Raúl Ortega Ayala

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Galerías y otras organizaciones que le representan

Dürst Britt & Mayhew

Proyectos Monclova

Organizaciones con obra

David Roberts Art Foundation - DRAF

Hiscox Spain

Descripción del Artista

Raúl Ortega Ayala (Ciudad de México, 1973) vive y trabaja entre Nueva Zelanda y la Ciudad de México. Formado inicialmente en la pintura, la práctica artística de Ortega Ayala atiende una inmersión etnográfica en mundos y disciplinas extranjeros, para explorar durante largos periodos de tiempo, las tensiones entre el arte y la antropología. Oscilando entre un observador distante y uno activo, participante y crítico, desde hace una década Ortega Ayala ha empleado metodologías etnográficas de observación participante y conocimiento encarnado para producir tres series que exploran el mundo laboral, el de la jardinería y el de la industria alimentaria. Un elemento crucial en su práctica, es el proceso de recopilación de materiales y experiencias que utiliza para producir sus videos, instalaciones, performances y fotografías. Recientemente se ha enfocado en obras que exploran la amnesia social colectiva y los detritos de la historia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raúl Ortega Ayala (1973) studied Painting at ‘La Esmeralda’ in Mexico City after which he traveled to the Glasgow School of Art for a Master in Fine Arts. After that he moved to London, where he worked for five years on various research projects. During his master’s degree, he moved away from painting and veered his practice towards Anthropology and began working with the ethnographic method of ‘participant observation.’ Since then, Raúl Ortega Ayala has purposefully immersed himself for periods of one or two years in various different contexts such as the office world, food and gardening. This resulted in three different series, titled: ‘Bureaucratic Sonata, An Ethnography on Gardening, and Food for Thought’. He is currently exploring other methodologies used in History and Archaeology for an ongoing series ‘From the Pit of Etc.’ devoted to the concept of absence, trace, and iconoclasm. Ortega Ayala is currently living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Recent group exhibitions with Raúl Ortega Ayala include ‘Stirring the Pot of Story’ at the Delfina Foundation in London, ‘Silent Light’ at Dürst Britt & Mayhew, ‘True Story’ at Proyectos Monclova in Mexico City and ‘Yes Naturally’ at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in The Hague. Solo exhibitions include ‘Living Remains’ at Stroom Den Haag and ‘Melting Pots’ at Rokeby Gallery in London. Works by Ortega Ayala is held in private and public collections, including the David Roberts Art Foundation, the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Paisley Museum, Lisser Art Museum, Museum Voorlinden and the VandenBroek Foundation.

Exposiciones en las que ha participado como artista

Montserrat (a phono-archeology)

Individual

The Zone, Chernobyl (2013-2020)

Individual

Excepciones normales: Arte contemporáneo en México

Colectiva

5 exposiciones