Barbarita Cardozo's work focuses on optical and geometric art, exploring how haute couture houses and ready-made brands adopt these avant-gardes to create fashion trends. Since 2009, her practice has been based on the appropriation of patterns found in magazines, books, and specialized websites, which she reinterprets in installations, paintings, and collages. Her work merges artistic techniques with materials and tools from fashion and graphic design, such as studs, leather, and cutting plotters, establishing a crossover between these fields.
Her research addresses subalternity, tackling themes of power, gender, and socio-economic and cultural inequality. Cardozo has developed collaborative projects in specific contexts such as local markets, art residencies, and museums, highlighting her interest in crafts and fashion design. Her works encompass various disciplines such as sculpture, installation, costume, graphics, painting, drawing, and photography, always following a transdisciplinary methodology that integrates elements such as the body, space, time, and scenography.
Cardozo holds a degree in Fashion Design from The Art Institute of Dallas (1995) and a Master's in Fine Arts from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (2002). She was awarded the Young Talents Scholarship by the Banco de la República, which enabled her to obtain a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (2008), where she received The Red Mansion Art Prize.