Damián Ortega
Damián Ortega (born July 1967) is a Mexican visual artist, known for his contemporary sculpture, installation art, and mixed-media art. He lives in Mexico City and Berlin.
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Damián Ortega
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- Name
- Damián Ortega
- Birth Name
- Damián Ortega Stoupignan
- Born
- July 1967
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Known for
- Sculpture, installation, mixed-media art
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- sculptor · photographer · draftsperson · installation artwork · artist
- Languages
- Spanish
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Damián Ortega (born July 1967) is a Mexican visual artist, known for his contemporary sculpture, installation art, and mixed-media art. He lives in Mexico City and Berlin.
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Damián Ortega (born 1967) is a Mexican artist, draftsperson and installation artwork, among other activities. The artist was born in Mexico City.
Works include Cosmic Thing. Languages used include Spanish. Works by Damián Ortega are held at Cleveland Museum of Art, Hessel Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, among others.
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The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Cosmic Thing. Work by Damián Ortega is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Hessel Museum of Art.
Exposición Damián Ortega Pico y elote en el palacio de Bellas artes, en la ciudad de México.
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Exposición Damián Ortega Pico y elote en el palacio de Bellas artes, en la ciudad de México.
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• Name — Damián Ortega • Birth Name — Damián Ortega Stoupignan • Born — July 1967 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Known for — Sculpture, installation, mixed-media art • Father — Héctor Ortega
Early life and education
Early life and education
Damián Ortega was born in July 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father is actor and filmmaker Héctor Ortega Gómez, and his mother is María Asunción Stoupignan.
Career
Career
One of Ortega's most well-known works is "Cosmic Thing" (2002), a large-scale installation composed of a disassembled Volkswagen Beetle suspended from the ceiling, with each part hanging individually in space.
Identity
Identity
Damián Ortega is recorded with the occupation installation artwork. Recorded with the occupation performance artist. Recorded as sculptor, photographer, draftsperson, installation artwork and artist.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1967
Damián Ortega was born on 1 January 1967.
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Honors and awards
• Hugo Boss Prize, 2007 (nominated) • Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, 2014 • Inaugural recipient of the Ezratti Family Prize for sculpture at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami. • 2023 Zurich Art Prize
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- 1.Damián Ortega, Alias. Smarthistory.
- 2.The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Damián Ortega b. 1967, Mexico City.
- 3.Damián Ortega. Art21.
- 4.Damián Ortega's Cosmic Thing – Entire Volkswagen Beetle dissected. Public Delivery.
- 5.damián ortega - Artists. Kurimanzutto.
- 6.Damián Ortega. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
- 7.Zurich Art Prize 2023 geht an Damián Ortega. Monopol Magazin.
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