Maria Ortiz Application PackageOrtiz Maria E
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Perez Art Museum Miami
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MARÍA ELENA ORTIZ 12110 NE Miami PL, North Miami, FL 33161
Phone: (787) 550.1886 Email: meortiz31@gmail.com
E DUCATI ON:
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS , SAN FRANCISCO M.A. CURATORIAL PRACTICE 2010
Advi sor: Julian Myers, Gerardo Mosquera
Dissertation: Cannibals and Biennials: The 5th Havana Biennial
-- Awarded Merit Scholarship
UNIVERS ITY O F HOUSTON , HOUSTON B.A. ART H ISTORY 2006
-- Minor in Art History, Advisor Dr. Rex Koontz
-- Developed the museum’s bilingual initiative within the Curatorial Department’s didactics and
publications; hired and managed a group of translations and editors
-- H0nors Distinction: Highest GPA in the Anthropology Department
-- Ethnographic School, San Ignacio, Belize, summer 2006
CURATORIAL:
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI
Curator, 2020 – Present
-- Continued to work with PAMM ’s Latin American and Latinx Art Fund, PAMM ’s Collectors
Council,
Fund for Black Art, and other affiliate groups.
-- Spearheaded the Caribbean Cultural Institute
-- Managed the Caribbean Cultural Institute Coordinator
-- Curated Allied with Powe r: African and African Diaspora Art fr om the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
-- Continued to work with a series of acquisitions for the museum
-- Developed a website for the Caribbean Cultural Institute
-- Participated in a robust series of virtual programming
-- Raised funds for the Caribbean Cultural Institute, as well as confirmed partnerships
for its programming.
Associate Curator , 2016 – 2020
-- Worked with Latin American and Latinx Art Fund
-- Worked on the 2018 PAMM Strategic Plan with senior team members
-- Travelled with Patro ns and museum donors to significant art cities including Havana and Bogotá
-- Co -curated The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art and produced and
edite d scholarly catalogue with contributions by Rita Indiana, Dr. Marsha Pearce, Dr. Keith Nurse,
Jason Jeffers, Aja Monet, YOSS, and Ronald Rose -Antoinette ; worked alongside PAMM’s
development department to secure $5,000 from the Davidoff Art Initiative, $30,000 from the
National Endowment of the Arts and $50,000 from the Green Family Foundation
-- Organizing Curator of PAMM’s Collector’s Council and secured acquisitions of Latin
American artists such as Antonio Vega Mocatela , Luchita Hurtado and others
-- Organize d robust series of public programs includin g collaborations with th e Oolite
Arts/Art Center South Florida resulting in Latinx Art Sessions; requested and secure
$25,000 for this program
-- Commissioned and curated José Carlos Martinat: American Echo Chamber produced scholarly essay
for exhibition brochure: requested and secured $20,000 for this exhibition
-- Curated william cordova now’s the time: narratives of southern alchemy and produced
and edite d scholarly catalogue with contributions by Jeff Chang, Leslie Hewitt and Candice
Hopkins
-- Curated Steve McQueen: End Credits produced scholarly essay for exhibition brochure: developed
program with Dr. Alpesh Patel and Susan Robeson
-- Co-curator Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition About Dominoes ; this exhibition was a
collaboration with the Hunter Colleg e East Harlem Gallery in New York, where it
was first presented
Assistant Curator, 201 4 – 2016
-- Secured the acquisitions of the works of Carlos Motta, Firelei Bá ez and Beatriz Santiago
Muñoz into PAMM’s Collection
-- Worked with PAMM’s Fund of African American Art and secured the acquisitions of
Tschabalala Self, Juana Valdes, Romare Bearden and others
-- Curated Firelei Baez: Bloodlines and produced and edited scholarly catalogue with
contributions by Naima J. Keith and Roxanne Gay ; this exhibition travelled to the Warhol
Museum in Pittsburgh
