About the Artist
\nIn 2013\, Cortada created five striking\, large-scale banners to honor the remarkable scientific achievements of CERN researchers who utilized five distinct search strategies to discover the Higgs boson\, helping to prove the Standard Model of Physics. Drawing parallels between CERN's Large Hadr on Collider and a modern-day cathedral that shapes our understanding of th e universe and our worldviews\, the banners are permanently displayed at t he precise location where the particle was discovered. Don't miss this edu cational display\, sponsored by the Xavier Cortada Foundation.
\nXav ier Cortada\, Miami&rsquo\;s pioneer eco-artist\, uses art&rsquo\;s elasti city to work across disciplines to engage communities in problem solving. Particularly environmentally focused\, his work intends to generate awaren ess and action around climate change\, sea level rise\, and biodiversity l oss. Over the past three decades\, the Cuban-American artist has created a rt at the North and South poles and across 6 continents\, including more t han 150 public artworks\, installations\, collaborative murals and sociall y engaged projects. Cortada\, who serves as the inaugural Artist-in-Reside nce for Miami-Dade County and University of Miami Professor of Practice\, has been commissioned to create art for CERN\, the White House\, the World Bank\, the Frost Art Museum\, and Miami City Hall\, among many other art\ , science\, and government venues. Cortada received the Environmental Law Institute&rsquo\;s 2021 National Wetlands Award\, was included in the 2022 GRIST 50\, and delivered a TED Talk on the intersection of art and climat e. Learn more at www.cortada.com
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