Curriculum Vitae
José Javier Ortiz Fonseca (Javier Orfon)
Urb. Ciudad Massó, calle 10, k-15,
San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, 00754
1-787-636-2766
www.orfonarte.wixsite.com/javierorfon
Education
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Sculpture,
Drawing, and Print, University of Puerto Rico,
Río Piedras Campus.
Residencies:
2022 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
June 11- August 13, Skowhegan, Maine, U.S.A.
2020 La Práctica Beta-Local, September
until March, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Fellowship:
2023 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship Recipient
Individual Exhibitions:
2022 La Casa de Las Almas, curated by
Abdiel Segarra Ríos, Espacio Cómplices,
Madrid, Spain.
2020 El Ojo de Arcilla, Hidrante Gallery,
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2019 Pozuelo, La Embajada Gallery, Hato Rey,
Puerto Rico.
2013 Seres y Espacios, Área: Lugar de Proyectos,
Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Collective Exhibitions (selection):
2025 Estudios de Erosión: Laja sobre el mar
(Erosion Studies: A Slab on the Sea),
curated by José López Serra, Hidrante,
Hato Rey, San Juan Puerto Rico.
2024- Present
Ensayos en la naturaleza (Experiments
in The Nature), Arte en El Yunque,
El Portal del Yunque, Río Grande, Puerto Rico.
- La Piedra Vulnerable (The Vulnerable Stone),
curated by José López Serra, Hidrante,
Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2023 El ojo en la piedra (The Eye in The Stone),
curated by Carolina Maki Kitagawa Frisbi
and Ana Berenice Garner, Proyecto Píkaro,
Mexico City, Mexico.
- Cartographies of Displacement , curated by
Helen Ceballos and Abdiel Segarra Ríos,
programming branch of Miami Art Basel,
Ten North Group, Opa Locka,
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
- Unspoken Identities curated by Abdiel
Segarra Ríos, Anamás Projects Gallery,
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
.
2022-2023
No existe un Lugar en el Mundo Poshuracán,
Puerto Rican Art in The Wake of Hurricane Maria,
curated by Marcela Guerrero, Whitney Museum of
American Art, November 23, 2022 -April 23, 2023,
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
2022 Breathe into the Past: Crosscurrents in the
Caribbean. Curated by Katja Rivera,
Naomi Wood and Savanah Pennel, Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado College,
Springs Colorado, Colorado, U.S.A.
2022 Atlas de lo Perdido, curated by Arnaldo Rodríguez
Bagué, Alternative Space Caribbean Yet To Come
Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2021 El momento del Yagrumo, curated by Marina
Reyes Franco, Museum of Contemporary Art
of Puerto Rico, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2018 Muestra Nacional de Arte 2018, Antiguo Arsenal
de la Marina Española Puerto Rican Institute of
Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2017 Entredichos, curated by Marianne Ramirez,
Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico,
Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Art Fair:
2024 ARCO Art Fair, Anamas Projects, booth 7C14,
IFEMA Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Collections (selection):
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
José Hernández Castrodad and Iris Marcano
Professional Experience:
2019-Present
Coordinator, El Depósito, Angora Industrial
Park, Caguas, Puerto Rico.
2015-Present
Collection Manager, Iris Marcano and José
Hernández Castrodad Art Collection,
Caguas, Puerto Rico.
2015-2017
Coordinator, Área: Lugar de Proyectos,
Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Publications:
Books:
.Rivera Nelson, 2023, Dissidents and Nonconformists, Puerto Rican Art in the XXI Century, Editorial Isla Negra y Ediciones Callejón, 101 pages.
.Maldonado Silvestrini, Steve, 2023. The Roots of Belonging, The Womb of the Earth, Volumen 5, The Haunted Tropics, Forgotten Lands Caribbean Art and Dialogue,
pages 130-141.
Digital Reviews:
https://terremoto.mx/el-ojo-de-arcilla/
https://artishockrevista.com/2020/07/29/javier-orfon-el-ojo-de-arcilla/
http://angelicafuriosa.blogspot.com/2019/02/escribir-en-las-paredes.html?m=1