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), 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.
CONTACT
j.ortiz.apuy@gmail.com
Photo: Brandon Brookbank
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020-Present Assistant Professor, Critical Perspectives on Inclusion in 3D Art Practices, Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University
2022-2023 Concordia University Research Fellow
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
2024 Tropicana, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Dawson City, YT
2024 Tropicana, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
2024 Tropicana, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB. Curator: Naomi Potte
2023 Darkroom, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB. Curator: Luther Konadu
2023 Tropicana, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON. Curator: Shannon Anderson
2023 Tropicana, Centre Pauline Julien, Trois-Rivières, QC
2022 Tropicana, Biosphère Museum, Montreal, QC. Curator: Julie Belisle
2022 Tropicana, Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC. Curator: Gentiane Belanger
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
2024 Environnement Entends-tu?, Art Souterrain Festival, Eaton Centre, Montreal, QC. Curators: Heather Davis and Sonia Robertson
2023 La mémoire dans les mains, Maison de la Culture Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension, Montreal, QC. Curator: Milton Riano
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: AnnabelleTénèze
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, 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
PUBLIC ART
2023 Program for the integration of works of art in public space, REM Train Station: Anse-à-l'Orme, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal, QC (shortlisted)
SELECT RESIDENCIES
2024 Kohila International Woodfire Ceramics Symposium & Residency, Tallinn, Estonia
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 ART FAIRS & AUCTIONS
2022 Vendu/Sold, esse arts + opinions, Projet Casa
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 TALKS & LECTURES
2024 Artist Talk, Bridges: arts and communities, Centre CLARK, Montreal, QC
2024 Artist Talk, Seminarts, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
2024 Artist Talk, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2023 Artist Talk, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Artist Talk, Maison de la Culture Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension, Montreal, QC
2022 Lecture, Viewpoints: Mika Rottenberg, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
2022 Artist talk, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2022 Artist talk, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Artist talk, University of Wyoming, USA
2021 Artist talk (with Zinnia Naqvi), CICA Conversations in Contemporary Art, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2019 Artist talk, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, QC
2019 Artist talk, John Abbott College, Montreal, QC
2019 Artist talk (with Celia Perrin Sidarous, Marigold Santos, Dominique Blain, Mathieu Beauséjour and Katherine Melançon), DHC/ART Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain, Montreal, QC
2019 Artist talk, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2018 Artist talk, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2018 Artist talk, IKEA Museum, Älmhult, Sweden
2018 Artist talk, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Calgary, AB
2018 Artist talk, John Abbott College, Montreal, QC
2017 Artist talk (with Jimmy Limit and Daniella Sanader), Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2017 Artist talk, John Abbott College, Montreal, QC
2016 Artist talk, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2014 Artist talk (with Jacqueline H. Nguyễn and Vicky Moufawad-Paul), A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Artist talk, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John’s, NL
2012 Artist talk, SPOROBOLE Centre for Contemporary Art, Sherbrooke, QC
2012 Artist talk, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 Artist talk, Georgian College Art Gallery, Barrie, ON
2011 Artist talk, ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, NS
2011 Artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2009 Artist talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
CONFERENCES & PANEL PRESENTATIONS
2024 Panel Speaker (with Profs. Shannon Lloyd, Felice Yuen, Govind Gopakumar), Perspectives on Sustainability: Research at Concordia, organized by the Office of Research, Concordia University
2023 Panel Speaker and Organizer, Visioning New Horizons. A SSHRC-funded, two-day conference involving 21 speakers, organized by Post Image Research Cluster, Concordia University
2023 Panel Speaker (with Profs. Miranda Smitheram, Alisi Telengut, and Levinia Jones), Social Justice, Economic Empowerment, and Arts Education. A satellite session of the European League of Institutes of Art annual leadership conference, organized by the Dean’s Office, Concordia University
