UPCOMING


JULY 23 — FEBRUARY 5, 2023 
Solo exhibition: Tropicana
Biosphère Museum, Montreal, QC

FALL 2023
Solo exhibition
Plug In Institute of Contemporart Art, Winnipeg, MB

BIO


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), and The MacLaren Arts Centre (Barrie).

His work has been awarded numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and has been reviewed in various publications such as Canadian Art, MOMUS, esse arts + opinions, The Gazette (Montreal), Le Devoir (Montreal), and Public Parking.

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.


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b.1980 | download PDF
juan@juanortiz-apuy.com

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2020-Present    Assistant Professor, Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University

EDUCATION
2011    MFA, NSCAD University
2009    PG Dip, The Glasgow School of Art
2008    BFA, Concordia University (Major in Sculpture, With Great Distinction)

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023    Upcoming, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
2022    Tropicana, Biosphère Museum, Montreal, QC
2022    Tropicana, Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC
2022    A History of an Object in 100 Years, AXENÉ07, Gatineau, QC
2021    Tropicana, CNE - Centre national d'exposition, Jonquière, QC
2021    The Garden of Earthly Delights, Open Space, Victoria, BC
2020    Tropicana, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, QC. Curator: Marie J. Jean
2020    Midnight Poison, Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, QC
2019    Fountain Mist, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. Curator: Emily Falvey
2019    La Guaria Morada, OPTICA Centre d’art Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2018    La Guaria Morada, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Calgary, AB
2018    Fountain Mist, Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON
2017    The Garden of Earthly Delights, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON. Curator: Leila Timmins
2017    Out of this Light, into this Shadow, La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, ON
2016    The Garden of Earthly Delights, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2016    Out of this Light, into this Shadow, Ottawa School of Art Gallery (Orleans campus), Ottawa, ON
2015    Out of this Light, into this Shadow, galerie antoine ertaskiran, Montreal, QC
2014    Waiting for the Barbarians, ARTSPACE, Peterborough, ON
2013    Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2013    Disruptions, Eastern Edge Gallery, Saint John’s, NL
2013    Disruptions, ARPRIM Centre d'essai en art imprimé, Montreal, QC
2013    Waiting for the Barbarians, galerie 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, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014    Space Fictions (with Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn), A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curator: Vicky Moufawad-Paul

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022    Regarde! (outdoor exhibition), Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, QC. Curator: Chloé Grondeau
2021    Là où les mondes s'engendrent, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, France. Curator: Renaud Gadoury
2021    Critical Abstraction, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, USA. Curator: Brandon S. Gellis
2021    No. 22, Museum of Longing and Failure, Pamflett, Bergen, Norway
2021    Deux par deux | Exposition buissonnière, Galerie B12 (Off-Site exhibition), Montreal, QC
2020    Salon des Refusés, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC. Curator: Ben Klein
2019    MOMENTA Biennale de l’image: The Life of Things, Montreal, QC. Curator: María Wills Londoño, in collaboration with Audrey Genois and Maude Johnson
2019    Fichiers Temporaires, Centre SAGAMIE, Alma, QC. Curators: Émili Dufour, Mathilde Martel-Coutu and Nicholas Pitre
2019    Water Event, DHC/ART Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain, Montreal, QC. Curators: Gunnar B. Kvaran and Cheryl Sim
2018    Here be Dragons, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. Curator: Emily Falvey
2018    IKEA Hacked. Our Products. Your Ideas, IKEA Museum, Älmhult, Sweden. Curator: Anna Sandberg Falk
2018    Le Commerce de la parole #2, Le Moulin Des Arts De Saint Remy, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France. Organized by Les Abattoirs: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Curator: Annabelle Ténèze
2017    Reading Performance: An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time III, ARTEXTE, Montreal, QC. Curators: Jade Boivin, Emmanuelle Choquette, Barbara Clausen, Geneviève Marcil
2017    Ville Multiple, Maison de la Culture Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension, Montreal, QC. Curator: Mariza Rosales Argonza
2017    Precious Commodity, Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, ON. Curator: Alison Cooley
2016    TransAMERICAS: A Sign, A Situation, A Concept, Museum London, London, ON. Curators: Cassandra Getty and Dianne Pearce
2016    Working Conditions, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON. Curator: Sam Cotter
2015    Sportsmanship Under Surveillance, Gallery SUR, Toronto, ON. Curator: Tamara Toledo
2014    InsideOUT (open studio exhibition), Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida, USA
2014    Manif d’Art 7: The Quebec City Biennial, Quebec City, QC. Curator: Vicky Chainey Gagnon
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; The New Gallery, Calgary, AB; SAW Video Media Art Centre, Ottawa, ON. Curators: Suzanne Carte and Su-Ying Lee
2012    Accrochage d'été, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC
2012    Change, galerie 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, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS. Curator: Lynette de Montreuil
2010    Nocturne: Art at Night Festival, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2010    Fresh Paint/New Constructions, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
2010    Project Class 2010 (side project of Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980) University of Toronto Art Center, Toronto, ON. Curators: Ginger Scott and Joanna Sheridan
2010    23rd Images Festival (screening), Toronto, ON
2010    Entropy & Entropy, Anna Leonowens Gallery (Port Loggia), NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2010    March of Prints, Seeds Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS. Curated by Mark Bovey
2009    New and/or Knot…, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2009    Just Work Done, Glasgow, UK
2009    Interim Show, Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2009    Peeping Tom (screening), Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK

