Jorge Pardo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1963 and studied at the University of Illinois, Chicago and received his BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Pardo’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including Gió Marconi, Milan (2022); MOAD Miami (2021); Petzel Gallery, New York (2021); neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2021); Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne (2020); Hacienda la Rojeña, Tequila, MX (2019); Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo (2019); Petzel Gallery, New York (2019); José García, Mérida, MX (2018); neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2018);Victoria Miro, London (2018); Petzel Gallery, New York (2017); José García, Mérida, MX (2016); David Gill Gallery, London (2015) neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2014); Petzel Gallery, New York (2014); Gagosian Gallery, New York (2010); Gallery Gisela Capitain, Cologne (2012); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2010); K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2009); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2008); and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2007). New paintings by the artist were included in the 57th Biennale di Venezia (2017). His work is part of numerous public collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London. Jorge Pardo has been the recipient of many awards including the MacArthur Fellowship Award (2010); the Smithsonian American Art Museum Lucelia Artist Award (2001); the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1995). Pardo currently lives and works in Mérida, Mexico.