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México, 1989
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow
Member of the Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jumex Foundation for Contemporary Art Grantee New Artists Society Scholarship Grantee at SAIC
John W. Kurtich Scholar
Alberto Ortega is an interdisciplinary designer. His work uses architecture and performance to address histories of social struggles, racialization and class dynamics in the Americas. He writes for leading Mexican and Spanish critical journals on contemporary culture. He holds an MFA in Architecture with support of the New Artists Society at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been a Jumex Foundation for Contemporary Art Grantee and a John W. Kurtich Scholar. He has lectured for the American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter, the University of Illinois Chicago and his work has been part of individual and collective exhibitions in Chicago, Mexico City, Berlin and the 16th Venice Architecture Biennial.
Upcoming: Urban Toxicity and Environmental Justice, with Joshi Radin for the Goethe Institut.
Upcoming: Urban Toxicity and Environmental Justice, with Joshi Radin for the Goethe Institut.