2011
Where there is Water – Lake Macquarie city Art Gallery, exh. cat. p.10
Cardoso, Maria Fernanda and Harley, Ross Rudesch, Leaves and Sticks, p.195,204, ilinx 2, 2011 Mimesen isbn 978-3-86572-591-2 issn 1868-5110 Berlin.
Crawford, Ashley. Maria Fernanda Cardoso. Australian Art Collector Magazine, Issue 56, April-June 2011 p. 144-151, Sydney
La Experiencia Intelectual de las Mujeres en el Siglo XXI, Lideres Mexicanos, Tomo CLXXXIX, Abril, 2011, Special edition, p.69-73 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
2010
Slade, Lisa. Curious Colony: a twenty first century Wunderkammer (exh cat). Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, 2010 p. 13,14, 48-60. ISBN 9781920876081 (pbk)
MacFadden, David, Dead or Alive: Nature becomes Art (exh cat). Museum of Art and Design, New York, 2010
Moran, Macu, Indomitable Women, Centre Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison, Barcelona 2010
MacDonnald, John. Treasures from a Curious Chest, Sydney Morning Herald, p. 14,15. August 7,8th 2010.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso al Natural, Revista Cromos, Junio 2010
2009
Britz, Sonja. In conversation with Maria Fernanda Cardoso, p. 22-28 Antennae, Issue 11, Autum 2009
Genosko, Gary, Our Lady of Mimicry, p 18-21 Antennae, Issue 11, Autum 2009
Best, Susan. Emu Wear, Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney (exh. Cat)
Rigney, Virginia. Kuru Alala: eyes open. Tjampi desert weavers, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Alison Clouston. (exh cat). Gold Coast City Art Gallery, ISBN 978 0 9775023 5 X
2008
Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000 El Museo del Barrio, New York (exh. Cat) p.53,221-222 / 229
Smith, Roberta. When the conceptual was political. The New York Times p. 33,36.
Nelson, Robert. Plumes with a view offer barbs and beauty, The AGE Melbourne, June 11th 2008
Vickery, Colin. Emu’s feather in cap. Herald Sun, Melbourne, June 27th 2006 p. 14
Connoly, Georgia. Australian (exh cat). Emu Wear, Maria Fernanda Cardoso with Ross Rudesch Harley, Casula Powerhouse Museum, Sydney p.40-43
Genosko, Gary. Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Fashion and Mimesis, (exh cat) Rodman Hall Art Centre / Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.
Alvardo, Rocio, El Arte No es Vida, Art Nexus Vol. 70, Issue 7, 2008 p. 118-121
Quiles, Daniel. Bearing Witness: A recent show at El Museo del Barrio explored four decades of performance art in the Americas. Art in America, June-July 2008, p. 111,114
2007
Smith, Noel. Homing Devices: operating procedure and Safety Insturctions, (exh cat). p.9, 26, 27.
Kartofel, Graciela, Maria Fernanda Cardoso-Chelsea Art Museum, Artnexus No. 64 Volume 6, pp 136
“Glimpse: Inside Gold Coast City Art Gallery’s collection.” Gold Coast City Art Gallery, p 17.
Adams, Beverly. “Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art.” Houston: the Museum of Fine Arts, pp 23, 26, 147, 154, 220, 256-257, 262.
“Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Y los ‘machos’ de Australia.” Caras. Mayo 19-Junio 8 de 2007, pp 84-87.
Hanor, Stephanie, “TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art.” (exh. cat.) California: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, pp 44-45.
Puntos de Vista, Zeitgenossische Kunst aus der Daros-Latinamerica Collection, by Hans Gunter Golinski, exh. Cat. p. 68,69, 125,126.
Fuenmayor, Jesús, Arte Da America do Sul, Sao Paulo, p. 120,121
Billick, T. Maria Fernanda Cardoso, The Lammasu a critical Art Blog USF, December 1st 2007
http://usfcritique.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/maria-fernanda-cardoso/
Fernandez Uribe, Carlos Arturo, Arte en Colombia 1981-2006, 2007p.73,74
2006
Jaspers, Anneke Emu next 5km (exh. cat.).Sydney: GRANTPIRRIE.
Connolly, Georgia, Death Becomes Her (exh. cat.).New York: Chelsea Art Museum.
Clement, Tracey. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso: the Art of Camoflage.” Art Gallery Guide Australia, September/October, pp 6-7.
