Emma Ortiz
Painting
b. 1997
Lives and works in Miami, FL
Emma Ortiz is a painter living and working in Miami, FL. After receiving her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2019, she moved back home to Miami and began painting orchids as studies. Ortiz received her MFA in painting in 2022 and had her New York debut solo show with ATM Gallery in summer 2023.
STATEMENT
“In the warmth of natural light, I treat each painting as a diary entry that shares moods of the moment and reflections of the world around me. My practice relies on intuition, trust, and mixing color. Paying close attention to what calls to me, I’m intentional about the way I use oils to paint motifs from nature, and also use imagination as an ever-growing bank of imagery I reference in my work.”
- Emma Ortiz
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023, Obsession, ATM Gallery, New York, New York
2022, Moody, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, Florida
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Club Mix, Club Gallery Miami, Florida
2023, BLOOM, Club Gallery Miami, Florida
2022, MFA Showcase, The Bonnier Gallery, Miami, Florida
2022, Echo, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2022, Plasticity, Galeria Azur, 2022, Madrid, Spain
2021, Twelve, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, Florida
EDUCATION
2022, MFA Painting, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2019, BFA Illustration, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
In the Journal
Cheryl Humphreys | Close Crush Exhibition
For Tappan’s first duo exhibition, Close Crush, married artists Mike McMullen and Cheryl Humphreys, both printmakers, exhibited artworks made in their first year of parenthood. Several of the seri...
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