Rafael Ortega

Biography

Born 1965, Mexico City, Mexico

Lives Mexico City, Mexico

Exhibitions/projections
Group
: Forasteros. De migrantes refugiados y exiliados, Museo Amparo, Puebla (2018); Atlas, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City (2018); Naj Tunich, La Tallera, Cuernavaca (2018); Door, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2018); Ya no, todaviá no (no longer and not yet), Kurimanzutto, Mexico City (2018); At Arm’s Length, NC Arte, Bogotá (2017); Francis Alÿs: A Story of Negotiation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016); To Have Done with the Judgement of God, Koenig & Clinton, New York (2016); Le désordre des choses, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal (2015); Possessing Nature, Mexican Pavilion—The Venice Biennale, Venice (2015); New Permanent audio and video installation for the Prehispanic Collection, Museo Amparo, Puebla (2015); Art Now Lightbox: Melanie Smith with Rafael Ortega, Tate Britain, London (2012).

Exhibition

MOMENTA x VOX. The Life of Things
2019.09.05 – 10.13

Curated by María Wills Londoño in collaboration with Audrey Genois and Maude Johnson, MOMENTA 2019 proposes a piercing look at the life of things, bringing into dialogue their consumerist and symbolic dimensions. Presented simultaneously at two locations—VOX and the Galerie de l’UQAM—the thematic exhibition generates a conversation fueled by the works of twenty-two artists and meshes four components…

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