Bio
Colombian, born 1963, lives in Sydney, Australia
After completing an undergraduate degree in visual arts and architecture in Bogotá, Colombia, Maria Fernanda Cardoso came to the United States to pursue graduate training in sculpture, first at the Pratt Institute in New York (1987–1988) and then at Yale University (MFA, 1990). She is most well known for her performances and installations of the Cardoso Flea Circus, a project she fully developed in collaboration with the FW+M. In addition to her 1996 performance at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Cardoso has presented the Cardoso Flea Circus at the Sydney Opera House (2000), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1998), and the San Francisco Exploratorium (1995–1996).