Storer, Russell, MCA Collection: New Acquisitions 2006.Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, p 6.
Olivares, Rosa (ed.) “100 Latin American Artists.” Madrid: Exit Publishing, pp 102-105
Ortiz Serrano, Gustavo A., La Contemporaneidad en Colombia: 1966-2006, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly Art Remains: Maria Fernanda Cardoso moves beyond fleas Houston Press May 18, 2006 http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-05-18/culture/art-remains
Ryan, Meryl, Earthcry (exh cat) Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
2005
Jaramillo, Carmen Maria. “Other Glances.” Colombia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pp 66-73.
Bernal, Maria Clara. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Art Nexus 3, no 55, (January-March 2005) pp. 140-141.
2004
María Fernanda Cardoso: 20 años (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango.
Material Witness (exh. cat.). Text by Margo A. Crutchfield. Cleveland, Ohio: Museum of Contemporary Art, pp. 20–25.
Cantos Cuentos Colombianos; Contemporary Colombian Art (exh, cat.) Interview with Hans-Michael Herzog. Daros Latinamerica, Zurich pp255-275.
Adam Geczy, ‘Art: Histories, Theories and Exceptions‘, Oxford, Berg
Publishers, 2008.
Lewis, Clare. Maria Fernanda Cardoso GRANTPIRRIE (exh. Cat)
2003
Zoomorphia: Maria Fernanda Cardoso (ex. cat.).Text by Carolina Ponce de León, interview by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor. Sidney: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Archipiélago de imágenes (ex. cat.). Text by Irma Arestizábal (et. al.). Roma: Instituto Italo Latino–Americano IILA, pp. 33–37.
Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer. 50th International Art Exhibition.Venezia: Biennale di Venezia, pp. 610–612.
90: Desplazamientos: Arte colombiano en los 90 (exh. cat.). Text by María Elvira Ardila. Bogotá: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, pp. 75–76, 121.
4a Bienal do Mercosul: Genetic Archaeology.Texts by Nelson Aguilar, Alfons Hug et al. Porto Alegre: Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, pp. 94–95, 364.
Roca, José, “María Fernanda Cardoso: Biogeometrías.”Columna de Arena 56. http://www.universes-in-universe.de/columna/col56/index.htm Also Latincollector (exh cat.)
Roca, José, “Necrological Flora: Images for a Political Geography of Plants.” ReVista. Harvard Review of Latin America vol. II, no. 3, pp. 31–34. Also in Columna de Arena, no. 50, May 2003. http://universes-in-universe.de/columna/col50/e-flora-necrologica.htm
Gall, Naomi. Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Zoomorphia, Art write, COFA, UNSW, 2003
Goodall, Jane, Zoomorphia: Deadly Clamour, RealTime issue #55 June-July 2003 pg. 10
http://www.realtimearts.net/article.php?id=7087
Cabrera, Maria Jimena. Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Nov/Dec 2003
Hill, Peter, It it’s not baroque, Sydney Morning Herald May 3 2003 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/02/1051382088166.html
2002
Animalandia (exh. cat.). Text by Jaime Cerón. Bogotá: Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo, pp. 99, 107, 115–116.
New Material as New Media: The Fabric Workshop and Museum (exh. cat.). Ed. Kelly Mitchell. Texts by Mark Rosenthal et al., Interview with Marion Boulton Stroud, Cambridge, Mass, and London: First MIT Press, pp. 66–71.
Cardoso, María Fernanda. Interview with Adrianna Herrera. María Fernanda Cardoso. La trasgresión del hábito. Latin Art (June 1)
<http://www.latinart.com/spanish/transcript.cfm?id=40> 29.06.2004 (spanish)
<http://www.latinart.com/transcript.cfm?id=40> 29.06.2004 (english)
Gómez, Fernando. “La domadora.” Revista Gatopardo (March), pp. 102–111.
Rodríguez, Marta. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso. Galería Diners.” Art Nexus 44, pp. 100–101.
Art Nexus #41 [Perverting Minimalism: It's Not Just What You See] August-October
Sullivan, Edward. The Bordeless Baroque. Art in America, July 2002, p.40
Turner, Elisa. ‘Mad Scientist’ sees artistic side of nature. The Miami Herald p. 1,8M
Ruán, Patricia. Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Nada es lo que parece. Revista AXXIS No. 110, Bogota. p. 60,61
El Regreso de Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Revista Diners, Enero 2002 Bogota p. 45-47
Cooper, Amy. “Animals Talk Turkey.” Sunday Life (June 2, 2002), p.12.
