UPCOMING
FEBRUARY 11 — JUNE 26, 2021
Solo exhibition: Tropicana
VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, QC
JUNE 5 — JULY 10, 2021
Group exhibition: NO. 22
The Museum of Longing and Failure (MOLAF)
Bergen, Norway
MARCH 1 — NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Group exhibition: Buissonnière
Galerie B-312 (Off-site exhibition)
Montreal, QC
SEPTEMBER 17 — NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Solo exhibition
Open Space, Victoria, BC
JUNE 23 — JULY 31, 2022
Artist-in-residence
Zentrum Für Keramik, Berlin, Germany
SPRING, 2022
Solo exhibition: Tropicana
Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University, Sherbrook, QC
MAY 11- JUNE 7, 2022
Artist-in-residence
MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA
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), DHC/ART (Montreal), Owens Art Gallery (Sackville), Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), 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), Optica Centre d’art Contemporain (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 The Telegram [St. John’s].
Ortiz-Apuy has completed several artist-in-residence programs, most notably at The Vermont Studio Center (USA), The Frans Masereel Centre (Belgium), IKEA Museum (Sweden), and the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center (Denmark). Ortiz-Apuy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Studio Arts at Concordia University.
SELECT CV
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)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Upcoming, Open Space, Victoria, BC
2022 Upcoming, Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University, Sherbrook, QC
2020 Tropicana, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, QC
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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, VOX Centre de l’image Contemporaine, Montreal, QC. Curator: María Wills Londoño, in collaboration with Audrey Genois and Maude Johnson
2019 Water Event, DHC/ART Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain, Montreal, QC. Curators: Gunnar B. Kvaran and Cheryl Sim
2019 Fichiers Temporaire, Centre SAGAMIE, Alma, QC. Curators: Émili Dufour, Mathilde Martel-Coutu et Nicholas Pitre
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 and 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, QC. Curator: Tamara Toledo
2014 Space Fictions, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curator: Vicky Moufawad-Paul
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
2012 Accrochage d'été, galerie antoine ertaskiran, 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. Curator: 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
ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS
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
RESIDENCIES
2022 Upcoming, MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA
2021 Upcoming, Zentrum Für Keramik, Berlin, Germany
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
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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 Artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University
2010 Panel speaker, International Experimental Media Congress, OCAD University
EXHIBITION REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
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.
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 Delgado, Jérome. “L’image en pièces détachées à Momenta.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 31 Aug., p. 18-19.
2019 Gaudet-Labine, Isabelle. “Pendre Les Forêts.” Zone Occupée, spring, pp. 28-29.
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. “Nature urbanité et autres lieux à revoir.” Le Devoir [Montreal], 12 Jan., p. 40.
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 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.
2016 Steels, Sean. "Juan Ortiz-Apuy Explores Consumer Objects in Garden of Earthly Delights." Vue Weekly [Edmonton], 7 Sept.
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.
2015 Twerdy, Saelan. "Bad Dream Of The Bauhaus: Juan Ortiz-Apuy's IKEA Fantasia." Momus, 16 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 Delgado, Jérome. "Manif d'Art: Plus Manif Que Jamais." Le Devoir [Montreal], 2 May.
2014 Houde, Isabelle. "Un Désir d'Activer Le Discours." Le Soleil [Quebec], 2 May.
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.
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.
2013 Babin, Normand. “Vois, Réfléchis, Aime.” Montrealistement, 28 Mar.
2013 Babin, Normand. “Fugue à La Bibliothèque.” Montréalistement, 23 Oct.
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 Parsons, Shani Khoo. “Highlights from the Fair.” Typologica, 1 Nov.
2011 Blenkhorn, Leigh. "Causing A Disruption." Barrie Advance, 15 Sept., p. 35.
2011 Connolly, Jocelyne. “Une Jeune Génération D'Artistes: Dédramatisation Du Monde Et Un Certain Épicurisme”. Espace Sculpture, spring, pp. 35-37.
2011 Delgado, Jérome. "Double Visions." Le Devoir [Montreal], 5 Feb.
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.
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.
GRANTS & AWARDS
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
2019-2020 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020 Faculty Research Development Program, Concordia University
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
2015-2016 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2015 Merit-based Grant, Vermont Studio Centre
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)