Damián Ortega was born in Mexico City in 1967. He uses objects from his everyday life—Volkswagen Beetle cars, Day of the Dead posters, locally-sourced corn tortillas—to make spectacular sculptures which suggest stories of both mythic import and cosmological scale.
Where did Damian Ortega go to school?
Damian Ortega | Jesus College in the University of Cambridge.
Where does Damian Ortega live?
Mexico City
What materials does Damian Ortega use?
Influenced by the concept of ready –made and governed by the methodology of conceptual art, Ortega started producing his works by employing various materials like tools, golf balls, bricks, oil barrels, car parts and carefully sculpting or composing them in gallery space.