SELECT ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS
2022    Salon 44, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
2021    Plumbraiser 2.0, the plumb
2021    Photorama, Gallery TPW
2021    Salon 44, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
2020    Art Toronto (MOMENTA Biennial booth), Online
2019    Edition Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Center
2019    Buy Art, Diagonale
2019    Foire en art actuel de Québec, Chapelle des Jésuites. Curator: Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau
2018    Art Gallery of Mississauga Benefit Auction
2018    14th Annual C Magazine Contemporary Art Auction, Scrap Metal Gallery
2017    Photorama, Gallery TPW
2017    Gala & Art Auction, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
2017    SNAP! 2017, Toronto Reference Library
2015    Papier 15: Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper
2015    Partage Montreal, Centre Never Apart. Curator: Rhonda Meier
2015    12th Annual C Magazine Contemporary Art Auction, Division Gallery
2014    Encan, Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides
2014    Annual Gala, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
2013    Vendu/Sold, esse arts + opinions, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2012    Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Center
2011    Off the Hook, MacLaren Art Centre

SELECT RESIDENCIES
2022    MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA
2020    AXENÉO7, Gatineau, QC
2019    Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark
2018    IKEA Museum, Älmhult, Sweden
2017    Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2016    Vermont Studio Centre, Vermont, USA
2016    VSVSVS, Toronto, ON
2015    Centre SAGAMIE, Alma, QC
2015    Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2014    Atlantic Centre for the Arts, New Smyrna, USA
2013    Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
2009    Cove Park Art Centre, Helensburgh, UK

SELECT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2022    Artist talk, Martha Street Studio
2021    Panel speaker (with Profs. Ronald Rubin and Ipek Türeli), Canadian Centre for Architecture (Online)
2021    Artist talk, University of Wyoming, USA
2020    Artist talk (with Zinnia Naqvi), CICA Conversations in Contemporary Art, Concordia University
2019    Artist talk, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery
2019    Artist talk, John Abbott College
2019    Artist talk (with Celia Perrin Sidarous, Marigold Santos, Dominique Blain, Mathieu Beauséjour and Katherine Melançon), DHC/ART Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain
2019    Artist talk, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University
2018    Artist talk, Carleton University Art Gallery
2018    Artist talk, IKEA Museum, Älmhult, Sweden
2018    Artist talk, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary
2018    Artist talk, John Abbott College
2017    Portfolio review participant (by invitation), Le Mois de la Photo, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2017    Artist talk (with Jimmy Limit and Daniella Sanader), Gallery 44
2017    Artist talk, John Abbott College
2016    Artist talk, SNAP Gallery
2016    Panel speaker (with Nasrin Himada), Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery
2014    Panel speaker (with Jacqueline H. Nguyễn and Vicky Moufawad-Paul), A Space Gallery
2013    Artist talk, Eastern Edge Gallery
2013    Portfolio review participant (by invitation), Le Mois de la Photo
2012    Artist talk, SPOROBOLE Centre for Contemporary Art
2012    Artist talk, Whippersnapper Gallery
2011    Artist talk, Georgian College Art Gallery
2011    Organizing committee, International Cineflux Symposium
2011    Artist talk, ViewPoint Gallery
2011    Artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University
2010    Panel speaker, International Experimental Media Congress, OCAD University
2009    Artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University

