Damián Ortega

Cosmic Thing, 2002
Suspended automobile components, cable
Dimensions variable
Installation view, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

About

Photo by Belén Benito.

Damián Ortega (b. 1967, Mexico City) lives and works between Mexico City and Berlin.  He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Florida; ICA Miami Garden, Florida; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Museo Reina-Sofia, Madrid; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; HangarBicocca, Milan; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Barbican, London; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Tate Modern, London; Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and Centre Pompidou, Paris. Ortega participated in the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); the 27th São Paulo Biennial (2006); the 4th Berlin Biennial (2006); and the 50th Venice Biennale (2003).

Exhibitions

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Damián Ortega On Showing in Mexico City and Seeing His Work in a New Light

Observer

Dan Duray

July 24, 2024

‘Pico y Elote’: exploring the work of famed Mexican artist Damián Ortega

Stirworld

Manu Sharma

November 2, 2023

Damian Ortega, A Mask of his own Face

Metal Magazine

April 5, 2022

Studio Visit: Damián Ortega

BOMB

Osman Can Yerebakan

May 31, 2019

Damián Ortega’s ‘Porous Structures’ at Gladstone Gallery, New York

Blouin Art Info

May 27, 2019

Damián Ortega’s raw structures have stacks of appeal

Wallpaper*

Pei-Ru Keh,

May 20, 2019

Building Destruction with Damián Ortega

Double Magazine

Alexander Abdelilah

April 1, 2019

Damián Ortega Displays His Meteorological Inspired Installation at Echigo – Tsumari Art Triennale

Forbes

Felicity Carter

July 28, 2018

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