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):
2024 ARCO Art Fair, Anamas Projects, booth 7C14,
IFEMA Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2024 La Piedra Vulnerable, curated by José López Serra, Hidrante Gallery, Puerto Nuevo, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
2023 Unspoken Identities curated by Abdiel Segarra Ríos, Anamás Projects, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
2022-2023
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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, 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.
Collections (selection):
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
Museum of History, Anthropology and Art, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Museo Casa del Libro
Caguas Museum of Art
Casa Cortés
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.