SELECT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2020-Present    Member, Ethnocultural Art Histories Research in Media, Concordia University
2020-Present    Member, The Post Image Cluster, Concordia University
2019-Present    Member, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine
2015-2017        Member, Gallery SUR, Toronto, ON.
2011-Present    Member, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2012-2014        Member, Atelier Graff
2011-2013        Member, Galerie Articule
2009                    Volunteer, EyeLevel Gallery
2009                    Volunteer, Centre for Art Tapes
2007                    Volunteer, DARE-DARE
2007                    Volunteer, ARTEXTE

SELECT EXHIBITION REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
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.
2020    Tremblay, Marie-Claude. “Midnight Poison: entrevue avec Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Radio Canada, 13 Nov.
2019    Lee, Yaniya. “The Morbid Spectre of Hoarding.” Canadian Art, 26 Sept.
2019    Boivin, Jade. “Suggestions De La Rédaction: Momenta.” Vie des Arts, 19 Oct.
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    Claytor, Jon. “Juan Ortiz-Apuy at Owens Art Gallery in Sackville.” Akimblog, 13 Feb.
2019    Delgado, Jérome. “L’image en pièces détachées à Momenta.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 31 Aug., p. 18-19.
2019    Pearce, Dianne. “Por Encima, Debajo Y A Lo Largo: Vidas En Vilo.” Nierika, n° 15, pp. 22-31.
2019    Gaudet-Labine, Isabelle. “Pendre Les Forêts.” Zone Occupée, spring, pp. 28-29.
2019    Genest, Catherine. “La 6e Foire en Art Actuel de Québec se Dévoile.” Voir, 3 May.
2019    Delgado, Jérome. “Nature urbanité et autres lieux à revoir.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 12 Jan., p. 40.
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    Georgijevic, Anya. “Show Run.” The Globe and Mail [Toronto], 14 Jan., p. 5.
2017    ““Out of this Light, into this Shadow” at the GNO.” Sudbury Star, 9 Feb., p. B5.
2016    Steels, Sean. “Juan Ortiz-Apuy Explores Consumer Objects in “Garden of Earthly Delights”.” Vue Weekly [Edmonton], 7 Sept.
2016    Caplan, Mitchell. “Click Here.” CHUO, 18 May.
2015    Cooley, Allison. “Sportsmanship Under Surveillance.” Carbon Paper [Toronto], fall, p. 23.
2015    “Juan Ortiz-Apuy's Top Tabs.” Canadian Art, 12 Aug.
2015    Schechter, Fran. “Eye on Latin Artists.” NOW Toronto Magazine, 16 July, p. 45.
2015    Battersby, Sarah-Joyce. “Latin American Artists Find A New Home.” Toronto Star, 28 June, p. A3.
2015    Twerdy, Saelan. “Bad Dream Of The Bauhaus: Juan Ortiz-Apuy's IKEA Fantasia.” Momus, 16 Feb.
2015    Ménard, Marie-Gabrielle. “Montréal S'EXPOSe.” CIBL, 1 Feb.
2014    Côté, Nathalie. “Pas À Pas: La Résistance.” Inter Art Actuel, n° 118 fall, pp. 57-61.
2014    McLaughlin, Bryne. “Manif d’Art Critiques Capitalism—But To What End?.” Canadian Art, 5 June.
2014    Desjardins, Eloi. “Manif d’art 7 : La Biennale de Québec [part 2].” Un Show de Mot’Arts, 12 May.
2014    Delgado, Jérome. “Manif d’Art: Plus Manif Que Jamais.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 2 May, p. B2.
2014    Houde, Isabelle. “Un Désir d’Activer Le Discours.” Le Soleil [Quebec], 2 May, p. 30.
2014    Dick, Terence. “Space Fictions At A Space.” Akimblog, 11 March.
2014    Sullivan, Joan. “Quiet Please, Art In Progress.” The Telegram [St. John’s], 23 Jan., p. B5.
2014    “Hit List: Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Akimbo, 15 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., p. E6.
2013    Ducharme, André. “Juan Ortiz-Apuy A La Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran Dans Griffintown.” L'actualité, 10 Apr.
2013    Pirola, Matteo. “Doppie Coppie/Double Pairs.” Inventario 7, p. 65.
2013    Giordano, Pablo. “Siluetas de Simulcop.” Suelta, 15 Mar.
2012    Léger, Marc James. Brave New Avant Garde: Essays On Contemporary Art And Politics. Zero Books.
2012    Bolduc, Leigha. “Inflated American Tourister Suitcases by Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Designboom, 1 Mar.
2012    Mogelonsky, Samantha. “Art Toronto 2012: Suitcases, Ceramics, Sprouts, & More.” Indecent Xposure, 30 Oct.
2012    Parsons, Shani Khoo. “Highlights from the Fair.” Typologica, 1 Nov.
2011    Connolly, Jocelyne. “Une Jeune Génération D'Artistes: Dédramatisation Du Monde Et Un Certain Épicurisme”. Espace Sculpture, spring, pp. 35-37.
2011    Blenkhorn, Leigh. “Causing A Disruption.” Barrie Advance, 15 Sept., p. 35.
2011    Delgado, Jérome. “Double Visions.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 5 Feb., p. E7.
2011    Dewolfe, Stacey. “Art for Freedom Fighters”. Montreal Mirror, 20 Jan., p. 37.
2011    Fadden, Robyn. “Liberty Or Death”. The Hour [Montreal], 20 Jan., p. 7.
2011    Johns, Stephanie. “HRM's 3rd Annual Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program.” The Coast [Halifax], 6 Sept.
2010    Granjon Émile. “Vent De Fraîcheur Sur La Relève.” Vie Des Arts, 1 Aug., pp. 78-79.

