Juan Ortiz-Apuy

Profile

His work has been exhibited accross Canada and in the UK. Recent exhibitions include The MacLaren Arts Centre, Sporobole Contemporary Art Centre, Gallery Birch Libralato, ARPRIM, Eastern Edge and A Space Gallery. In 2012 his work was shortlisted for the Art Gallery of York University's ABotM, while other recent awards include winning the 2011 Halifax Regional Municipality Contemporary Visual Art Award.

His work has been reviewed and published in various magazines, newspapers and books; notable examples include The Brave New Avant Garde by Marc James Léger and reviews in Canadian Art, Le Devoir, the Montreal Gazette, The Telegram and the Barrie Advance. Essays about his work can also be found in various catalogues and brochures. In 2013, Ortiz-Apuy completed an Artist-In-Residency at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, and participated in Esse Magazine Vendu/Sold at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Upcoming solo exhibitions include ARTSPACE in Peterborough (2014); and Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran in Montreal (2015).

Bio

JUAN ORTIZ-APUY was born in Costa Rica and currently lives in Canada. Ortiz-Apuy has a BFA from Concordia University, Montreal, a Post-graduate diploma from the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and a MFA from NSCAD University, Halifax.

Ortiz-Apuy has completed Artist-in-Residency Programs at, among others, the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg (2013), and the Atlantic Centre for the Arts, USA (2014). Upcoming projects include exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Cuba, as well as a residency at the Kulttuuri Kauppila Art Centre in Finland.

Curriculum Vitae

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS | TALKS | RESIDENCIES

2015
Sportsmanship Under Surveillance
2015
Artist in residency, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2015
Group exhibition, Gallery SUR, LACAP, Toronto, ON. Curator: Tamara Toledo
2015
Group exhibition, Arché Gallery, Santa Clara, Cuba. Curator: Tamara Toledo
2015
Artist in residency, UNEAC, Santa Clara, Cuba
2016
Artist in residency, KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre, Li, Finland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication)

2015
Out of this Light, into this Shadow, Gallery Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC
2014
Waiting for the Barbarians, ARTSPACE, Peterborough, ON
2013
Disruptions, Eastern Edge Gallery, Saint Johns, NL *
2013
Disruptions, ARPRIM Centre d'essai en art imprimé, Montreal, QC
2013
Waiting for the Barbarians, Gallery Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC
2012
The Freedom Fighter Manual, SPOROBOLE Centre for Contemporary Art, Sherbrooke, QC
2012
American Tourister, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curators: Joshua Barndt and Adrian Dilena
2011
Disruptions, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. Curator: Ben Portis *
2011
The Freedom Fighter Manual, Gallery Push, Montreal, QC
2011
Spaces of Shadows & Other Mirrors, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication)

2014
Space Fictions (with Jacqueline Hoàng Nguy?n), A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curator: Vicky Moufawad-Paul *
2013
Juan Ortiz-apuy & Luce Meunier, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (* indicates publication)

2014
Manif d'Art 7, The Quebec City Biennial, Quebec City, QC. Curator: Vicky Chainey Gagnon *
2014
InsideOUT (open studio exhibition), Atlantic Centre for the Arts, New Smyrna, USA
2013
Under New Management (travelling exhibition), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Dawson City, YT; Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB; Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON; Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
2012
Change, Articule, Montreal, QC
2011
Halifax Regional Municipality Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program (shortlisted candidates), Halifax City Hall, NS
2011
NSCAD Graduating Students Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS. Curator: Lynette de Montreuil
2010
Nocturne: Art at Night Festival, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS *
2010
Fresh Paint / New Constructions, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC *
2010
Project Class 2010, University of Toronto Art Center, Toronto, ON
2010
23rd Images Festival of Media Arts (screening), Toronto, ON *
2010
Entropy & Entropy, Anna Leonowens Gallery (Port Loggia), Halifax, NS
2010
March of Prints, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS. Curator: Mark Bovey
2009
New and/or Knot…, MFA Group Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009
Just Work Done, Glasgow, UK 2009 Interim Show, Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2009
Peeping Tom (screening), Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow, UK