CIFO Grants & Commissions Program

Miami, Florida – February 2016 - The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Grants & Commissions Program. As it is customary, the ten (10) recipients will be part of the annual exhibit opening on September 8, 2016.

For this 14th edition of the Grants & Commissions Program, the awarded artists represent five (5) different countries, divided in three different categories; Emerging Artist: Elena Damiani (Peru), Óscar Farfán (Mexico), Fidel García (Cuba), Felipe Meres (Brazil), Sandra Nakamura (Peru) and Fabián Peña (Cuba). In this edition, Colombia is well represented through the Mid-Career awarded artists; Jorge Julian Aristizábal, Carlos Castro and the duo Leidy Chávez and Fernando Pareja. The Achievement Award also goes to Colombian-based performance artist, María Evélia Marmolejo.

The CIFO Grants & Commissions Program offers emerging, mid-career and established contemporary Latin American artists, the opportunity to develop and present new work to the local and international audience of Miami. Each year, artists are nominated by CIFO’s Honorary Advisory Committee, which is comprised of leading art professionals, curators and artists from Latin America, the United States, and Europe. After a rigorous review process, the winners are chosen by the Selection Committee and ratified by CIFO’s Board of Directors. The program has been known to springboard its recipients to the next level of their careers.

Artists:

Jorge Julián Aristizabál (Colombia), Carlos Castro (Colombia), Leidy Chávez & Fernando Pareja (Colombia), Elena Damiani (Peru), Óscar Farfán (Representing Mexico), Fidel García (Cuba), María Evélia Marmolejo (Colombia), Felipe Meres (Brazil), Sandra Nakamura (Peru), Fabián Peña (Cuba).