LORI ORTIZ BIO
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EXHIBITION HISTORY: 

Selected Exhibitions

2004 “Eccentric Space,” N3 Gallery, Bklyn, NY. Five person show.
2003 “Arc,” Sideshow Gallery, Bklyn, NY. Four person show. 
2002/1 “Round,” “Made in Brooklyn,” Cono, Bklyn. curators Don Voisine/Chris Martin.
2001   "PAINT", www.gallerythe.org, Brooklyn, NY. Group show.
2000   “Punk & Bloat”  Malloy College, Rockville Center, NY. Group show.
2000   Artsites Greenport, NY. Gallery group show.
2000-  Pierogi 2000 Brooklyn, NY.  Traveling exhibit of artists represented.  
           Venues include 1997  “Current Undercurrents” The 
           Brooklyn Museum and “The Grammercy Art Show”.
1999   Im n Il Brooklyn,NY. Group Show. Curator: Eung Ho Park
1999  “Night of 1,000  Drawings” Artists Space NYC. Group show. Benefit.
1999  “Size Matters” Gail Gates Gallery Brooklyn, NY. Group show . 
           Curator: Mike Weiss.
1999  “Pieces III” Gallery 128  Rivington Street, NYC. Group show. 
           Curator: Sylvia Netzer.
1998   RICHART 5 E. 55 St., NYC. One person show.
1998  “Pieces II” Gallery 128  Rivington Street, NYC. Group show.
1998 -96 “Crest Hardware Show”.  Brooklyn, NY
1996   Maria Chailloux Gallery  Amsterdam. Group Show.
1995  “Abstraction”  The Art Barge  Amagansett, NY
1995  Artsphere  NYC. Group show.
1994  “Springs Improvement Society Annual Invitational”  
           Ashawagh Hall  East Hampton, NY. Group show.
1994  The Parrish Art Museum  Southampton, NY. Juror: Holly Solomon
1993  “Young Blood” Guild Hall Museum  East Hampton, NY.  Group Show.
1993  “The Promised Land Remembered” The Art Barge  Amagansett, NY. 
           Group show.
1993  Remission Gallery  NYC. Group show.
1991  Provisions Gallery  Sag Harbor, NY. One person show.
1991  “Natural Order” Art in General  NYC. Group show. Curator: Holly Block
1990  East End Arts Council  Riverhead, NY. One person show.
1990  “Beyond the Surface” Springs Art Gallery  Three person show.
1989  Islip Art Museum  Group Show . 
           Jurors: Dr. Susan Larson, Margaret Moorman.
1988  Tompkins Square Gallery  NYC. Five person show.
1988-87  ALGO 4x5 Gallery  A monthly public exhibit at 76 E 4 St. NYC.
1987  “Metro Show”  City Without Walls  Newark, NJ. Touring Exhibit. 
           Curator: Peter Frank, Stefan Eins.
1987  “Bigger and Deffer” Mission West  NYC. Group show. Curator: DD Chapin.
1982  “NYU Annual Small Works Show” 80 Washington Square East Galleries  NYC. 
           Curator: Ivan Karp.
1977   Fosdick Nelson Gallery  Alfred, NY

Awards

1993   New York Foundation for the Arts, Special Opportunity Grant
1989   Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant Award
1989   Artists Space Grant Award
1987   Studio Residency at the New York Public Library, 
           Tompkins Square Branch, NYC
1987   Lower East Side Printshop, Print Project, NYC

Reviews / Publications

2001 “Operation Brainstorm,” painting for Dec. Brooklynrail, p.18.
2000   Phyllis Braff,  “Punk and Bloat”, The New York Times, Dec.10
2000   “Punk & Bloat”, Exhibition catalogue with essay by  Bill Arning
1994   “Parrish Makes the Most of Area’s Artists”, 
           The Southampton Press, May 5
1993  “Guild Hall Displays Work of It’s Neighbors in ‘Young Blood” 
           The New York Times Nov.7
1993   Jennifer Cross, “Fresh Energy Lights Guild Hall’s ‘Young Blood”, 
           The Southampton Press, Nov. 25
1993    Rose Slivka, “From the Studio”, The East Hampton Star, Nov. 18
1990   Robert Long,”East End Arts Council”, 
           The Southampton Press , December 21
1990  Phyllis Braff, “A Probing Look Beyond the Surface”, 
           The New York Times, Sept. 23
1987   CatSou Roberts, “Ten-Pak”,  108 East Village Review, July

Education

1993   Printmaking workshop with Claire Romano, John and Tim Ross, 
           The Art Barge, Amagansett, NY
1978   Apprenticeship with Jennifer Bartlett, NYC
1977  B.F.A. Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1976  Exchange Student, Brighton Polytechnic, ENGLAND
1973   Art Students League, NYC

Teaching

1997   Lecture and slide presentation, Gallery 128, NYC. 
           Lword Multimedia Presentation.
1994   Lecture (in conjunction with exhibit), The Parrish Art Museum, 
           Southampton NY.
1992   Studio visit, students from  Southampton College
1991   Lecture and slide presentation, The Jimmy Ernst Artists Alliance , 
           East Hampton, NY.
1991-  Numerous workshops with children  and adults
1984