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).