LUIS FELIPE ORTEGA
(Mexico, 1966)
EDUCATION
Born in Mexico City in 1966 where he currently lives and works, Luis Felipe Ortega
was part of a group of artists at the forefront of contemporary artistic practice in
Mexico during the 1990s. Together with fellow artists such as Gabriel Orozco,
Damian Ortega, Abraham Cruzvillegas and Daniel Guzmán, he participated as one of
the original artists of Kurimanzutto Gallery in Mexico City. His works spans across a
wide range of media, including drawing, video, photography, sculpture and
installation. He transforms everyday materials and images into unexpected and
charged artistic declarations. Ortega´s scope often transcends individual artistic
practice, as his collaborative works with Daniel Guzmán, his participation in
Temístocles 44 and in Casper editorial project, and his academic activity attest. In
2011, he joined MARSO with his participation in the group exhibition “1,2
Volumen”
Bachelor of Philosophy, UNAM, Mexico City.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Anotaciones para una inclusión del silencio, MARSO, México City
2012 Some Things Last a Long Time, Desiré Saint Phalle, Mexico City
2010 Así es, ahora es ahora, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
Horizonte Invertido, El Clauselito, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City
2009 Desayuno para Dino Campana, Nivel 5, MASIN, Sinaloa, Mexico
2006 Before the Horizon, Maison d´Art Actuel des Chartreux, Brussels, Belgium
2004 Ocupación, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
2002 Something Happens, Nothing, International Studio and Curatorial Program,
New York km. 96 Kurimanzutto, Mexico City
2010 - present
2010 - present
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 1,2 Volumen, Polyforum Siqueiros, Mexico City
God only knows who the audience is, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts,
San Francisco, California
Antes de la Resaca. Una fracción de los noventa en la colección del MUAC, Museo
Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo MUAC, Mexico City
Lonarte 11 Project, Madeira Island, Portugal
2010 The Mole´s Horizon, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Trayectorias Aleatorias, Ancienne École des Vétérinaires, Brussels
Sin Techo está Pelón! La Colección Jumex, Guanajuato, México
Fronteras Latentes, Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City
2009 4th Prague Biennial, Karlin Salon, Thamova, Prague
2008 La Era de la Discrepancia, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Pinacoteca do
Estado, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2007 Patio y Jardín, Jumex Collection, Puebla, Mexico
La Era de la Discrepancia, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes (MUCA), Mexico City
2006 Esquiador en el fondo de un Pozo, Jumex Collection, Mexico City
Singular e/o Plural, Gallería Marilia Razuk, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005 After the Act, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Centre National d’ art Pompideu, Paris France.
Jumex Collection, Mexico.
Coppel Collection, Mexico.
MUAC (University Museum of Contemporary Art) Collection, Mexico.
Joddes Collection, Montreal, Canada.