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Iliana Ortega Art

American, b. 1981
Iliana Ortega was born in Mexico City, she studied at Yale, receiving her MFA degree in painting from that institution in 2011. Since then, she has lived on the Lower East Side in New York City, where she has a studio at El Clemente, a former public school now becoming a local art center. Her current work centers on iridescent watercolors using color-simulating light reflection. She also works with black-and-white photographs of seascapes and small towns occurring in places well-known and not so well-known--eastern Long Island and Iceland are among the sites of her images. Ortega also creates more technically complex images, in which photos are embellished and changed by pencil, paint, etc. Her imagery tends toward a deep romanticism, in which the play of light on darkened water and waves suggests a visionary reading of nature, one that looks to an apocalyptic scenario that overwhelms the artist’s audience with its drama and high visual contrast. Romanticism, generally speaking, does not fly high in the American art world; we are given to politics and social issues much more than infinite dreams. So it makes sense that Ortega comes from another culture, one in which an archaic, romantically weighted vision makes itself felt in her own work--even if that work shows no signs of particularity as Mexican culture or a Mexican artifact of time.
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Blue Shining Ocean. New York, Iceland, Hawaii, Kauai
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Blue Shining Ocean, is a photograph showing one of the most beautiful moments during a Sunset light.
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2010s Land Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Inkjet

Swimming Pool, hot spring, Hveragerdi, Iceland. Part of Las Imagenes Negras.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition print.
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

"David Eclipsed by the USA"
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Sharing a significant aspect of my artistic journey, particularly about a unique piece named "David Eclipsed by the USA" that I created when I first arrived in this country. This pie...
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2010s Abstract Iliana Ortega Art

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Golden is a visual narrative of my internal dialogue, a reflection of the complex emotions tied to parting from the natural elements that had become an essential source of inspiratio...
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2010s Iliana Ortega Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Light Waves
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenomena in the islands. After returning to NYC I have been using similar techniques in a large format evoking the influence of traditional painting. Light Waves, was made after my time living in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenomena in the islands. After returning to NYC I have been using similar techniques in a large format evoking the influence of traditional painting. Light Waves works as a reflection of my subconscious absorbing the water light refection during my morning works...
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2010s Abstract Iliana Ortega Art

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Watercolor

Amagansett, Long Island, New York.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Amagansett, Long Island, New York. East New York water view offers a specific light phenomenon that questions what is really. That was the main inspiration for the series Sumer Light.
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2010s Land Iliana Ortega Art

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Archival Pigment

Turkey Neck; Morena, Greenport, Long Island, New York.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Turkey Neck; Morena, Greenport, Long Island, New York, 2009-2016 Inkjet print, enamel, markers, and ink on Hahnemühle matte paper, 11 x 12 inches, 28 x 31...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

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Archival Pigment

Water Monolith, Big Sur, CA
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Water Monolith, Big Sur, CA Represents the creation of our ego using the rock monolith as a representation of it.
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2010s Post-Modern Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitle
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenome...
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2010s Iliana Ortega Art

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Watercolor

Bardo
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenome...
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2010s Abstract Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenome...
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2010s Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Watercolor

Iceland Glacier Sólheimajökull, 2011
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Iceland Glacier Sólheimajökull, 2011. Is an archival inkjet print that captures the uncanny beauty of one of the most enigmatic glaciers in Iceland. Sólheimajökull is an outlet gla...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

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Archival Ink, Inkjet

Chrystie Street, Chinatown, New York, NY, 2015
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Chrystie Street is part of a series of photographs taken in Lower East Side New York, from 2011 to these days.
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2010s Street Art Iliana Ortega Art

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Inkjet

Elm Street, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2011
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Elm Street in Reykjavík, Iceland is one of the most iconic fashion streets in the city full of beauty boutiques that brings light and sophistication to the city.
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2010s Iliana Ortega Art

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Black and White, Inkjet

Candlewood Lake, CT. Winter 2011-2016
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique artwork. Made of an Archival inkjet print then scratched on top of the surface creating a second effect. This is a unique artwork. Made of an Archival inkjet print...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Hiking on the woods, Guilford CT. Unique piece.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Guilford, CT. Is a piece from Black and White Paintings, signed on the verso. Pencil, ink, Indian ink, and enamel on Archival inkjet print. Is a unique piece. After meticulously p...
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2010s Post-Modern Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Enamel

Hverfisgata, Reykjavík, Iceland. 2016
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Archival print, enamel, pencil. 11 x 8 inches. 2011-2016
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

K 444 Beetle, 2011
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
K 444 Beetle is a photograph from the series Iceland made in 2011. This print was exhibited in a few venues as the Study at Yale.
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Pigment, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Bougainvillea Over A Blizzard, New Haven, CT, 2010-2011.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
From Black and White Paintings, signed on the verso. Pencil, ink, and enamel on Archival inkjet print. Framed and board mounted by Laumont. Exhibition records include; "Photography i...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Steamy Rocks, 2011
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Steamy Rocks, 2011. Is a series of photographs while I was traveling over Iceland. This photograph attempts to evoke the natural pallet of the la...
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2010s Other Art Style Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Lake, MO, 2017
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Lake, MO 2017. Is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel on...
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2010s Post-Minimalist Iliana Ortega Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sólheimajökull Glacier, Iceland, 2011
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
n/a
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled, 2017.
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 2017 is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel on...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Malinalco, 2017
By Iliana Ortega
Located in New York, NY
Malinalco 2017, Is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel ...
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2010s Contemporary Iliana Ortega Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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