Cordova (b. 1969, Lima, Peru) received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996 and an MFA from Yale University in 2004. His work has been the focus of solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad at institutions including Davison College, Davison, NC; 80M2 Lima, Peru; and MDC Museum of Art + Design at Miami Dade College, Miami, FL. He has participated in numerous artist residencies including Artpace, San Antonio, TX; The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausaliton, CA; The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; and American Academy in Berlin, Germany, among others. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of America Art, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Yale Art Gallery, New Haven; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; to name a few. Cordova lives and works in Miami.