Gennochio, Benjamin. “To dream, ah there’s the rug” The Weekend Australian (March 2002), p.R21.
2001
El final del eclipse: El arte de América Latina en la transición al siglo XXI (ex. cat.). Texts by José Jiménez et al. Madrid: Fundación Telefónica, pp. 132–137, 304–305.
Políticas de la diferencia: Arte iberoamericano fin de siglo. Texts by José Roca et al. Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana.
Retorn al país de les meravelles: L’art contemporani i la infancia (exh. cat.). Text by Lelong Lea Rosson et al. Barcelona: Fundación la Caixa, pp. 23–24, 62–63.
Villamarin, Paola. “Por quién dan más?” El Tiempo (July 8, 2001), p.5.
2000
Armstrong, Elizabeth, Ultra Baroque: Aspects of Post Latin American Art (exh. cat.). San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla pp. 27–32.
Versiones del Sur: No es sólo lo que ves: pervirtiendo el minimalismo (exh. cat.). Texts by Gerardo Mosquera and Lynn Zelevansky. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, pp. 42–49.
Weintraub, David. “Natural Selections.” Art News (May), p. 176.
Roca, José, Cardoso en el MoMA, Columna de Arena, no. 19, January 18, 2000, http://universes-in-universe.de/columna/col19/col19.htm
Zambrano, Andres. Cardoso: Bogota-Sydney-New York, El Tiempo, 8 Febrero, p. 1B, 8B
Herbert, Lynn. “The smallest show on earth” Cardoso Flea Circus Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (2000).
Humphrey, Sonia. “Fleas walk the reality tightrope” The Australian (Jan. 17 2000).
Cavendish, Dominic. “Man-handlers.” The Daily Telegraph (Aug. 16, 2000).
Gibbons, Flachra. “Customs forces flea show back to scratch.”, The Guardian (Aug. 8, 2000).
Gotting, Peter. “Over a fleapit, the littlest Big Top Ever.” Sydney Morning Herald (Nov. 1, 2000).
Harison, Eddie. “Theatre Review, Cardoso Flea Circus.” Metro, (Aug. 16, 2000).
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Flea Smithen, Houston Press, 2000 http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-12-21/culture/flea-smitten/
Walsh, John. Itching for the great Edinburgh flea extravaganza 9 August 2000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh/itching-for-the-great-edinburgh-flea-extravaganza-697081.html
1999
Arte y violencia en Colombia desde 1948 (exh. cat.) Texts by Gloria Zea, Álvaro Medina et al. Bogotá: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, pp. 109, 290.
Modern Starts: People, Places, Things (exh. cat.). Ed. John Elderfield, texts by María del Carmen González et al. New York: Museum of Modern Art, pp. 166–69.
Hallet Bryce. “Professor had itch, scratched it, and rediscovered the lost art form.” Sydney Morning Herald. (Nov. 5, 1999).
Green, Penelope. “Born Flea.” Who Magazine (Dec. 20, 1999), pp. 50-51.
LePetit, Paul. “ Itching to see teeny talents.” Sunday Telegraph (Nov. 14, 1999).
Lewisham, Bill Carty. “Fleas on trapeze.” Sydney Morning Herald (Nov. 13, 1999).
1998
Generación intermedia (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, pp. 14–15, 63, 76.
Guagnini, Nicolás. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso: New Museum.” Art Nexus 29, pp. 135–136.
LaBelle, Charles. “flea ring.” World Art 18, pp. 44–47.http://charles-labelle-selected-criticism.blogspot.com/2008/06/maria-fernandez-cardoso-world-art-1998.html
Henricks, Nelson American Psycho(drama): Sigmund Freud vs. Henry Ford, Video Data Bank, Chicago. Video Recording. http://www.vdb.org/packages/americanps/americanps.html
Maria Fernanda Cardoso at The New Museum, New York Art Nexus Vol.29, August-October
Scott, Michael. “Changing Spaces weave a new way to look at fabric in the material world.” The Vancouver Sun (May 2, 1998), p. B8.
Boisseau, Rosita. “Le cirque de puces Cardoso.” Telerama (July 1998), p.19.
Aguilar, José Hernan. “Revitalizando el futuro.” El Espectator (Aug. 11, 1998).
Est Éclair “Maria Fernanda et son Cirque des Puces, savantes bien sur.” (August 3, 1998).