SELECT EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
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.
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.

SELECT GRANTS & AWARDS
2022                Concordia University Research Award, Office of the Vice-President Research & Graduate Studies
2022-2023    Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020-2021    Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020-2021    Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020                Faculty Research Development Program, Concordia University
2020                Research Allowance, Concordia University
2019-2020    Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2019                International Residencies Program, Canada Council for the Arts
2019                Travel grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2019                Professional Development Grant, John Abbott College
2018-2019    Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2018                Travel grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2017-2018    Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2017                Travel grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2016-2017    Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2016                International Residencies Program, Canada Council for the Arts
2016                Merit-based Grant, Vermont Studio Centre
2015-2016    Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2015                Travel grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2014                Beers Contemporary Award for Emerging Art (shortlisted)
2012                Artists’ Book of the Moment, Art Gallery of York University (shortlisted)
2011                Halifax Regional Municipality Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program
2010                Joseph Beuys Scholarship, NSCAD University
2010                Jeune tête d’affiche, Dazibao
2009                Graduate Fellowship Award, NSCAD University
2008                Sir Harry Barnes Postgraduate Scholarship, The Glasgow School of Art
2008                The Betty Goodwin Prize in Studio Arts, Concordia University (Highest recognition for a graduating student in Fine Arts)

COLLECTIONS
Colart Collection
Cirque Du Soleil Collection
Equitable Bank Contemporary Art Collection
Art Gallery of York University Artist Books Collection
Private collections in Canada and the US