-- Curated Beatriz Santiago Muñoz : A Universe of Fragile Mirrors and produced and edite d
scholarly catalogue with contributions by Javier Arbona, Francis Mckee and the artist; secured
$5,000 from the Davidoff Art Initiative; this exhibition travelled to El Museo del Barrio in
New York
-- Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks managing curator with Franklin Sirmans and Ditier
Buchhart; developed and led public program series includin g talks by william cordova
and Edwidge Danticat
-- Curated Carlos Motta: Histories for the Future and produced scholarly essay for the exhibition’s
extended brochure; developed a series of public programs for the exhibition including Nefandus:
Colonial Sexual Alterity and Histories for the Future Symposium
-- Commissioned and curated Ulla von Brandenburg: It Has a Golden Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon
and produced scholarly essay for the exhibition’s extended brochure
-- Worked with PAM M’s Acquisition Committee to guarantee donations of artworks to the
museums
-- Curated Project Gallery: Robert Rauschenberg
-- Managing curator of PAMM’s Young Collectors Council and guaranteed the acquisition of
local Miami artists to the museum’s collection
Curatorial Assistant , 2013 – 2014
-- Eugenio Espinoza: Unruly Supports , managing curat or with Jesús Fuenmayor; managed and
produced scholarly catalogue; worked with curator to secure $10,000 from a private donor
-- Beyond the Limited Life of Painting: Prints and Multiples from the Capital Holding Collection ,
managing curat or with Thom Collings; managed and produced extended brochure
-- Curated Project Gallery: Simon Starling produced scholarly essay for exhibition brochure
-- Curated Project Gallery: Shazia Sikander and produced scholarly essay for exhibition brochure
-- Assisted and worked alongside curators Diana Nawi and Elvis Fuentes on PAMM’s iteration of the
Caribbean: Crossroads of the World
-- Organized the program Video Islands: Critical Film and Video from Latin America and the Caribbean
-- Assisted in a series of exhibitions including Poetics of Relation with Tobias Ostrander, and the PAMM
Collection show Global Positioning Systems with Rene Morales
-- Developed the Curatorial Department bilingual strategy for didactics and publications; hired and
managed a group of translations and editors ; edited and reviewed all Spanish translations
Produced and managed the editorial calendar of the Curatorial Department including catalogues,
didactics and brochures
SALA DE ARTE PÚBLICO SIQUEIROS , M EXICO
Curator of Contemporary Art , 2011 – 2013
-- Worked with the Director , Taiyana Pimentel, to develop an cutting-edge curatorial program of
Latin American art, showcasing several artists from the region including Cinthia Marcelle, Wilfredo
Prieto, Miguel Angel Rios among others
-- Worked with Director, Taiyana Pimenetel, to develop a year colla boration with A Gentil Carioca in
Rio de Janeiro
-- Lead a team to produce exhibition, develop educational programs and maintain the collection
-- Collaborated with Tate Modern to develop an exhibition engaging Latin American art bridging
Mexico City and London
-- Curated Réquiem: Emilio Chapela
-- El Partido del Pueblo Migrante by Tania Bruguera managing curator
-- Curated La semblanza del control: José Luis Rojas
-- Curated and commissioned Sacúdete: Nuria Montiel
-- Curated and commissioned Mantras de Insurreción: Isaac Torres
-- Curated and commissioned The Shape of Freedom: Carlos Motta
-- Curated David: Rita Ponce de León
-- Curated Poé ticas del deshonor: Joaquín Segura
-- Curated Dramamón: Bayrol Jiménez
-- Travelled with the Association of Friends to the Havana Biennial
-- Worked with the Centro Nacional de Bellas Artes to secure acquisitions to the museum
MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND FOLK ART, SAN FRANCISCO
Curatorial Assistant, 2 0 09 – 2010
-- Assisted Curatorial Department in the exhibitions Open Source Embroidery, Rhythm and