Guagnini, Nicolas. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Art Nexus/Arte En Colombia, No. 75 (July-Sept. 1998), p.128.
Boisseau, Rosita. “Le cirque de puces Cardoso.” Telerama (July 1998), p.19.
Aguilar, José Hernan. “Revitalizando el futuro.” El Espectator (Aug. 11, 1998).
LaBelle, Charles. “Flea Ring.” World Art, no.18 (1998), pp.44-47.
Gustafson Paula. “Workshop Enables Artists to Connect With Fabric” The Georgia Straight (June 1998), p.58.
Libération Champagne “Maria Fernanda et son Cirque des Puces.” (July 30, 1998).
Milroy, Sarah. “Stretching the fabric of art.” The Globe and Mail (May 23, 1998).
Le Monde, “Allez, Saute La Puce, Saute!” (July 8, 1998).
Morgan, Joyce. “It’s Flea Time” The Sydney Morning Herald (Dec. 24 1999).
The New York Times Magazine “It’s a Dog’s Life: The Flea Circus.” (March 15, 1998), p.23. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/magazine/sunday-march-15-1998-you-are-there-it-s-a-dog-s-life-the-flea-circus.html
Nicklin, Lenore. “The Itchy and Scratchy Show.” The Bulletin (May 19, 1998) pp.30-31.
Phillips, Michele. “Flea ring”, The West magazine (Oct. 31, 1998) cover story, pp.8-9.
HQ Magazine, “The Circus Bug.” (Mar. – Apr. 1998), pp. 20-21.
1997
Cardoso Flea Circus. Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum. (Booklet accompanying the Video “Cardoso Flea Circus”, directed by Ross Rudesch Harley and María Fernanda Cardoso)
Así está la cosa: Instalación y arte objeto en América Latina (exh. cat.). Ed. Kurt Hollander, texts by Carolina Ponce de León et al. México, D. F.: Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, pp. 36, 88.
Arte para Bogotá. Text by María Teresa Guerrero, Álvaro Medina et al. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad Nacional, p. 165.
Ponce de León, Carolina. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Poliester (Spring 1997), pp. 26–29.
Harley, Ross Rudesch and Cardoso, Maria Fernanda Cardoso Flea Circus, Video Data Bank, Chicago, 8 min Video Recording http://www.vdb.org/order/order.html
Art Nexus #24 [Out of Limits at Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota] April-June 1997
Trans> arts.cultures.media # 3/4 Passim, Inc.
Grand Street #61 – All-American [Navigation] Grand Street
Becerra R., Mauricio. “Tan picadas.” El Tiempo (May 18, 1997), p.10C.
Harley, Ross Rudesch, “Cardoso Flea Circus Video with real live performing fleas!” Cantrill’s Filmnotes, nos. 87/88 (Dec. 1997), pp.4-7. http://www.stereopresence.net/media/words/cardoso-flea-circus
Jurgen, Heidi & Hans. “Life under the Little Big Top.” Life Magazine (Feb. 1997).
Revista Semana, “Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Circo de pulgas.” (Sept. 1, 1997), p.114.
Turner, Elisa. “Dressed up, fabric finds a place in art.” The Miami Herald (June 1997).
Cantor, Judy. “Men and Women of the Cloth” New Times (June 1997), p.61.
“Retorn al pais de les meravelles: L’art contemporani a le infancia” Fundacio la Caixa, Barcelona, 23 April-8 July Exhibition catalogue p.23, 62, 63
1996
Cultura vita Natura mors (exh. cat.). Text by Iris Lenz. Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, pp. 8–15, 57–59, 68.
Fuera de límite: Liliana González, María Fernanda Cardoso, Juan Fernando Herrán, Miguel Huertas (exh. cat.). Text by José Ignacio Roca. Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, pp. 11–13, 36.
V Bienal de Bogotá (exh. cat.). Text by Gloria Zea et al. Bogotá: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, pp. 20–21, 65–66.
Sokoloff, Ana. “María Fernanda Cardoso: In Search of Nature.” Art Nexus 20, pp. 68–71.
Puerto, Cecilia. Latin American women artists, Kahlo and look who else: a selective, annotated bibliography, p. 53,199,200, 207,213,223, and more.
Beyond the Fantastic: Contemporary art criticism from Latin America, MIT Press
Snell, Marilyn Berlin, “Little Big Top.” Utne Reader (May-June 1996), pp 67-71.
