About — CADINE NAVARRO

Cadine Navarro’s multidisciplinary practice cross-pollinates the fields of art, science, design, and spirituality to create spaces of encounter and direct experience. The materiality of her work often finds its source in a Japanese esthetic and worldview - the country where Navarro was born and raised with French and American dual citizenship. She is interested in the stories derived from land-based cultural identity, which contain lessons embodied in ancestral knowledge and plants. The arc of her research-based practice explores models to catalyze a shift in consciousness and include community outreach and educational programs that aim to serve as an act of reciprocity and response to the damage we have to the earth.

She has an extensive international exhibition record, including at The French Embassy, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Venice Biennale, Contour Biennale, Art Brussels, and Deitch Studios New York. Publications include Publication Studio Vancouver and Rotterdam, Rowman&Littlefield, and Billebaude.

Most recently, she has undertaken independent research at M.I.T and Harvard Design School. She holds a BA in Art History from Sussex University, UK, a BFA from the Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, and an MFA from Goldsmiths University of London. She is a laureate of the HISK - a practice-based post-graduate research program in Belgium.

Born in Kobe, Japan
French-American, based in Paris, France
cadinenavarro@gmail.com

Education

2021-23 Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
2015-17 HISK Laureate, BE
2006-08 MFA Goldsmiths University, London, UK
2005-08 BFA Rietveld Akademie, NL
2000-01 GradCert New York Academy of Art, painting focus, USA
1995-00 BA Art History, French, Japanese, Sussex University, UK

Exhibitions and Events (Selection)

2024 “Eat Your Sound”, Gallery Emma Molina, Monterrey, MX2023 Eat Your Sound, The French Embassy in Monterrey, MX
2023 Seed Songs for the New Earth, The Box, Wexner Center of the Arts, Columbus, OH
2022-2023 “Breathe”, Director’s Dialogue for Learning and Public Programming, Wexner Center of the Arts, Columbus, OH
2022-2023 Grange Insurance Audubon Center, It Sounds Like Love, Columbus, OH
2022 “9 Seeds”, Harvard Divinity School, Ecological Spiritualities, Cambridge, MA
2021-2022 Frank Museum at Otterbein University, ‘It Sounds Like Love’, Columbus, OH
2020 ING Off-Program, Cadine Navarro “WHAT IS IT WORTH?”, ING Art Center, Brussels, BE
2019 ING LOVE/HATE DEBATE start a conversation with the ING Bank Brussels Collection, Brussels, BE
2019 Fréquences Sauvages, Musée de la Chasse et Nature, Paris (FR)
2019 Contour Biennale 9, curated by Natasa Petresin Bachelez, Mechelen, (BE)
2018 SeedBalls performance and workshop, Venice Architecture Biennale (IT)
2018 Two Fragments in collaboration with Bl!ndman, De Single Antwerp (BE)
2018 Natuurlijk, CWART, curated by Corrine Walder and Mildreda Deleersnijder, (BE)
2018 Mystic Properties, Art Brussels, curated by Elena Sorokina (BE)
2018 DeVisu, DRAC Foundation, Normandy (FR)
2017 The Gird and the Cloud: How to Connect, Vanderborght, curated by Elena Sorokina, Brussels (BE)
2017 Trust is Not a Mood, Barely an Emotion, ING Gent, curated by Elena Sorokina, Ghent (BE)
2017 De Visu, l’Abbatiale Saint Ouen, selected by DRAC, Normandy (FR)
2017 DeVisu, DRAC Foundation, Normandy (FR)
2017 Open studios HISK, BE
2017 Cure Park with Louwrien Wijers and Egon Hanfstingl, Learn Tomorrow’s Language: Art and Science meets Spirituality in a Changing Economy, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 Anthropologies, Galerie La Forest Divonne Project Space, Brussels (BE)
2016 La Traverser des Apparences, Le Portique, selected by DRAC, Normandy (FR)
2016 Paratex 10, Hangar, Barcelona (SP)
2016 Open studios HISK, BE2015 Dans le Silence ou dans le Bruit, Le SHED, curated by Julie Faitot, Notre Dame de Bonneville (FR)
2014-15 Metamorphosis Project (series), Gallery UBI, Rouen (FR)
2014-15 Le Petit Salut (series), in collaboration with Jason Karaindros and Guy Lemounier, ESDHAR Rouen (FR)
2014 Fragments of a Former Moon, Concourse Gallery, curated by Kimberly Phillips, Vancouver (CA)
2013 Cinémorphe, Galerie Le SeptCinq, Paris, curated by Romilly Walton Masters (FR)
2012 ‘Breathe’, Making Sense Colloquium, American Foundation, Paris (FR)
2011 Le Site Matrixiel, Treignac Project Space, curated by Sam Basu, Limoges (FR)
2010 Snow-Ball Effect, Mains d’Oeuvres, curated by Charlotte Moth, Peter Fillingham, Paris (FR)
2009 Playgrounds, Chowaiki Gallery, NYC (USA)
2009 VB64, Performance model Vanessa Beecroft, Deitch Studios, New York (USA)
2008 UNFAIR PROJECT, de Service Garage, Art Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Auction in a Suitcase, 1:1 Project Space, Rome, curated by IM press (IT)
2008 Rupture Series III, Making Waves, Plan B Space, Amsterdam (NL)
2008 Rupture Series II, The Witness, Plan B Space, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Rupture Series I, Long Street Workshops, London (UK)
2007 Fall-In-Theater, Ashwin Street Gallery, London (UK)
2006 Lucky You Met Me, ////////////PACT, Amsterdam (NL)