Hues: Cultures of Mali and Clare Rojas: We They, We They
-- Conceived and developed the public program Open Source Sound
ARTTABLE, NOTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, SAN FRANCISCO
Chapter Assistant, 2 0 09 – 2 010
-- Assisted the Executive Committee of the chapter in management and implementation of
programs
-- Worked with regional private collectors and cultural institutions
-- Requested and obtained in -kind donations and support for events
PLAySPACE GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Co-director, 2009 – 2010
-- Developed, conceived and executed a yearly program of exhibitions and programs that
involved students, faculty and alumni
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS :
KNIGHT FOUNDATION ARTS CHAMPION , 2019
THE COLECCIÓN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROS TRAVEL AWARD FOR CENTRAL
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN , New York , Awardee, 2014
THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART , Long Beach, Emerging Curator Award, 2012
THE PALAIS DE TOKYIO , Paris, Finalist Emerging Curator Award, 2012
FELL OWS HIPS , INTER N S H IPS AND RESIDENCIES :
FELIPAMANUELA and MATADERO , Madrid, RESIDENT , 2018
Invited to present my research on Latin American and Caribbean art from a
decolonial ized perspective
IdeasCities, NEW MUSEUM and LUMA FOUDNATION , FELLOW , 2017
Research driven program on Arles, France
ARTTABLE, DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP , 2009
Research for Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play , with Jennifer McCabe
TEOR/éTica FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM , Curatorial Intern, 2009
Research for Gabinete de Curiosidades , with Virginia Pérez-Ratton
NEW LANGTON ARTS , Curatorial Intern, 2008
Research of Julio Cesar Morales with María del Carmen Carrión
DIVERSEWORKS , Curatorial Intern, 2006
Research and helped create an inventory for the institution’s archive
PU BLICATI ONS A ND WR ITING:
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, MIAMI :
“Dalton Gata Beyong.” Dalton Gata (exh. cat. upcoming)
LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS :
“Cosmo Whyte: Black Is Not a Monolith.” Cosmo Whyte: No Longer Yours (exh. cat. fall 2020 ) pp. 6- 9.
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI :
“With One Another, Allied.” Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez
Collection (exh. cat. summer 2020 ) pp. 6- 9.
“Infinite Consciousness: From a Coast North of the Caribbean.” The Other side of Now (exh. cat. summer
2019 ) pp. 8- 15.
“Warhol’s Beauty Problems.” William Cordova Now’s the Time (exh. cat. spring, 2017) pp.8 -16.
“The Masked Figure: New Work by Philip Pearlstein.” Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From
Pittsburgh to New York. (exh. cat. summer, 2015). pp. 54 -56.
Chuck Connelly: My America. The Warhol & Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2014.
“Patterns of Resistance.” Firelei Baez: Bloodlines. (exh. cat. fall, 2015). pp. 54 -56.
KOHN GALLERY:
“Maria Berrio: Aliens, Immigrants and Magical Sureralism,” Maria Berrio, summer 2019,
upcoming
GALLERY WENDI NORRIS :
“Maria Berrio: Aliens, Immigrants and Magical Realism,” Maria Berrio, summer 2019,
upcoming
THE NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART :
“Warhol’s Confession: Love, Faith AIDS,” Andy Warhol: From A to Be and Back Again. exh.
cat. (New York: Yale University Press, 2018), pp. 84 – 94.
PROSPECT BIENNIAL:
“María Magadalena Campos Pons.” Prospect.4 The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp. exh. Cat.
(Delmonico-Prestel, 2017), pp. 68 – 69.
TERREMOTO MAGAZINE:
“Exploring the Antillean Subject.” Terremoto Magazine, (spring 2015),
https://terremoto.mx/article/caraibbean/
SALA DE ARTE PUBLICO SIQUEIROS:
“Huevos Revueltos with Melanie Smith and Rafael Ortega,” Memorias SAPS 2011-2012.
“Los Talleres with Tercerunquinti,” Memorias SAPS 2011-2012.
