2015 USA Fellowship
2015 USA Fellowship
“Drawing from the ceramic heritage of the Caribbean, I follow in the footsteps of brilliant makers who have used clay to give voice to regional stories and aesthetic inquiries.”
![Cristina, a Latina woman with hair pulled back in a bun, stands at a table. She lean forward slightly and is holding a ceramic head.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/d67534a5-b8ed-4c1c-869a-88e763a74d34/cordova-cristina.jpg?crop=2000%2C2002%2C0%2C684&width=1000)
Cristina Córdova
Ceramic Sculptor
![<em>Colonia Ceramic</em> by Cristina Córdova.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/fd37cb11-702c-4552-bb76-5cdddd9a7a5c/cordova-colonia.jpg?crop=1000%2C1591%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Colonia Ceramic by Cristina Córdova, 2015. Ceramic, metal, 61 × 12 × 8 inches.
Photo by Steve Man.
![Film still: “O’er the Land”, 2009](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/844f15af-ab07-4d9f-a962-f03f55e4d9f6/otl-filmstill1-1.jpg?crop=1000%2C760%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Film still: “O’er the Land”, 2009
![Word Play, 2013.
Photo by Chat Travieso](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/e8511b1a-7b7c-469a-ad68-f69ca152fd10/01-word-play.jpg?crop=1000%2C750%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Word Play, 2013. Photo by Chat Travieso
![Vertical Expander (VE), 2012. Courtesy of Sophie Krier](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/687d6172-bd3f-42f0-baad-93ef4cf73ad5/jm-02-ve-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C1040%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Vertical Expander (VE), 2012. Courtesy of Sophie Krier
![La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra, Colorado.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/69b396e0-02ae-4a24-a2f1-ebb3bca44759/artwork003-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C999%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
La Memoria De Nuestra Tierra, Colorado.
![Bride of the Corn
© 1998](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/042ab555-92f1-4ca6-92dd-35ada0091398/wadina01.jpg?crop=1554%2C1009%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Bride of the Corn © 1998
![Performing Beware of the Dandelions with Complex Movements, Seattle
© Inye Wokoma for Ijo Arts Media Group](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/18d85d3d-db57-47a7-8e2d-dcd2d1865053/da1a8905-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Performing Beware of the Dandelions with Complex Movements, Seattle © Inye Wokoma for Ijo Arts Media Group
![“Grandfather Diego”, Ceramic Vessel. Photo Courtesy of Robert Nichols Gallery, Santa Fe, NM](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/e8c9a7bd-3ecd-4da0-b591-5be79e239186/diego-romero-grandfather-diego.jpg?crop=1000%2C998%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
“Grandfather Diego”, Ceramic Vessel. Photo Courtesy of Robert Nichols Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
![Photo by Josh Dannin.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/a68e669a-7d00-4537-898c-dbbebfbf699a/kennedy-06.jpg?crop=1000%2C602%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Photo by Josh Dannin.
![Greenwich House Platters,
Collaboration with Andy Brayman, porcelain, 2009](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/ec13295c-bbfe-4c74-b3d2-234a4693db36/ayumi-horie-greenwich-house-platters.jpg?crop=1000%2C750%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Greenwich House Platters, Collaboration with Andy Brayman, porcelain, 2009
![Time Zones (Red Owl), 2012. 66.75 x 159.5 (overall), collage on found paper, detail, collection of Walker Art Center, photo courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/ba524b88-a9ae-4e69-a772-7403839329cb/time-zones-detail-1.jpg?crop=1000%2C676%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Time Zones (Red Owl), 2012. 66.75 x 159.5 (overall), collage on found paper, detail, collection of Walker Art Center, photo courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery.
![Photo by Hayden Baptiste.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/f24a42a6-d826-4221-a00b-4a17ca5590e4/jasiri-ascension-front.jpg?crop=1000%2C1000%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Photo by Hayden Baptiste.
![To Cross (Walking New York), 2014 Performance and sculpture The Drawing Center, NY
Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/a0d42045-d0ae-45e1-bfcf-0ab25507bd6b/01-anne-wilson-tocross-2064cc-1.jpg?crop=1000%2C550%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
To Cross (Walking New York), 2014 Performance and sculpture The Drawing Center, NY Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery
![Photo by Robin Poritzky-Walker.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/3dcc580b-3aa3-4071-9ec6-5347a6a7f176/performing1a-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C2000%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Photo by Robin Poritzky-Walker.
![P’oe iwe naví ûnp’oe dînmuu (My Blood is in the Water) – 2010.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/d321a47c-c08a-41f4-9d52-10c03ced94c4/twist20-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C788%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
P’oe iwe naví ûnp’oe dînmuu (My Blood is in the Water) – 2010.
![Marie: Femme noire nue couchée, 2014
Courtesy of Mickalene Thomas, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris and Brussels, and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image is Copyright © Mickalene Thomas.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/9fd28058-0a7f-4c2a-96ef-5541cd41bfab/2014-marie-femme-noir-nue-couchee-2.jpg?crop=1000%2C750%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Marie: Femme noire nue couchée, 2014 Courtesy of Mickalene Thomas, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris and Brussels, and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image is Copyright © Mickalene Thomas.
![Photo by Ingrid Werthmann.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/59dfaaab-e4fd-43f9-acb2-32b01fbe8e24/toni-uri-werth-08-1.jpg?crop=750%2C1125%2C0%2C0&width=750)
Photo by Ingrid Werthmann.
!["Winter/Spring Collection"
Production Still by A.L. Steiner, 2013](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/fc210997-1916-409a-9934-adb940fbae2c/narc-usa-3-1.jpg?crop=500%2C667%2C0%2C0&width=500)
"Winter/Spring Collection" Production Still by A.L. Steiner, 2013
![Large Vase](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/fc8d325a-defa-4775-b392-62d8facd6804/unknown-2-2.jpg?crop=750%2C1124%2C0%2C0&width=750)
Large Vase
![The Birmingham Project](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/338f0667-b8a7-4b62-b365-84c39d67dbd3/1-mary-parker-and-caela-cowan-2012-1.jpg?crop=1500%2C980%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
The Birmingham Project
![Hearts of Our Women](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/4f4dd45c-9789-4aae-83c5-8c07ad18f969/5bda123b1e546-shan-goshorn.jpg?crop=1000%2C858%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Hearts of Our Women
![Photo by ioulex.](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/b4084361-67bd-4d41-943c-bf5059334cba/maya-beiser-bw-performance-shot-by-ioulex.jpg?crop=1000%2C665%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Photo by ioulex.
![Director Pete Nicks on location, Untitled Oakland Police Project (In Production)](https://usa-p-36588810407f.b-cdn.net/8a02d6fe-965f-4245-ae26-6400064033ba/5bda1245107c9-peter-nicks.jpg?crop=1000%2C667%2C0%2C0&width=1000)
Director Pete Nicks on location, Untitled Oakland Police Project (In Production)