Juan Ortiz-Apuy
Pronouns: He/Him
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- Assistant Professor, Critical Perspectives on Inclusion in 3D Art Practices, Studio Arts
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Sign in to editResearch areas: Commodity Fetishism, Object-Oriented Ontology, New Materialism, Sustainability, Environmental Exploitation, Post-colonialism
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Education
2011 MFA, NSCAD University
2009 PG Dip, The Glasgow School of Art
2008 BFA, Concordia University (Major in Sculpture, With Great Distinction)
Biography
Juan Ortiz-Apuy is a Canadian-Costa Rican artist who has been living and working in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal since 2003. Ortiz-Apuy has a BFA from Concordia University (2008), a Post-Graduate Diploma from The Glasgow School of Art (2009), and an MFA from NSCAD University (2011).
His work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally in venues such as Les Abattoirs Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (France), IKEA Museum (Sweden), Pamflett (Norway), DHC/ART Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain (Montreal), Owens Art Gallery (Sackville), Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), AXENÉO7 (Gatineau), MOMENTA Biennale de l’image (Montreal), Quebec City Biennial: Manif d'art 7 (Québec), Truck Contemporary Art (Calgary), Museum London (London), Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Toronto), VOX Centre de l’image Contemporaine (Montreal), Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg), and the Esker Foundation (Calgary).
Ortiz-Apuy has been awarded numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. His work has been reviewed in various publications such as Canadian Art, MOMUS, esse arts opinions, The Gazette (Montreal), Le Devoir (Montreal), and Public Parking. In 2024, he was awarded Best International Representation by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA, Costa Rican Chapter).
Ortiz-Apuy has completed several artist-in-residence programs, most notably at MASS MoCA (USA), The Vermont Studio Center (USA), The Frans Masereel Centre (Belgium), and the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center (Denmark).
Ortiz-Apuy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Studio Arts at Concordia University.
Research Interests
Commodity Fetishism, Object-Oriented Ontology, New Materialism, Sustainability, Environmental Exploitation, Post-colonialism
Tropicana, 2020. Installation, dimensions variable. Video projection, pendant speakers, inflatable made with recycled nylon, video light with C-stand, lighting gels and spring clamps, 3D animation, inkjet prints on backlit film, lightboxes, found objects.
Michel Brunelle
La Guaria Morada, 2019. Installation, dimensions variable. Industrial mist humidifier, dehumidifiers, Big Country Blue paint, national flower of Costa Rica, gallery lights, heating system and staff.
Paul Litherland
The Garden of Earthly Delights, 2019. Video installation, dimensions variable. Found YouTube video clips, bean bag chairs, printed vinyl, Mint Liquor paint, MDF, found objects.
Richard Max-Tremblay
Publications
SELECT EXHIBITION REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
2024 Toledo, Tamara. “Sur Gallery Profiles: Juan Ortiz Apuy.” YouTube, 2 Apr.
2024 Simon, Josie. “Tropicana: Unpeeling Consumer Culture with Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Calgary Guardian, 2 Feb.
2023 “Tropicana by Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Virtual Tour.” YouTube, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 9 Sept.
2023 Behzadi, Mojeanne. “Éclaireurs·euses 31 - Mojeanne Behzadi Juan Ortiz Apuy.” VU Centre de Diffusion et de Production de Photographie, 26 May
2023 Rivard, Élise. “Du Costa Rica Au Canada: Quand L'objet De Consommation Devient Objet D'art.” DICI: Toute La Culture en Mauricie, 21 Feb.
2022 Behzadi, Mojeanne. “Trajectories: Episode 4 - Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 26 Jan.
2021 Bélisle, Julie. “Dans Les Ateliers: Juan Ortiz-Apuy: La Vie Secrète Des Objets.” La Fabrique Culturelle, La Ville De Montreal, 16 Aug.
