EDUCATION
MFA University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
MFA, Art Scholarship, National Hispanic Scholarship
BFA University of Texas, Austin, TX
BFA, Art Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 LMP PDA, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO
2019 Public Secret Society of Conceptual Migrants, Wentworth University, Boston, MA
2019 Emmanuel College, Art Gallery Boston, MA
2018 WWKY:I Exist, Luminaria 2018, San Antonio, TX
2018 WWKY:I Am Here, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2017 Pillow Talk, Terminal 136, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
2016 Looking Back, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO
2016 Work Won’t Kill You, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 Work Won’t Kill You: Forensic, SALTQuarters, Syracuse, NY
2015 Work Won’t Kill You, South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX
2001 Saints, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Charlotte, NC
2001 “Finding Translations” Emmanuel Gallery, University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, CO
2000 “Crisis, Dreams and the Aesthetic Imagination” Tri-exhibition: US, Mexican and Chilean Artists, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Valdivia, Chile
1999 “Boating” Patty Ortiz, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO
1998 “1598,1848,1898” Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO
1998 “Patty Ortiz” Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 “Burns Park” 1/1 Gallery, Denver, CO
1997 “Crisis” San Luis Arts Center, San Luis, CO
1997 “A Woman’s Vision” Artes de Pueblo, Denver, CO
1996 “Reencuentros/Reencounters” Metro Center for the Visual Arts and Washington University, Tacoma, WA
1996 “Burning out Fires” Zip37, Denver, CO
1995 Alumni Exhibition, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
1994 Images in the Age of AIDS, Casa del Lago in Chapultepec Park,
Mexico DF/Troppen Museum, Amsterdam
1994 El Grito de las Independencia, Denver Civic Center, Denver CO
1994 Ortiz, Hatfield Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
1994 Visionarias Chicanas, Sangre de Christo, Pueblo, CO
1994 Ta Naohixik Airshow La Raza Galleria Posada, Sacramento, CA
1993 Saints and Angels” Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
1993 Public Artists, Colorado Gallery for the Arts, Denver, CO
1993 Public Art for the 21st Century, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
1993 Images in the Age of AIDS, Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
1993 Contemporary Chicano Art of Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1993 Housescapes, Brigite Schluger Gallery, Denver CO
1992 Ta Naohixik Airshow, Boulder Center For the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1992 Ortiz, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
1992 Retablos, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
1992 Images in the Age of AIDS, University of Colorado Gallery, Boulder, CO
1992 Of Two Worlds, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1992 Alliance for Contemporary Art Auction Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1992 Chairs, Chairs, Chairs, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
1991 Arts Alive in America, Museum W/O Walls International, Bemis Pt, NY
1991 Under the Southwestern Sky, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1991 26th Annual, San Bernardino County Museum, CA
1991 Spirit of Home, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
1990 Body Adornment, Colorado Artist Craftsmen, Denver, CO
1990 Colorado in Three Dimensions, Photo Mirage Gallery, Denver, CO
1989 Arts for the Heart, Gallery 44, Boulder, CO
1989 Ortiz, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1988 80211, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
1988 Alternative Arts Alliance Traveling Arts Exhibition, Denver, CO
1988 Drawing ’88, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1987 Mayors Office, Denver Colorado
1986 Patty Ortiz, Carson Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1986 Patty Ortiz, Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1986 Patty Ortiz, Arvada Center for the Arts, CO
1985 Colorado 3D, Arvada Center for the Arts, CO
1985 Colorado Women who Create Art, Foothills Arts Center
1984 Mystery and Light, Horizons Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
1984 Denver Art Works, City & County Building, Denver, CO
1984 Women and Art, Center for Idea Art, Denver, CO
1984 Sculpture and Installation, Grant Street Arts Center, Denver, CO
1983 Ortiz/Thomas, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1983 Ortiz, Auraria Gallery, Denver, CO
1983 Ortiz, Packard Gallery, Denver, CO
1981 Four Installations, Schwayder Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1980 Arts ’80 Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1979 13th Annual National Drawing and Sculpture Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Purchase Award
SELECTED PRIVATE/PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Jeppeson Corporation, Frankfort, Germany
Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
Robbins Federal Credit Union, Warren Robins, GA
Jeppeson Corporation, Denver, CO
Dora Moore Elementary, Denver, CO
Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
Public Art Collection, City and County of Denver, CO
Great Western Life Insurance, Denver, CO
City of Munich, Germany
State of Colorado State Administration building
American Airlines
Taco Bell Corporation, LA, CA
Kaiser Permenante, Denver, CO
McDonalds Corporation, LA, CA
Mountain Bell, Denver, CO
Bill Walter Co. Denver, CO
Siteman Organization, Saint Louis MS
Central Bank, Denver, CO
Main Bank, San Antonio, TX
AMOCO Collection, Denver, CO
ARCO Collection, Denver, CO
The University of Texas Health Science Center, TX
New Mexico State University, Print Collection, Albuquerque, NM
