Ortiz Torres, Rubén

Mexican artist born in 1964. Educated within the utopian models of Spanish republican anarchism, he soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of the postcolonial Third World. He first studied at one of the oldest and most traditional art schools in the Americas (the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City) and then at one of the newest and most experimental (CalArts in Valencia, California). He has produced artworks in the form of paintings, photographs, objects, installations, videos, and films. He is a member of the Faculty at the University of California, San Diego. He has participated in various international exhibitions and film festivals. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, among others.