Eleanor Cardozo

{{Short description|British sculptor (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Eleanor Cardozo | image = Eleanor Cardozo.jpeg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date = 1965 | birth_place = London, United Kingdom | baptised =  | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Artist, sculptor | years_active = | employer = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = ''Poise'', ''Promise'', ''Leap of Faith'' | style = | net_worth =  | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner =  | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = {{URL|eleanorcardozo.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Eleanor Cardozo''' is a British artist and sculptor based in Switzerland, most known for her bronze sculptures.<ref name=FT>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1febef64-55d9-11e3-96f5-00144feabdc0|title=The British sculptor who carved out a niche in Geneva|publisher=Financial Times|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> In 2012, she made a set of five sculptures of gymnasts which were displayed in Britain during the Olympics.<ref name=BBC/>

== Early life and education == Cardozo was born in London in 1965.<ref name=TDG>{{cite web|url=http://journal.tdg.ch/eleanor-cardozo-reussi-jeux-2011-12-20 |title=Eleanor Cardozo has already passed its Games |publisher=TDG |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023925/http://journal.tdg.ch/eleanor-cardozo-reussi-jeux-2011-12-20 |archivedate=29 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The second of ten children, she was brought up in many different countries including Malaysia, Malawi, Ghana, Cyprus, Germany and Gibraltar where her father was posted as a Military Attaché. Cardozo attended St Mary's School in Shaftesbury with five of her sisters. Her mother taught violin and piano to all the children and her parents encouraged music and art at home.<ref name=FT/><ref name=MM/>

Cardozo's grandmother was an artist at the Royal Academy and there were several painters in her father's family. She was interested in arts and drawing since her childhood, but when she was 15, her art master advised her to focus on sculpture as well as drawing.<ref name=MJ>{{cite web|url=http://marylebonejournal.com/culture/eleanor-cardozo-sculpture-hayhill |title=ELEANOR CARDOZO, THE SCULPTOR WHOSE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE AND SILVER FIGURES CAN NOW BE FOUND IN A MARYLEBONE GALLERY|publisher=Marylebone Journal|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> During her school life, she also trained in gymnastics and up till the age of 17 participated in county level gymnastic competitions.<ref name=EDP/>

Cardozo was trained in sculpture at the City and Guilds of London Art School and in portraiture at the Cecil Graves school in Florence.<ref name=HH/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openmag.ch/2011/12/22/people/interviews/eleanor-cardozo-im-zustand-der-anmuteleanor-cardozo-en-etat-de-grace/#sthash.oslqm4Ij.dpuf |title=Eleanor Cardozo, en état de grâce |publisher=Open Magazine |accessdate=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225144856/http://www.openmag.ch/2011/12/22/people/interviews/eleanor-cardozo-im-zustand-der-anmuteleanor-cardozo-en-etat-de-grace/ |archivedate=25 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

== Career == In 2010, she displayed a number of works at Harrods, on the invitation of Mohamed Al-Fayed. The exhibition was very popular and was extended by a month.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Surrey Occasions Magazine|title=Eleanor Cardozo|pages= 11, 12|date=2013}}</ref> Later that year she displayed her work at the Beau-Rivage Palace hotel in Lausanne, next door to the Olympic Museum.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Cig'Art|title=Eleanor Cardozo – Touched by Grace|page =2,3|date=2013}}</ref>

The International Olympic Committee suggested she include her work at the London 2012 Olympics. David Cameron encouraged her to work with LOCOG for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad but it was the Fine Art Expo Gallery at Heathrow Terminal 5 who commissioned her to make a three-metre gymnast, ''Promise'', for the terminal concourse. It was dedicated to Frankie Jones, Team GB Rhythmic Gymnastics, who performed in front of the sculpture for the BBC in January 2012.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19195853|title= Big Picture: Sculptures honour Team GB gymnast Frankie Jones|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> Youth with a Mission subsequently commissioned a second three-metre public monument ''Poise'' for display outside Westminster Abbey and a collection of bronze gymnasts to be exhibited inside the Abbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/photos/eleanor-cardozos-gymnast-sculpture-westminster-20120808-234550-132.html |title=Eleanor Cardozo's Gymnast Sculpture at Westminster Abbey |publisher=Yahoo! |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035143/http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/eleanor-cardozos-gymnast-sculpture-westminster-20120808-234550-132.html |archivedate=29 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=AA/> The Telegraph called her exhibition "one of the most inspiring and insightful Olympics-themed exhibitions taking place in London."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/exhibition-in-focus/9413521/Londons-Olympic-exhibitions.html|title= London's Olympic exhibitions|publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> Hampstead Theatre requested a solo exhibition of Cardozo's work, to coincide with their production of ''Chariots of Fire''.<ref name=FT/> For the duration of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, Cardozo's sculptures were on public display at Gatwick Airport,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/ex-gymnast-to-show-sculpture-at-airport-1-4089132 |title=Ex-gymnast to show sculpture at airport}}</ref> Heathrow T5, Kensington Palace Gardens, Bond Street and Westminster Abbey.<ref name=EDP>{{cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/exploring_the_work_on_eleanor_cardozo_now_on_show_at_the_hampstead_theatre_1_1542011 |title=Exploring the work on Eleanor Cardozo, now on show at the Hampstead Theatre |publisher=EDP 24 |accessdate=15 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129015620/http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/exploring_the_work_on_eleanor_cardozo_now_on_show_at_the_hampstead_theatre_1_1542011 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, Bedat & Co selected her as their ambassador and titled her "woman of calibre."<ref name=MM>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneymakermagazine.co.uk/shaping-investment-collections/ |title=Shaping Investment Collections |publisher=Money Maker Magazine |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020149/http://www.moneymakermagazine.co.uk/shaping-investment-collections/ |archivedate=29 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.asiatatler.com/watches-jewellery/eleanor-cardozo-bedat-co-s-woman-of-calibre |title=Eleanor Cardozo: Bedat & Co's Woman of Calibre|publisher=Asia Tatler|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2013 her monument sculptures were requested for public exhibition at Knightsbridge, at the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane and at Wellington Barracks and in Berkley Square. Petra Ecclestone commissioned a full body bronze sculpture which was delivered to her in January 2013. Later that same year Cardozo made some sculptures for Cirque du Soleil<ref name=TM>{{cite news|title=Q & A With Eleanor Cardozo|publisher=The Mayfair Magazine|page=37}}</ref> and displayed her sculptures at the Henley Festival.<ref name=HH>{{cite web|url= https://www.henleyherald.com/2013/07/12/art-at-the-henley-festival/ |title=Art at the Henley Festival|publisher=Henly Herald|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> She has been influenced by Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Donatello.<ref name=AA>{{cite web|url=http://art-antiques-design.com/featureDetails.cfm?featureID=422#sthash.799mFjyA.dpuf |title=ELEANOR CARDOZO – HEREIN LAYS THE LINK BETWEEN THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS AND ART |publisher=Art Antiques Design |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032958/http://art-antiques-design.com/featureDetails.cfm?featureID=422 |archivedate=29 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

As of November 2012, ''Poise'' is standing in front of the Palais Wilson. It was bought by the owner of the President Wilson Hotel, Charles Tamman in 2012, who plans on keeping it there.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Tribune de Genève|title=La Gymnaste de Eleanor Cardozo|page=29|date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

== Personal life == Cardozo is married and has three children. Her husband is a banker. They lived in London till 1998 and then moved to Switzerland.<ref name=FT/>

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.eleanorcardozo.com/}}

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