel 47 x 65 x 4 inches 119.4 x 165.1 x 10.2 cm Edition of 5, AP 2/2 LM10772

TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ Apparition (Green) - detail, 2007 precision-cut stainless steel and enamel 47 x 65 x 4 inches 119.4 x 165.1 x 10.2 cm Edition of 5, AP 2/2 LM10772

TERESITA FERNANDEZ to be titled (Apparition), 2008 polished precision-cut stainless steel and enamel 136 x 56.5 x 4.25 inches 345.4 x 143.5 x 10.8 cm Edition 1 of 2 LM11106

TERESITA FERNANDEZ to be titled (Apparition) - detail, 2008 polished precision-cut stainless steel and enamel 136 x 56.5 x 4.25 inches 345.4 x 143.5 x 10.8 cm Edition 1 of 2 LM11106

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