Jose Ortega

Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Ortega established himself as an artist in New York City. in 1997 he made Toronto his second home, He has worked on commissions for such clients such as Absolut Vodka, MTV, Apple Computers, Bloomingdale's, Sony Music, Amnesty International and the New York Times. Jose has been the subject of numerous articles in international art and design journals. His work has been exhibited in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Ortega has also designed and completed many public art commissions including a series of mosaic murals for two NYC subway stations and a stained glass window for the Buckingham Hotel. Ortega's recent projects are a series of street murals in Toronto and postage stamp designs for the US and Ecuadorian postal services.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1988
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

Seven large scale wall murals for Dundas West BIA, neighborhood beautification project, Toronto, 2006 -2012
Stained glass installation, The Buckingham Hotel, NYC 2002
Mosaic tile mural installation, PATH Subway Station, NYC 2000
Mosaic tile mural installation, The Cary Academy, North Carolina 1999
Mosaic tile mural installation, 149th St + 3rd Ave Subway, NYC 1996
Mosaic tile mural installation, Patria, NYC 1994

SOLO EXHIBITS

“Thinkin’ one thing and doin’ another” IndexG Gallery, Toronto 2012
“Rendezvous” Colapasta in Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010
”Paintings”, Young & Rubicam Gallery, NYC 1994
“Aesop’s Fables”, Mitsui Fudosan Gallery, NYC 1992
“Caonabó Art Festival”, Teatro Teresa Carreño, Caracas, Venezuela 1991,1992,1994
“Caprichos”, X. Blum Centro Cultural, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1990
"Domestic Virtues...", Franklin Furnace Space, NYC 1990
"Printed Work", School of Visual Arts Gallery, NYC 1989
"Latin Dogs”, School of Visual Arts Gallery, NYC 1988
“Works on Paper”, Helio Gallery, NYC 1988

GROUP EXHIBITS

“Colores De Latino American ” The Arts Project, London, ON 2012
“Latin American Artists” Diageo Art Space, NYC 2010
”The Good The Bad & the Ugly”, Smash, Toronto 2009
“Cut to t...