Jorge Pardo

Cuban-American

Born 1963

Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Pardo is a Cuban-born artist known for blurring the boundaries between art, design, and architecture. Based in Los Angeles, Pardo transforms everyday objects into dynamic artworks using industrial materials such as wood, steel, and glass. Pardo’s practice explores how familiar forms — lamps, furniture, and interiors — can serve as both functional objects and conceptual statements. Exhibited internationally, Pardo’s work is celebrated for its vibrant use of color, meticulous craftsmanship, and ability to merge form with function, redefining the role of art in everyday life.

Jorge Pardo

Cuban-American

Born 1963

Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Pardo is a Cuban-born artist known for blurring the boundaries between art, design, and architecture. Based in Los Angeles, Pardo transforms everyday objects into dynamic artworks using industrial materials such as wood, steel, and glass. Pardo’s practice explores how familiar forms — lamps, furniture, and interiors — can serve as both functional objects and conceptual statements. Exhibited internationally, Pardo’s work is celebrated for its vibrant use of color, meticulous craftsmanship, and ability to merge form with function, redefining the role of art in everyday life.

Untitled

2019

Painted PETG plastic, stainless steel, light fixture, light

68.5 × 49 × 49 cm; 27 × 19 1/4 × 19 1/4 in

This lamp is quite typical of Pardo’s interest in the intersection between contemporary painting, design, sculpture, and architecture: how they are different and how they overlap. Here, Pardo is inspired by the colors of the Caribbean and represents the forms of jellyfish.

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© 2025 Kanbas. Any images or other visual representations of artworks are © their respective Artist or Estate, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

© 2025 Kanbas. Any images or other visual representations of artworks are © their respective Artist or Estate, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.