TEACHING:
ADM INSTITUTE, MEXICO CITY
VISITING SCHOLAR, fall 2011 – spring 2012 (two semesters)
Developed and taught new syllabus on curatorial practice
TALK S A ND PUBLIC S PEA KING:
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “Black Diasporic Feminism, Intersectionality, and Solidarity
in the Age of Protest,” 2020
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “Firelei Báez in Conversation with María Elena Ortiz,” 2020
PLATAFORMA CANIBAL : “In Conversation with María Elena Ortiz,” 2020
HAMMER MUSEUM : “Critical Curating in the Americas,” 2020
MUSEU D ’ART CONTEMPORANI DE BARCE LONA: “Tony Cokes: Las desiciones que
tomamos,” 2020
MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE MONTERREY : “Caribe Multiple,” 2020
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “Salon Series: On Contemporary African Art with Tumelo
Mosaka and Hanna O’leary,” 2019
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “A Case Study: Felix Gonzalez-Torres” for Latinx Art
Sessions symposium54, 2 019
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Conversation with Dr. Alpesh K. Patel and Susan Robeson,
2018
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Artist dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and william cordova
for now’s the time: narratives of southern alchemy opening, 2018
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Artist dialogue with Arden Sherman for Spots, Dots,
Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition about Dominoes opening, 2017
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Artist dialogue with Franklin Sirmans and william
cordova for Basquiat: The Unkown Notebooks , opening 2016
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Artist dialogue with Ulla von Brandenburg for It Has a
Golden Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon opening, 2016
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “Selling Botero: Exploring the True Nature of a Dealer’s
Relationship with an Artist,” conversation with Felipe Grimberg, 2016
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : Artist dialogue with Firelei Báez for Bloodlines opening,
2015
PÉREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI : “Shades of History,” conversation with Dr. Erica James and
Firelei Báez, 2014
MATADERO: Presentation on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2 018
ARTBO: Conversation with Emiliano Valdéz and José Hernández Chong -Cuy about
geographies in Latin American art and the Caribbean for Artbo’s public talks opening,
2018
MINDY SOLOMON GALLERY : Conversation with Hellen Gaudence, Shai Yehezkelli,
Basil Kincaid and Conrad Egyir, opening 2 018
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI : Presented “Curating in Context” in the graduate
seminar class of Dr. Heather Diack, 2018
CIFO: Conversation with Daniel Joseph Martinez 2 017
VIDEOBRASIL: Conversation with N’Gone Fall, Annalee Davis and Holly Bynoe,
opening, 20 16
EXPO CHICAGO : Conversation with José Diaz and Madeleine Grynsztejn about
collections and institutions for “VIP Lounge” opening, 2017
THE WARHOL: Arti st dialogue with Jessica Beck and Firelei Báez for Bloodlines
opening, 20 17
DEPAUL ART MUSEUM: Artist dialogue with Firelei Báez for Vessels of Genealogies
opening, 2017
GALLERY WENDI NORRIS: Artist dialogue with Firelei Báez for Trust Memory over
History opening , 20 17
TARBLE ARTS CENTER , UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN ILLINOIS : Artist dialogue with
Firelei Báez for Vessels of Genealogies openin g, 2017
CHICAGO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER : Conversation with Ed ra Soto, Enoc Perez,
Carlos Roló n and Tony Karman, 2016
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVE : Presented “Video Islands” in New York, 2015
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY : Presented “Latin American art and the
Caribbean” in Boca Raon, 2016
JUMEX COLLECTION : Presentation of thesis “Cannibals and Biennials: on the 5 th
Havana Biennial” as part of the exhibition program by Magali Arriola, 2016
ADDITIONA L CURATI NG AN D E XPE R IENCE:
Juror: Harpo Art Foundation
Juror: Red Bull
Juror: Fo untainhead Residency
Guest Critic: Curatorial Conversation on the upcoming exhibition, State of the Art
II, Crystal Bridges, spring, 2019
Guest Critic: Mana Contemporary , Miami, spring , 2018
Guest Critic: Festical International ART Performance FIAP , Crystal Bridges , spring,
2017
Curator: Firelei Báez : Vessels of Genealogies , Tarble Arts Center , University of
Eastern Illinois, 2017; travelled to the DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, 2017
Curator: The South Florida Consortium Exhibition , Museum of Contemporary Arts
North Miami, 2017
Curator: Video Islands , Anthology Film Archive, New York 2015
Reviewer : FotoFest 2015 Biennial, Houston
Curator: Wherever You Roam , Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach 2012
Juro r: Creative Capital Award , New York, 2018
J uro r: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts , New York, 2018
Juro r: Wavemaker Grant , Locust Projects, Miami, 2018
Juror: ARTSail Residency, Arts Center South Florida, 2016
Juro r: South Florida Consortium , Miami Dade County, 2016
Juro r: South Florida Consortium , Miami Dade County, 2015
Juro r: South Florida Consortium , Miami Dade County, 2014
Juro r: African Heritage Center 2015 Exhibitions , Miami
Juro r: Bienal de Pintores Oaxaqueños, 2012
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS :
Chair: Art in Public Places Miami Beach, 2018 – present
Member: American Alliance of Museums
SKILLS:
Languages: Conversational French and Portuguese; fully proficient in Spanish