Artist Talks/ Workshops

2024 “It Sounds Like Love”, Plant Animacies Workshop, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2024 “Seed Songs”, an immersive event at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
2023 Seed Saver Exchange, livestream video of “It Sounds Like Love”
2023 EPRI Pollinator Party, livestream podcast of “Seed Songs”
2022 ‘It Sounds Like Love’, art and science outreach has included:
M.I.T, Harvard Divinity School, Harvey Mudd College, Denison University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, Ohio State University, Otterbein University, John Loghan Highschool, Hartford Middle school
2017-18 De Visu, DRAC (FR)
2016 Hangar Paratex 10 (SP)
2016-17 HISK (BE)
2014 ESDHAR Beaux Arts Rouen (FR)
2013 Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver (BC)
2010 Parsons School of Art and Design, (FR)

Publications

2023 Harvard Divinity Bulletin “Repose”
2021 Illustrations for: ‘Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character: Principles and Best Practices’, Rowman & Littlefield
2019 Sounds Like Rain, Billebaude, Editions Glénat
https://www.chassenature.org/en/rendez-vous/frequences-sauvages
2017 The World that Would, Publication Studio Rotterdam
2017 40 Things I’ve Learned, Publication Studio Rotterdam
2017 Drawing With the Third Eye, Publication Studio Rotterdam
2014 Fifty-Five Homes, Publication Studio Vancouver
2009 A Rupture Event, Ana Genovés catalogue raisonné, Aldgate Press, London
2009 Recession Proof, Unfair Project Catalogue, Art Amsterdam
2008 A Fine Red Line, IM Press, London
2008 Drawing a Line between the Artist and the Curator, Archival collection at Gallery Apollinaire, Milan, mentored by Daniel Buren, Fondazione Ratti, IT
2007 On Intuition and Beauty, Celeste Painting Prize, London

Reviews/ Articles

2022 ‘It Sounds Like Love,’ immersive installation at Frank Museum, concludes with public events
https://www.otterbein.edu/news/it-sounds-like-love-immersive-installation-at-frank-museum-concludes-with-public-events/
2022 2nd Place at Ohio State Fair
https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/07/30/fine-arts-exhibition-features-more-than-200-artists-ohio-state-fair/10157550002/
2022 It Sounds Like Love
https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2022/01/09/unique-interactive-exhibit-it-sounds-like-love-display-frank-museum/8975781002/
2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Swamp School at the Lithuanian Pavilion
https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/209395/commonism-at-the-swamp-school/
2018 Rencontre Nocturne avec Aubry Daerden, LPDO
2017 A Peripatetic Journey, Roel Arkesteijn in conversation with Cadine Navarro
2015 Chez Cadine, Une Piece de Plus, ESHDAR publications, Rouen
2011 Old Marks and Burn Marks: The 51 Homes of Cadine Navarro, Fohnhouse
2011 Converging and Parallel Lines, Dr Lorna Collins
2011 Experience, Clam Magazine, Fall Edition, Paris
2009 Tough Times Loosens Creativity, New York Times, May 2009

Residency Awards

2022-2023 Wexner Center of the Arts Artist Residency Award in Learning and Public Practice
2022 Land-Based Bioregional Artist-in-Residence for ‘It Sounds Like Love’,
support from Otterbein University, Denison University, Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio State University
2017 Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2016 Hangar residency, Barcelona, Spain
2014-15 Emily Carr School of Visual Art, Vancouver, Canada
2012 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, Canada
2011 ACSI, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Dena Foundation, Le Centre de Récollets, Paris, France
2009 SVA Summer Residency Fellowship, New York, USA
2007 CECAC (European Course for Contemporary Art Curators), Milan, with mentorship with artist Daniel Burren and curator Zdenka Badovinac, Italy

Grants

2022 Wexner Center of the Arts Artist Residency Award in Learning and Public Practice
2022 Land-based artist-in-residence, Otterbein University
2021 Deans Merit Scholarship Harvard University
2017 DRAC Haute Normandie, Production Grant
2015 DRAC Haute Normandie, Travel grant, Japan
2008 Royal Talens Painting Prize, Amsterdam
2006-08 UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship (AHRC)

Professional Experience

2024 Jury member USC Architecture, mid-term reviews
2023 Jury member Wentworth School of Architecture, mid-term reviews
2023 Creative Director, Stinner Climate Ambassadors summer training program
2022- Consultation and teaching: participatory and experiential workshops and retreats with unique, creative curricula
2010- NEOMA Business School Rouen/Paris, undergraduate and graduate faculty member (Communication, Arts Management)2010-14 CELSA-SORBONNE Paris, Department for Language, Media and Communication, graduate instructor
2009-10 Parsons School of Art and Design Paris, academic student advisor, summer residency program coordinator, lecturer
2008 Kate MacGarry Gallery, London, director assistant work placement
2004-08 Kvadrat Interior Design, Paris/ Amsterdam, administrative advisor
2002-03 Galerie Ludovic de Wavrin, Paris, director assistant, curatorial assistance
2000-01 Roger Smith Gallery, New York, director assistant, curatorial assistance
1998-99 CAPC Museum Bordeaux, curatorial intern for Anish Kapoor, Cindy Sherman

2019- Drawdown Facilitator
2010- Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Instructor