Education
1993 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1993 Cooper Union, New York, NY
1984 Bachelor of Architecture, University of Coahuila, Mexico
1982 Santa Anita Art Institute, Coahuila Mexico
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Leticia Ortega Cortes Paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 “Recent work”, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 “Summer Cuts”, Installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2006 “Brief Sonnet”, Installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2004 “Fragile Stories”, Museo de las Culturas, Coahuila, Mexico
2003 “Simplicity”, The Window, 184 Franklin New York, NY
1996 “Leticia Ortega; Recent Work”, Tribeca 148 Gallery New York, NY
1994 “Memories in Passing”, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2012 The Swing, two person installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011 Winter Drawings, two person installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 “When skies are hanged…”, Installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Is where space ends death or infinity?”, two-person installation, Dioniso & Leticia Ortega, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Dionisio Cortes & Leticia Ortega, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Group Exhibition, Ventura Museum, Ventura, CA
2007 Zero Gravity Painting Center, New York, NY
2006 Northern Artists, Traveling exhibition, Mexico
2006 TriBeCa Open Studios, New York, NY
2005 Group Exhibition, Museo de las Culturas, Coahuila Mexico
2004 Poli-Prep Benefit Art Auction, Center for Architecture New York, NY
2004 Coahuila Artists, Centro Cultural, Santiago NL, Mexico
2004 Inaugural Exhibition, Nix Gallery New York, NY
2003 TriBeCa Open Studios, New York, NY
2003 Group Exhibition, Museo de las Culturas, Coahuila Mexico
2002 92Y Street Studio Tour, New York, NY
2002 The Art Show, 67 Jay St. New York, NY.
2001 Group Show, The window, 184 Franklin, New York, NY
2001 XXII Small Works, 80 East Galleries NYU New York, NY
2000 Coahuila Artists, Traveling exhibition, Zacatecas, Mexico City
1999 Saltillo; Hundred Years of Painting, City Gallery Saltillo Coah. Mexico
1998 I Biennial Olga Costa, Chavez Morado Museum Guanajuato, Mexico
1998 Aperture, Nix Art Center Coahuila, Mexico
1997 Coahuila Grant Recipients, City Gallery Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
1996 The Horse Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery Santa Monica CA
1997 Maximum Capacity, Tribeca 148 Gallery New York, NY
1997 A Grand Affair, Benefit Exhibition, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1994 Italian & American Art, Castello Ducale, Crecchio, Italy
1994 Mass Exposure, Tribeca 148 Gallery New York, NY
1993 Wall to Wall, Art initiatives, New York, NY
Collections
Throckmorton Fine Arts Inc, New York, NY
Vitro Center, Monterrey NL, MX
ICOCULT City gallery Saltillo, Coahuila, MX
Museo de la Estampa, Saltillo Coah. Mexico.
Bibliography
Mattera, Joanne, Is Where Space Ends Death or Infinity?, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, August 2010
Abstract Art Online, Zero Gravity/Heavy Weather, New York, NY 2007
Sanchez, Lucia, Nostalgia on Canvas, PALABRA, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX 2002
Zepeda, Susana, Fragmented Reality, VANGUARDIA, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX 2002
Amezcua, Ernesto, Producing Art, PALABRA, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX 1999
Garcia, Anabel, Tracing talents, VANGUARDIA, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX 1999
Garcia, Anabel, A Vangard Woman, VANGUARDIA, Saltillo, Coahuila, MX1998
Awards
1997 First Prize Architectural Design for Center XXI Coahuila, Mexico
1996 Coahuila State Grant, Painting Coahuila, Mexico
1982 Third Prize Painting Centro de Arte Vitro Monterrey, Mexico
Jury and Curatorial Experience
1999 Art Curator for Aperture; El Nix opening exhibition Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
1997 Member of the Jury for “A Trip Through Mexico’s Nature” (National drawing competition for children), Mexico City, Mexico