Iliana Ortega Paintings
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.(Biography provided by Iliana Ortega)
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Artist: Iliana Ortega
"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 Paintings
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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 Paintings
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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 Paintings
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Watercolor
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 Paintings
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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 Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
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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 Paintings
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Watercolor
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 Paintings
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Enamel
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 Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil
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 Paintings
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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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 Paintings
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Archival Pigment
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