David Adams Private Collection, NM
Numerous private collections
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2019 Artist In Residence, Emmanuel College, Boston MA
2016 Consultant under Gail Goldman Associates, Austin Airport Master Plan
2016 Artist In Residence, Art Produce, San Diego, CA
2016 Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
2016 Artist In Residence, SALTQuarters, Syracuse, NY
2015 Curator, Flatlander, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2009-14 Executive Director/Chief Curator, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2005-08 Executive Director/Curator, Museo de las Américas, Denver, CO
1999-04 Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, Denver, CO
1989-99 Program Director, Colorado Council on the Arts, AIE Director
1985-87 Colorado Federation for the Arts, Manager
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
2011 NALAC National Conversations Convening: Latino Arts & Cultural Organizations, Chicago Cultural Center, Panelist
2011 Margaret A. Cargill (MAC) Foundation, Advisory Panelist
2010 American Association of Museums, Panelist
2010 American Association of Museums, Museums & Community Collaborations Abroad Colloquium Presenter
2008 AAM Conference, Panelist
2007-8 Livingston Fellow, One of five Colorado Leaders in 2007 selected by the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
2006 Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts Fellowship from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
1995-01 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C., Panelist
Arts Learning Grant Review Panel Member (2001)
State Partnership Grant Review Panel Member (1998)
Education and Access Grant Panel Member (1997)
ArtsPlus Grant Panel Member (1995)
1999-09 WESTAF/National Endowment for the Arts, Panelist
Multiculturalism Symposium- Panelist (2004)
Millennium Project Selection Panel (1999)
1998-03 Review Panelist for State Arts Councils
Arizona Arts Commission: Public Art Panel (2008), Artist Fellowship Selection Panel (2003)
Illinois Arts Council (1998): Artist Fellowship Selection Panel
South Carolina Arts Commission (1997): Artist Fellowship Selection Panel Chairman
Colorado Council on the Arts (1983 – 1995): Individual Artist Program, Arts In Public Places Program, Artists in Residence Program
Denver Commission on Culture and Film (1989, 2003, 2007): Art in Public Places Program
TEACHING POSITIONS
2004 University of Denver Extension Program
1994 Visiting Artist, Univ. of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, CO
1989‑90 Clayton Summer Institute for the Arts, Denver, CO
1987‑88 University of Colorado, Denver ‑ drawing, painting
1979‑88 Metro State College ‑ design, drawing
1978‑79 San Antonio Arts Institute, Texas ‑ drawing, printmaking
1978‑79 The University of Texas, San Antonio ‑ drawing
BOARD MEMBER
2011-15 American Association of Museums, Board Member
2010 SA2020 Mayor Steering Committee: Committee formed to assist San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro in his ten year visioning process
2009-15 Public Art San Antonio, Board Member
2007/08 Colorado Non-Profit Association, Board Member
2005-06 Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnership, Board Member
2005-06 Friends of Denver School of the Arts Board Member
1999 Fiesta Colorado, Board Member
1996 Chicano Humanities Arts Council, Board Member/Treasurer
1984‑87 Commissioner for the Arts, Selected by Mayor Pena to serve on the Mayor's Arts Commission, Chairman for the Public Art Committee
COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS
1992 Commissioned by Denver Mayor Wellington Webb to create one Experimental Aviation artwork as gift to Mayor of Munich, Germany.
1991 Recipient of the "New Forms Regional Initiative Grant", funded by the National Endowment for the Arts' Inter‑Arts Program, The Rockefeller Foundation
1987 "Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts" Art Commission of Artwork
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 Rx, Catalogue essay, Jesse Amado, Ruiz Healy Gallery
2014 Fine Line, Catalogue essay, Rudolfo Choperena
2010 San Antonio Current, “Between Past and Present” by Sarah Fisch
2009 Westword, “Patty Ortiz leaves the Museo de las Americas” By Michael Paglia, Jan 29 2009
2007 Denver Woman, ”Taking art out of the studio into the streets “ by Louis Feinstein
2001 Art In America, Colorado Update, Janet Koplos
1992 New Arts Examiner, "Updating Chicano Art" by Shifra M. Goldman, October 1992
1992 Christian Science Monitor, "At Play: Head, Heart, Color " by M. S. Mason, March 1992
1987 Connections Quarterly, National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies Publication, "Notes on a Community Residency" by Ortiz 1/87,Vol 6
1987 Colorado Lawyers For The Arts Poster Award
1985,86 Colorado Review, literature review, cover artist
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2015 Flatlander, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO
2014 Flatland, Museo Guadalupe, San Antonio, TX
2014 Alternate Currents, Museo Guadalupe, San Antonio, TX
2013 La Carpa, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2012 This River Here, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2011 By Permit Only, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
2011 TRANSactions, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
2010 Fantastic Fuerzas, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
2009 Fine Line, Museo de las Americas
2009 Inside/ Outside/ North & South, Museo de las Americas
2008 Space Invaders, Museo de las Americas
2007 Con Confection, Museo de las Americas
2007 Altar Girls, Museo de las Americas
2006 Mapping Nativity, Museo de las Americas
2006 Heaven and Earth, Museo de las Americas
2006 Never Leaving Aztlan, Museo de las Americas
2006 Planet Colombia, Museo de las Americas