Damián Ortega

Biography

Often concerned with restricted areas and the boundaries that define physical and intellectual territories, particularly those that can be easily violated, Damian Ortega’s work could be described as a gesture which becomes form through the use of daily objects or materials.
Ortega’s solo exhibitions include Cosmogonía doméstica, Explanada del Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2013); Apestraction, Freud Museum, London (2013); Tool Bit, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine (2011); Going International, Flag Art Foundation, New York (2010); New commission for The Curve, Barbican Center, London (2010); Do It Yourself, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2009); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2008); Damián Ortega: The Beetle Trilogy and Other Works, REDCAT, Los Angeles (2005); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2004) and Cosmic Thing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA (2002).

He has participated in various group shows including the Venice Biennale (2013); America Latina, Foundation Cartier, Paris (2013); México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, USA (2013); La Persistencia de la geometría, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (2013); Havana Biennale, Cuba (2012); Kadist: Pathways into a Collection, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2012); Going International, Flag Art Foundation, New York (2011); XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara, Italy (2010); Contemplating the Void, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010); Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art From México, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2007); Sao Paulo Biennial (2006); Espacios de paisaje y memoria, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2004); Made in Mexico, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2004); MoMA PS1, New York (2004) and Venice Biennale (2003).

This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 12