ARTIST PROFILE

Sofia Ortiz

  • Mexico (b. 1988 in Mexico city)
  • Currently in Providence , United States.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Biocromáticas, Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Hang Ten , Field Projects Gallery , New York, NY , United States.

2015

  • Art in the City , De Jalón Fine Arts , New York , United States.
  • Moving Studios, HOW Musuem , Wenzhou, China.

2014

  • Creación en Movimiento Jóvenes Creadores, Various (intinerant exhibit) Veracruz, Nuevo Leon, Mexico City , Mexico.

2013

  • Etogramas: Códigos Animalistas, MYL Arte Contemporaneo , México City , Mexico.
  • Grupo de los 16, Ex Hacienda de los Morales, Mexico City , Mexico.

2012

  • Los guardianes del bestiario del rey , Galería Nina Menocal , Mexico City , Mexico.

2011

  • Senior Thesis Show , Green Gallery - Yale Art School , New Haven , United States.
  • Undergraduate art at the Yale Dean's Office , Yale Dean's Office , New Haven , United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Lives and works in Providence , United States.

EDUCATION

  • 2015 - 2017
    Rhode Island School of Design , Providence , United States
    Master in Fine Arts in Painting
  • 2007 - 2011
    Yale University , New Haven , United States
    Bachelor in Arts in Arts (Painting and Drawing)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Jóvenes Creadores National Grant
    CONACULTA / FONCA (Secretariat for Arts and Culture / National Fund for Arts and Culture) , Mexico CIty, Mexico
  • 2011
    Ethele Childe Walker Thesis Award
    Yale University , New Haven, United States
  • 2010
    Nancy Bartell Fellowship for the Arts
    Yale University , New Haven , United States

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    Artist Residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel , Swatch Group , Shanghai, China
  • 2012
    Residencias artísiticas en el Cañón de Rio Claro , Fundación Rio Claro , Antioquia , Colombia