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“My work originates from a preoccupation for the integration of social elements in sculpture through means of communication. I am particularly interested in portraying society through the study of the built environment as a structure of meanings. In recent years I have been exploring how architecture’s role as a enforcer of the ‘social order’ turns it into the negation of its own ideal, giving birth to the expression of an anti-architecture not made for humans but against them. This is at the end a representation of the relation between society and the individual, through the relationship between society and the built environment. In order to do this, I refer to particular events or aspects of social life, whether political, public or private.

Cesar Cornejo’s work has been exhibited internationally and is included in private and public collections including El Museo del Barrio, NY, Museo Lia Bermudez, Venezuela, Tokyo National University Fine Arts Museum, Japan. He has received awards and Residencies among others from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, British Council, Henry Moore Institute, Ministry of Education of Japan. He is currently finalist at the First London International Creative Competition and is being featured at the Busan Biennial 2008, Korea. He is currently developing the project "Puno Museum of Contemporary Art", a community based museum that redefines the role of the museum as a community based institution.

In addition to his graduate degrees, Cesar Cornejo also received a BA in architecture from Ricardo Palma University in Lima Peru.