Damián Ortega

CV

1967 Born in Mexico City
Lives and works in Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Capital Less, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Do It Yourself, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Materialista, Galerie Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paolo

2008
Damián Ortega, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

2007
Nine Types of Terrain, White Cube Hoxton Square, London
Shimabuko’s Sakepirinha, DAAD Gallery, Berlin
Being, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Obelisco, Public Art Fund, Central Park, New York
Inversión de Poderes, Project for the University of Valencia, Spain
Sculptures In The Park, Project for Vila Manin, Italy
Man is the Controller of the Universe, DAAD Gallery, Berlin

2005
The Beetle Trilogy and Other Works, Gallery at REDCAT (The Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theatre) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Untitled Project Series, Tate Modern, London

2004
Damian Ortega, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Spirit and Matter, White Cube, London
Damian Ortega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Moby Dick, Kurimanzutto @ Mega Comercial Mexicana, parking lot, 3rd. level, Mexico City

2003
Damian Ortega, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo

2002
Damian Ortega, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Damian Ortega, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York
Do It!, artist project for Frieze magazine, London

2001
Alguem Me Soletra, artist in residence, Museu Serralves, Porto

1997
Reglas e Instintos, Galería Art & Idea, Mexico City

1991
Fuerza Viva, Galería Etnia, Mexico City

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
The Importance of Zebrafish, Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid
Private Universes, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Desenhos: A a Z (Drawings A to Z), Museu da Cidade, Lisbon

2008
That Was Then...This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, NY
Nine Types of Terrain, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
Las implicaciones de la imagen, Colección Isabel & Agustin Coppel, MUCA, Mexico City
Unitednationsplaza México D.F. Casa Refugio, Mexico City
A Skate in the Mud, a Hole in the Reel, Land Art’s Expanded Field 1968-2008, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Vou-te contar uma história: Let me tell you a story:, Porta 33, Madeira
Peripheral vision and collective body, MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
Nos Cambiamos De Domicilio, Kurimanzutto, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Expected Mexico Unexpected, La Maison Rouge, Paris

2007
Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Escultura social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst 2007, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In side / Incide, Galería Fortés Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2006
EXOCTIC JOURNEY ENDS. Foksal Gallery Foundation,
Warsaw and kurimanzutto, Mexico City
LOS ÁNGELES / MÉXICO. Complejidades y heterogeneidad. Colección, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
10 YEARS OF ART & IDEA. Art & Idea, Vienna, Austria
BIENAL DE TAIPEI
27TH BIENAL DE SAO PAULO. Sao Paulo, Brasil
OPEN HOUSE CASA ABIERTA. Centro de Arte Contemporánea, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
IN SIDE/ INCIDE. Video piece in Fortes Vilaça Gallery. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
EL EQUILIBRIO Y SUS DERIVADOS. Casa del Lago, Mexico City.
METRO PICTURES. The Moore Space, Miami, USA
4TH BERLIN BIENNIAL. Germany.
Zones of Contact, 2006 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
SPACE IS THE PLACE. ICI. New York.
AL CONFINEI DELLA REALTA: ARTE CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA. Benevento, Italy
ELIPSE FUNDATION, Contempory Art Colection, Cascais, Portugal.
Dark Matter, White Cube, London

2004
Solo Los Personajes Cambian, MARCO, Monterrey
Video Mundi, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago / Heaven Gallery, Chicago
Espacios de Paisaje y Memoria, La Casa Encendida, Madrid

2003
Elephant Juice (sexo entre amigos), Kurimanzutto @ Los Manantiales, Xochimilco,
Made in Mexico, ICA Boston / Hammer museum, Los Angeles
A Nova Geometria, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo
50th venice biennale: Il Quotidiano Alterato, Venice
Our Mutual Friend, Bloomberg Space, London

2002
Sublime Artificial, La Capella, Barcelona
The Air Is Blue, Casa Barragán, Mexico City
Arte All Arte, Arte Continua, Italy
Gwanju Biennale, Gwanju, South Korea
Siete Dilemas: Dialogos En El Arte Mexicano, Museo de Arte Moderno, México D.F.

2001
Animation, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Squatters, Museu Serralves, Porto
Squatters, Museum Witte de With, Rotterdam
Ars 2001, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Do It! Museo de Arte Carrilo Gil, Mexico City
Tirana Biennale, Albania
Escultura Mexicana, De La Academía a La Instalación, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Mutations. La Video Mexicaine Actuelle, Palais Des Arts, Toulouse / Iconoscope, Montpellier
Como Es Que Los Autos No Vuelan Aún, Entro de Las Artes, Monterrey
Metropolis Mexica, Musée de Picardie, Amiens

2000
Galerie Kurimanzutto @ Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Guarene 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo Per L’Arte, Torino
Permanencia Voluntaria, Galería Kurimanzutto Cinemanía, Plaza Loreto, México D.F.
supermodernismo (improvisado), Ex Teresa Arte Actual, México D.F.
puerto rico 00 (paréntesis en la Ciudad), Puerto Rico
Videoarte De La Nueva Generacion, Generalli Foundation, Suiza

1999
Yo Y Mi Circunstancia, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
b.i.f. bienal internacional de fotografia. centro de la imágen, méxico d.f. salón de Invitados
Economia De Mercado, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mercado de Medellín, México D.F.
Dobles Vidas Taller General (Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Kuri Y Gabriel Orozco), Museo Barbier-Mueller D´Art Precolombí/ Museo Textil I D´Indumentaria, Barcelona
Project Rooms, Feria Internacional De Arte Contemporaneo ARCO, Madrid
La Sala Del Artista, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mexico City

1998
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams and Contemporary Awakenings, Center For Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Art & Culture, Bard College, New York
Prepositions II, Musée Departamental D´Art Contemporain, Palace du Rochechouart, Rochechouart

1997
Lines Of Loss, Artists Space, New York
Instalaciones, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, MACO - Oaxaca
Creacion En Movimiento, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Mercurio, Comunicacion Y Dinero, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara

1995
Nuevas Practicas Colectivas, Galería Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara
(En Transito) Señales Presentes. Intercambio Artístico. México D.F. / Buenos Aires
Deux Ex Machina, Museo Universitario Del Chopo,Mexico City

1994
Temístocles 44, México, D.F.
Beelden Buiten 1994, Tuin de Brabandere, Tielt
Tento Onstelling, Galería C.D, Tielt
Cronologias, Temístocles # 144, Mexico City

1993
Instalaciones Licenciado Verdad

1992
Temístocles I, Temístocles 44, Mexico D.F.

Other Projects

Co-editor and collaborator of Casper magazine

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The Beetle Trilogy Interview by Alma Ruiz
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Exhibitions
Nine Types of Terrain 18 Jul—8 Sep 2007
Spirit and Matter 10 Sep—8 Oct 2004

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http://www.redcat.org/exhib... REDCAT, Los Angeles