www.lehila.net

lives and works in Bogotá-Colombia.

BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University, MFA from U.C.L.A.

Cárdenas installation, sculpture, mixed-media work delves into urban ruins and cities landscapes as indications of social transformation, loss and historical memory. From the decomposition of the physical and emotional fabric of the intervened spaces, discarded structures, archives and vestiges are used as material for her work from a sculptural strategy that draws on history, architecture and archeology.

Recent projects: In 2023 took place -de volver se- an anthological exhibition at the University Museum of Visual Arts UJTL-Bogotá. In 2022 she participated in the 16th Lyon Biennial “Manifesto of Fragility”. In 2019 received the CIFO Award, in 2018 was part of the Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador. In 2017 California Pacific Triennial (CA-USA). Her work has been shown at institutions like Museo del Barrio-NY, Q21Museums Quartier-Wien, LACMA, OCMA, MFAH, Q21Museums Quartier-Wien, Museo de Arte de Zapopán- México, CAM-Raleigh, Institute of Contemporary Art-SanJose (SJICA), Museo de Arte Moderno-Medellín, Maison de l ́Amérique Latine-Paris, Apexart-New York, Banco de la República Bogotá, among others. In addition she has had solo shows in Bogotá, San Jose, Los Angeles and Madrid.

Recent awards and commissions include: Pro-Helvetia Residency 2022, Cifo Award 2019, Oma Art Prize 2016, Artist in residency at Q21Museums Quartier Wien-Austria 2016, NEARCH-Art and Archeology “The Materiality of the Invisible” residency at the Jan Van Eyck Academie - Maastricht, 2015-17. Winner of the 2012 Biennial Award of Bogotá, LARA (LatinAmerican Roaming Art) a project of Asiaciti Trust 2012. Workshop with Mona Hatoum at Fundación Marcelo Botin-Spain 2010, and received the Grand Prize MOLAA Awards 2008- Museum of Latin American Art, CA. Cárdenas work can be found in public and private collections in Colombia, South America , Europe and throughout the States.

Full CV: http://www.lehila.net/index.php/cv/