2021 Naqvi, Zinnia. “A Slippery Fish: the Work of Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Public Parking, 20 Apr.
2021 Delgado, Jérome. “Résister à la séduction.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 6 March, p. 21.
2021 “Interview with Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Vimeo, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, 11 Feb.
2021 “Midnight Poison De Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” YouTube, Vaste et Vague, 5 Jan.
2019 “Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Fountain Mist.” Vimeo, Owens Art Gallery, 11 Jan.
2019 Lee, Yaniya. “The Morbid Spectre of Hoarding.” Canadian Art, 26 Sept.
2019 Charron, Marie-Ève. “Incursion dans le monde des objets.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 14 Sept., p. 16-17.
2019 Miller, Geordie. “You Are Not Here.” Visual Art News, summer, pp. 18-20.
2019 Desloges, Josianne. “Morceaux d'identité à Collectionner.” Le Soleil [Quebec], 25 May, pp. M18–M19.
2019 Pearce, Dianne. “Por Encima, Debajo Y A Lo Largo: Vidas En Vilo.” Nierika, n° 15, pp. 22-31.
2018 Sanader, Daniella. “Room Temperature.” Canadian Art, fall, pp. 144-145.
2018 Carton de Grammont, Nuria. “Ville Multiple.” esse arts opinions, n° 92 winter, p. 113.
2017 "Out of this Light, into this Shadow at the GNO." Sudbury Star, 9 Feb.
2015 Twerdy, Saelan. "Bad Dream Of The Bauhaus: Juan Ortiz-Apuy's IKEA Fantasia." Momus, 16 Feb.
2014 Dick, Terence. "Space Fictions At A Space." Akimblog, 11 Mar.
2014 Sullivan, Joan. "Quiet Please, Art In Progress." The Telegram [St. John’s], 23 Jan.
2013 Cotter, Sam. "Juan Ortiz-Apuy Downsizes Global Cultural Capital In Montreal." Canadian Art, 30 May
2013 Pohl, John. "Canadian Galleries Present Great Ideas On Paper." The Gazette [Montreal], 20 Apr.
2011 Delgado, Jérome. "Double Visions." Le Devoir [Montreal], 5 Feb.
SELECT EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
2024 Tam, Agnes. What’s in a Name? That Which We Call Home? Permanent Collection, Esker Foundation.
2023 Jean, Marie-Josée. The Exhibition as Experience: Young Audiences and Art. VOX, Centre de l’image Contemporain.
2023 Konadu, Luther. Darkroom: A Solo Exhibition Featuring Juan Ortiz-Apuy. Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art.
2019 Kvaran, Gunnar B., and Cheryl Sim. Yoko Ono: Growing Freedom. Hirmer Verlag.
2019 De la Garza, Amanda, et al. The Life of Things. Edited by Audrey Genois, Kerber.
2019 Falvey, Emily. Turning Tables. Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University.
2018 El-Sheikh, Tammer. Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s La Guaria Morada. Truck Contemporary Art in Calgary.
2018 Babcock, Joshua. Fountain Mist. Artcite Inc.
2017 Sanader, Daniella. The Garden of Earthly Delights. Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography.
2017 Getty, Cassandra, and Dianne Pearce. TransAMERICAS: A Sign, A Situation, A Concept. Museum London.
2016 Cotter, Sam. Working Conditions. Gallery TPW, 23 June.
2015 Toledo, Tamara. Sportsmanship Under Surveillance. Latin American-Canadian Art Projects.
2014 Léger, Marc James, and Vicky Chainey Gagnon. Résistance: Et Puis, Nous Avons Construit De Nouvelles Formes. Manif d'art .
2014 Moufawad-Paul, Vicky. Space Fictions. A Space Gallery.
2013 Berson, Amber. Syncopated Histories. Eastern Edge Gallery.
2011 Portis, Ben. Empty Texts: Covers, Titles, Contents, Notes And Indices. MacLaren Art Centre.