Michelle Angela Ortiz/ CV

Education

2013     Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA candidate, June 2012- May 2013

2002     Rosemont College, Masters in the Science of Arts and Cultural Management

2000     Moore College of Art & Design, BFA, Summa Cum Laude

Fellowships/ Grants/ Honors

2022     Philadelphia250, Leave a Legacy Grantee

            Creative Communities Grant, William Penn Foundation

            Leeway Foundation Media Artist + Activist Residency

2021     Art is Essential Grantee, City of Philadelphia and the Knight Foundation

2020     Art for Justice Fund Grantee

            Catalyst for Change, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

2019     Art for Change Grantee, Leeway Foundation

2018     Pew Fellowship in the Arts

Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellow

John F. Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow

Santa Fe Art Institute Equal Justice Resident Artist

Grantee, Philadelphia Foundation Community Fund

Wind Challenge Artist, Fleisher Art Memorial

2017     Window of Opportunity Grantee, Leeway Foundation

2016     Familias Separadas Project, Public Art Network Year in Review Award, Americans for the Arts

2014     Art and Change Grantee, Leeway Foundation

NFA Grantee, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

2013     Nominee for the PEW Fellowship In the Arts

2012     TCR Grantee, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

Grantee, Hispanics in Philanthropy

Art and Change Grantee, Leeway Foundation

Nominee for the PEW Fellowship In the Arts

2011     NFA Grantee, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

Most Influential Latinos in the Delaware Valley Award, Multicultural Affairs Council, Philadelphia

Vision Award, Creative Artist of the Year, Hispanic Choice Awards, Philadelphia

2010     TCR Grantee, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

2008     Transformation Awardee, Leeway Foundation

2005     Art and Change Grantee, Leeway Foundation

 

Group Exhibitions (abbreviated)

2021     New Grit: Art & Philly Now, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

            Designing Motherhood, Center for Architecture and Design, Philadelphia, PA

            Here and There, The Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA

            CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984-Present)!, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

            Freedom through Expression, Art in Embassies, Beijing, China

2019     When Home Won’t Let You Stay, ICA Boston, MA

            Crossing Borders: Vecinos Unidos en la Nueva América, York College Gallery, York, PA

Wind Challenge, Group Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2018    For Freedoms, 50 State Initiative, Billboard project, Hank Willis Thomas, Harrisburg, PA

Making Space, Leeway Foundation 25th Anniversary, Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA

            Into Action, Pop-Up Art Exhibition, Task Force, Los Angeles, CA

2017    Revolutionary: A Pop-Up Street Art Exhibition, Old City District, Philadelphia, PA

Truth to Power, Group Exhibition, 990 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA

Signs of Solidarity, Outdoor Exhibition, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Art in Ad Places, Outdoor Exhibition, RJ Rushmore, New York, NY

2016     Philadelphia, Goddamn, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Race and Revolution, Governors Island, New York, New York

            Border Crossings, La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2015    Después de la Frontera/After the Border, Traveling Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

Filadelfia: New Perspectives, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018     Quizas Mañana, Montgomery Community College Gallery, Blue Bell, PA

2017     Quizas Mañana, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA

2012     Aqui y Allá, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA

2011     Marcadas, McKinney Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

 

Permanent Collection

2022   The Seeker, U.S. State Department's Robert N.C. Nix Passport Agency, Philadelphia, PA

2019   The Courage Within Me, REACH, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

2017     Madre de Mi Corazón, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA

2016    Eres Mi Todo, Print Collection, La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

 

Public Art Works (abbreviated)

2023      Our Market Public Art Project, Philadelphia, PA

2022      Together We Bloom, Mural Project, Portland Street Art Alliance and Hacienda CDC, Portland, OR

2021      Familias Separadas Project Phase 3- National- Art for Justice Fund

2020      CLEANSE, Temporary public art projection, Philadelphia, PA

2018     Familias Separadas Project Phase 2- Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship, Harrisburg, PA

2017     Seguimos Caminando, Monument LAB, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

             Flores de Libertad, Monument LAB, Mural Arts Program, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

