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Daniela Ortiz

Daniela Ortiz(Perù/1986), lives and works in Cusco. 

Through her work, she aims to generate visual narratives in which the concepts of nationality, racialization, social class and genre are explored so as to critically understand structures of colonial, patriarchal and capitalist power. Her recent projects and research deal with the European migratory control system, its links to colonialism and the legal structure created by European institutions in order to inflict violence on racialized and migrant communities. She has also developed projects about the Peruvian upper class and its exploitative relationship with domestic workers. Recently, her artistic practice has reverted to visual and manual work, developing artworks in ceramic, collage and formats such as children’s books in order to shift away from the aesthetics of Eurocentric conceptual art. 
Apart from her artistic practice, she is the mother of a three-year-old, she gives talks, holds workshops, carries out investigations and participates in discussions on Europe’s migratory control system and its ties to coloniality in various contexts. 

She has received a number of awards and grants, including the Barcelona Producció grant (2013), the Grupo Investigación Peninsula grant from MNCARS (2013), and completed a residency at the Darat Al Funum Foundation in Jordan (2013). In 2017 she produced an anti-racist children’s book publication, the ABC of Racist Europe, which is available to download for free online. Active in the world outside of her artistic practice, Daniela Ortiz is the creator of various publications, and has held many workshops in Spain as well as internationally. She often participates in public conferences and panels. 

Her work has been exhibited during 2022-2023 at the Kunstverein in Wiesbaden, The children of the Communists (solo exhibition); the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, And we will grasp the knowledge of our resistances (solo exhibition), Palais de Tokyo, Reclaim the Earth  (group exhibition); EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art of Athens, Statecraft (group exhibition), Ludwig Museum (Cologne) Here and now at the Ludwig Museum: anti-colonial interventions (group exhibition), Collegium, Arévalo (Spain)The collection: dialogues Volume 1: The story between tenacity and criticism (group exhibition) and other exhibitions at European institutions such as the Arnhem Museum in Holland, CIVA Brussels and others.

Among her solo show we mention: Nurtured by the defeat of the colonizers our seeds will raise,
Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 2021; They will burn with the flame of the Mother‘s torment and in ashes transform, Sirius Arts Centre, Ireland, 2021; The children are not of the she-wolf, Locales in collaboration with the Real Academia de Espana, Rome, 2021; This land jamás será fértil por haber parido colonos, La Virreina, Center de la Imatge, Barcelona, ​​2019; O ABC da Europe racista, Casa da Cerca, Portugal, 2019; Blanca Europa, Las Ataranzas, Valencia, 2017; ABC of Racist Europe, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, 2017; 97 Housemaids, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2016; Público Objectivo, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, ​​2015; Solo project, Zona Maco Sur, Mexico, 2013.

Her work is to be found in numerous public collections, including: Reina Sofia, Madrid; Macba Barcelona; Mali, Museo de Arte de Lima; Cnap Le Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Miami; Ca2m Madrid.

BIO
Anteo Zamboni (1911-1926)

Anteo Zamboni (1911-1926), 2023

Wool embroidery
170 × 100 cm

I figli dei comunisti (Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo)

I figli dei comunisti (Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo), 2023

Series of matrioskas, acrylic on wood
21 × 9,5 cm

I figli dei comunisti (Olga Benario)

I figli dei comunisti (Olga Benario), 2023

Series of matrioskas, acrylic on wood
70 × 19 cm

I figli dei comunisti (Patrice Lumumba)

I figli dei comunisti (Patrice Lumumba), 2023

Series of matrioskas, acrylic on wood
21 × 9,5 cm

The Brightness of Greedy Europe

The Brightness of Greedy Europe, 2022

wood puppet theatre, 14 puppets wood hand-carved, sewn, knitted and embroidered costumes (25 cm each), wood toy model truck (58 x 30 x 27 cm), 6 dolls, 3 curtains

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) I

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) I, 2022

series of 4 Acrylics on wood
30 × 20 × each cm

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) II

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) II, 2022

series of 4 Acrylics on wood
30 × 20 cm

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) III

The Rebellion of the Roots (France) III, 2022

series of 4 Acrylics on wood
30 × 20 cm

Samuel and Naseb, a resistance Story in Seven Pranks

Samuel and Naseb, a resistance Story in Seven Pranks, 2021

Installation with 15 paintings
60 × 40 cm

The children are not of the Wolf

The children are not of the Wolf, 2021

installation with one painting 73 x 232 cm, five puppets wood hand-carved, sewn, knitted and embroidered costumes and audio 13’47”

Anti-colonial prayer to Fernandito Tupac Amaru Bastidas

Anti-colonial prayer to Fernandito Tupac Amaru Bastidas, 2020

series of four acrylic paint on wood
20 × 30 cm

Risk Factors

Risk Factors, 2020

Digital print on photographic paper 120 x 200 cm, 49 legal forms 29.7 x 21.2 cm each

Empire of the Law

Empire of the Law, 2019

HD single-channel video, color, sound, 30‘12”
30‘12”

Europe will kneel to receive the anti-colonial spirit

Europe will kneel to receive the anti-colonial spirit, 2019

Lightbox, digital print on fabric
170 × 100 cm

Walter

Walter, 2019

Wood, plastic and acrylic on wood , ambiental dimension

Anti-colonial monuments

Anti-colonial monuments, 2018

series of six sand painted clays

ABC of Racist Europe

ABC of Racist Europe, 2017

26 Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle paper
30 × 30 cm

Jus Sanguinis

Jus Sanguinis, 2016

Video, 3’ 29”, color, sound, digital print framed 32 x 40,5 cm

FDTD

FDTD, 2012

5‘06‘‘

Maids Room (Casa Capurro)

Maids Room (Casa Capurro), 2012

1 image 70 x70 cm; 4 images 33 x 33 cm, Photographs

Maids Room (Casa la Planicie)

Maids Room (Casa la Planicie), 2012

1 image 70 x70 cm; 4 images 33 x 33 cm, Photographs

Maids Room (Casa San Isidro)

Maids Room (Casa San Isidro), 2012

1 image 70 x70 cm; 3 images 33 x 33 cm, Photographs

Arma Blanca

Arma Blanca, 2011

Installation, 24 digital prints, B/W mounted on diasec.Video, 8’ 20”
14,8 × 21 cm

97 House Maids

97 House Maids, 2010

Coloured prints on paper

P1-P2

P1-P2, 2010

5 digital prints, 3 letters + 2 floor plans

S-T

S-T, 2009\

Chromogenic photograph
70 × 100 cm