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
Damián Ortega’s ‘Porous Structures’ at Gladstone Gallery, New York
Blouin Art Info
May 27, 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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