             Living Walls/ The City Speaks, Living Walls, Atlanta, GA

2016     Nuestro Andar Florece, Barrio Roots Festival, Habitajes, New York, NY

Afuera y Adentro Fanzine, Santa Martha Prison for Women, Habitajes, Mexico City, Mexico

Luminosa: Fuerza de la Mujer Latina, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington, DC

Somos Regla Mural, Meridian International Center/ U.S. Embassy, Havana, Cuba

2015     Familias Separadas Project Phase 1- Open Source, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

De La Memoria Al Muro Murals with Indigenous Migrants, Habitajes/ U.S. Embassy, Mexico

Un Nuevo Futuro Mural, Meridian International Center/ US Embassy, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Honoring Gloria Casarez Mural, The City of Philadelphia/ Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

The Doors of Destiny Mural, Congreso de Latinos Unidos/ Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2013     Juntos Creamos Nuestra Comunidad, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Caracas, Venezuela

2012     Aqui y Allá Transnational Public Art Project, Chihuahua, Mexico and Philadelphia, PA

Construyendo Puentes de Igualdad Mural, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2011     Luz de Esperanza Mural, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Vitoria, Spain

Journeys South Installation Project, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

           El Viaje Public Art Transnational Art Project, Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico

Finding Our Place, Digital Murals, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA

2010     Tierra Nuestra Mural, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, MX

2009     El Nuevo Camino Mural, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Juarez, Chihuahua, MX

2008     Mothers of the Earth Mural, U.S. Embassy Cultural Envoy, Fiji Arts Council, Suva, Fiji

Publications (abbreviated)

2022     “Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century”, Shipley, Lesley, Moriuchi, Mey-Yen, Taylor & Francis Books

            “The Road to Sanctuary: Insights from the City of Sisterly Affection and Brotherly Love”, Rodriguez, Barry,

Armenta, Amada, Lexington Books, Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.        

2020     “When Home Won’t Let You Stay”, Respini, Eva, Erickson, Ruth, Yale Press

2019     “Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia, Farber, Paul, Lum, Ken, Temple University Press

2018     “The Book of the Word”, Petry, Michael, MOCA London, Thames and Hudson

2016     “Open Source: A Citywide Public Art Exhibition”, Alonzo, Pedro, Cruz, Teddy, Golden, Jane, Mural Arts Program

2014     “Philadelphia Mural Arts @30”, Golden, Jane, Updike, David, Temple University Press

2010     “Mural Art Book Volume 3”, Isofidis, Kiriakos, Carpe Diem

            “Aesthetics: The Making and Defining of Latino Art” Berry, Elizabeth, NALAC Brown Papers

2007     “My North Philly: Neighborhoods. Murals. Stories”, Moller, Maria, Mural Arts Program

2006     “More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell”, Golden, Rice, Temple University Press

 

 

Artist Talks (abbreviated)

2021     “Shifting Borders of the Americas”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

            “Arrival and Belonging”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

“Cleanse: A Dialogue on Art and Public Space”, Monument Lab, Portland Art Museum, and Portland Parks Foundation.

2019     “Making Learning Symposium”, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom

            “Unintended Consequences”, TedX Philadelphia, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

            “Familias Separadas”, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

            “Las Madres de Berks”, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2017     Americans for the Arts National Conference, San Francisco, CA

            “Kennedy Center Citizen Artist”, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

2015     “Open Source- City-wide Project”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

  Museum of the Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso in Mexico City, Mexico.

 

 

Media (abbreviated)

2021     Bell, W. Kamau, United Shades of America, Television interview, Season 6, “The Color of America”, CNN

Mohn, Tanya, New York Times, Print, “Rethinking What It Means to Be a Philadelphia Artist”, Museums Special Section, May 23, 2021

Lawler, Andrew, National Geographic, Online Article, “Who Do American Monuments Honor the Most?”, September 29, 2021

2020    Hsu, Hua, The New Yorker, Online Article, “The New Monuments that America Needs”, September 15, 2020

Heidenry, Rachel, Hyperallergic, Online Article, “What Happens After the Mural of a Controversial Figure is Removed?” August 19, 2020