EDUCATION
2014 MFA Painting/Drawing - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2005 BFA Painting/Drawing - California College of the Arts (CCA)
2005 Studio Escalier, Argenton-Chateau, France
2003 École Supérieure d'Art & de Design Marseille, France

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
After Quarantine, Group Exhibition

2019 Chashama Space , New York, NY
Multiversant, Group Exhibition

2019 Art on Paper, New York, NY
International Print Center of New York
IPCNY Booth

2018 E/AB Fair, New York, NY
International Print Center of New York
IPCNY Booth

2018 City University of New York, Staten Island, NY
Gallery of the College of Staten Island
Migrating Heritage, Group Exhibition

2017 IPCNY, New York, NY
Published by the Artist 2017, Curated by Grayson Cox and Angela
Conant, Group Exhibition

2017 IPCNY, New York, NY
Just Under 100: New Prints 2017 Summer
Selected by Katherine Bradford, Group Exhibition

2017 WhiteBox, New York, NY
Illegal Fashion Runway Show, Group Exhibition

2016 International Loft, Brooklyn, NY,
Xenophobia: A Group Invasion, Group Exhibition

2015 Open Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Hidden Process, Group Exhibition

2014 Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SAIC Graduate Exhibition

2013 Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Evidence: Artistic Responses to the Drug Cartel Wars,
Group Exhibition

2009 Golden Parachutes, Berlin, Germany
Gringo Rebel, Solo Exhibition

AWARDS
2019 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program
2017 IPCNY New Prints Artist Development Initiative –Artist in Residency
2012 SAIC New Artists Society Merit Scholarship
2005 Studio Escalier Daphne Fund Fellowship
2004 CCA Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship
2003 CCA RA Brown Memorial Scholarship

IN COLLECTION OF
David Kiehl, Curator Emeritus Whitney Museum

PRESS
2018 SCG International, Graphic Impressions Winter 2018
Migrating Heritage: The All-Seeing Eye of Exile, Yael Friedman
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kx73YECRU0ceXegLMG1qhEhyDrFreSLP/view

2017 Observer, Illegal Fashion Show Reveals Thriving Cultural Talents, Jasmine Ting
http://observer.com/2017/02/illegal-fashion-show-reveals-cultural-talents/

2013 SF Weekly, War Correspondents: Two Ways of Dealing with Conflict, Jonathan Curiel
http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/war-correspondents-two-ways-of-dealing-with- conflict/Content?oid=2826757

2013 KQED Arts, Artist Who Confront Violence: An Introduction, Christian L. Frock
http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2013/06/27/artists_who_confront_violence_an_introduction/

2009 Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art,May 2009, Ernesto Ortiz @ Golden Parachutes
Travis Jeppesen
http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2009-ernesto-ortiz-golden-parachutes/1869