Pini, Ivonne. Cover story and editorial “The Queen of Fleas”, Art Nexus (April/May 1996).1996 Connif,Richard. “Wie Flohe Auf Den Homo Kamen.” Geo Magazine, no. 11 (1996), pp.146-158.
Borruso, Sarah. “Circus Minimus.” Hot Wired Magazine-on line, www.hotwired.com/pop/archive
Crawford, Leslie. “itchy & scratchy FLEA FOR ALL.” Diablo Magazine (Jan. 1996), pp. 11-12.
DeCarlo, Tessa. “Parasites on Parade.” The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 24, 1996), p.A11.
Williams, Mary Elizabeth. “Lord of the Fleas” Online Review.
1995
Gutiérrez, Natalia. “Other Directions—Otras direcciones.” Poliester 12, pp. 16–25.
Garchik, Leah. “Tiny Dancers.” San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 7, 1995), p.E3.1995 http://imgs.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/10/07/DD31860.DTL&hw=tini&sn=374&sc=250
Enright, Robert. “Making a World from Scratch, An Interview with Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Border Crossings (1995), pp.38-47.
Enright, Robert. “An Urge To Flea.” Harper’s B azaar (June 1995) Pp.27-28.
Irvine, Martha. “They’re itching to see a flea circus.” Associated Press (Dec. 24, 1995), pC-2.
Cole, K.C. “Mind Over Matter.” Los Angeles Times.
Revista Semana, “Qué circo!”(Dec. 19, 1995), p.134.
“Lord of the Fleas” Online Review. http://www.salon.com/09/features/fleas2.html
Krauss, Scott, Thode. “Sunday” The New York Times Magazine (Oct. 22, 1995), p.18.
1994
Maria Fernanda Cardoso (exh. cat.). Text by Ron Platt. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. List Visual Arts Centre.
Punto de Apoyo:New Narrative in Contemporary Colombian Art (exh. broch.). Text by Ana Sokoloff. New York: Colombian Center.
Ponce de León, Carolina. “María Fernanda Cardoso: Recuerdos del mar.” Poliester 10, pp. 28–31.
Havana Bienal #5 – Quinta Bienal de la Habana: Art/Sociedad/Reflexion Centro Wifredo Lam
Rooney, David F. “Artist demonstrates the fleas can please.” Bow Valley THIS WEEK, Vol. 7, No.12 (March 29, 1994) front page.
1993
Cartographies (exh. cat.). Texts by Ivo Mesquita et al. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, pp. 104–109.
Space of Time: Contemporary Art From the Americas.Text by Sandra Antelo–Suarez. New York: Americas Society.
Sokoloff, Ana. “María Fernanda Cardoso. Nohra Haime Gallery.” Art Nexus 9, pp. 198.
Amor, Monica “ Maria Fernanda Cardoso” Art Nexus 9 ( June-August 1993): 138 -139 (English trans., p. 198).
1992
Ante América (exh. cat.). Texts by Gerardo Mosquera, José Hernan Aguilar et al.
Bogotá: Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, pp. 44–47, 185, 200.
Arte Amazonas: Ein künstlerischer Beitrag zur Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen über Umwelt und Entwicklung „Rio–92“ (exh. cat.). Texts by Gunter Metken, Reynaldo Roels Jr. et al. Brasilia: Goethe Institut, pp. 27, 40, 141–143.
Colombia, Contemporary Images (exh. cat.). New York: Queens Museum of Art, p. 18.
Porges, Maria. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso at San Francisco Artspace.” Artforum International (Dec.), pp. 98–99.
New Observations # 88 1492 – New World Women – 1992 New Observations Ltd., New York 1992
1991
Guerrero, Maria Teresa. “Maria Fernanda Cardoso.” Art Nexus 2, pp. 117–118.
Havana Bienal # 4 – Bienal de la Habana – El Desafio a la Colonization Centro Wifredo Lam
1990
Arte colombiano de los 80’s: Obras tridimensionales (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Centro Colombo Americano.
Nuevos nombres: Seguimiento: German Nadín Ospina, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Luis Luna, Carlos Salazar, Doris Salcedo, José Antonio Suarez (exh. cat.). Bogotá: Banco de la República, Departamento Editorial.
1988
Primera Bienal de Arte de Bogotá (exh. cat.). Text by Eduardo Serrano. Bogotá: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, pp. 18–19.