2023 Panel Speaker (with Prof. Surabhi Goshi, Amelie Belanger, and KG), Intranarration, moderated by curator Mark Lactôt, CICA Conversations in Contemporary Art, Concordia University
2023 Panel Speaker, Ontology of the Digital Object, organized by Mois Multi: Festival International d’arts Multidisciplinaires et Électroniques, Espace 400e, Quebec
2023 Panel speaker (with Prof. Alice Jarry, and Marianne Lavoie), Arts et Écoresponsabilités: Les Matières, organized by L’imprimerie Centre d’Artistes
2022 Panel speaker, In.Site: Collaborative Sustainability Across the Fine Arts. A participatory symposium on collaborative sustainability across the fine arts, organized by Prof. pk Langshaw and the Dean’s Office, Concordia University
2022 Panel speaker (with Hua Jin and Frances Mckenzie), Biosphère Museum
2021 Panel speaker (with Profs. Ronald Rubin and Ipek Türeli), Canadian Centre for Architecture
2016 Panel speaker (with Nasrin Himada), Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery
2010 Panel speaker, International Experimental Media Congress, OCAD University
JURY PARTICIPATION & OTHER COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
2024 Workshop for youth, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2024 Peer-Reviewer, Governor General’s Award Application (at the request of Universities Canada)
2023 External thesis reviewer, MFA Thesis, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2023 Exhibition Programming Committee, McClure Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
2023 Peer Assessment Committee, Research and Creation Grants, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Summer Residency Selection Committee, SBC Gallery, Montreal, QC
2017 Portfolio review participant (by invitation), Le Mois de la Photo, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
2015 External thesis reviewer, MFA Thesis, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2013 Portfolio review participant (by invitation), Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, QC
2011 Organizing Committee, International Cineflux Symposium, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2020-Present Co-director, The Post Image Cluster, Concordia University
2022-2022 Member, Ethnocultural Art Histories Research in Media, Concordia Universit
2019-Present Member, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine
2011-Present Member, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2012-2014 Member, Atelier Graff
2011-2013 Member, Galerie Articule
2009 Volunteer, Centre for Art Tapes
2009 Volunteer, EyeLevel Gallery
2007 Volunteer, DARE-DARE
2007 Volunteer, ARTEXTE
SELECT EXHIBITION REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
2024 Toledo, Tamara. “Sur Gallery Profiles: Juan Ortiz Apuy.” YouTube, 2 Apr.
2024 Flores Zuñiga, Juan Carlos. “Premios a Las Artes Visuales En Costa Rica.” Meer, 10 Mar.
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 La 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.
2023 Lévesque, Véronique. “Exposition Tropicana à L'espace Pauline-Julien.” Chronique Culturelle, TVA, 1 Mar.
2022 Behzadi, Mojeanne. “Trajectories: Episode 4 - Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 26 Jan.
2021 “Interview with Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” Vimeo, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, 11 Feb.
2021 “Midnight Poison De Juan Ortiz-Apuy.” YouTube, Vaste et Vague, 5 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 “Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Fountain Mist.” Vimeo, Owens Art Gallery, 11 Jan.
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.
2010 “Species of Spaces Series.” Jeune tête d’affiche, Dazibao
SELECT EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
2024 Tam, Agnes. “What’s in a Name? That Which We Call Home?” Permanent Collection, Esker Foundation, 8 July.
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.
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.
RESEARCH FUNDING
2023-2024 Exploration and Research Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2023-2025 Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2022-2023 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022-2023 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
2020-2022 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020-2021 Faculty Research Development Program, Concordia University
2020-2021 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
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
2010 Joseph Beuys Scholarship, NSCAD University
AWARDS
2024 Best International Representation, International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Costa Rica Chapter
2023 Concordia University Research Award, Office of the Vice-President Research & Graduate Studies, Concordia University
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 Award
2009 Graduate Fellowship Award, NSCAD University
2008 Sir Harry Barnes Postgraduate Award, The Glasgow School of Art
2008 The Betty Goodwin Prize in Studio Arts, Concordia University (Highest recognition for a graduating student in Fine Arts)