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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.

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La obra de Barbarita Cardozo se centra en el arte óptico y geométrico, explorando cómo las casas de alta costura y las marcas prêt-à-porter adoptan estas vanguardias para crear tendencias de moda. Desde 2009, su práctica se basa en la apropiación de patrones encontrados en revistas, libros y sitios web especializados, los cuales reinterpreta en instalaciones, pinturas y collages. Su trabajo fusiona técnicas artísticas con materiales y herramientas del diseño de moda y gráfico, como taches, cuero y plotters de corte, estableciendo un cruce entre estos campos.

Su investigación aborda la subalternidad, tratando temas de poder, género e inequidad socioeconómica y cultural. Cardozo ha desarrollado proyectos colaborativos en contextos específicos como mercados locales, residencias artísticas y museos, lo que refleja su interés por la artesanía y el diseño de moda. Sus obras abarcan diversas disciplinas como escultura, instalación, vestuario, gráfica, pintura, dibujo y fotografía, siempre siguiendo una metodología transdisciplinaria que integra elementos como el cuerpo, el espacio, el tiempo y la escenografía.

Cardozo es diseñadora de modas graduada del Art Institute of Dallas (1995) y Magíster en Artes Plásticas de la Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (2002). Fue becaria del programa Jóvenes Talentos del Banco de la República, lo que le permitió obtener un Master of Fine Arts (MFA) en Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design en Londres (2008), donde recibió el premio The Red Mansion Art Prize.

 

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