Wanda Ortiz

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz has grown from illustrator to interdisciplinary artist, crossing from painting and drawing to multimedia installation art, including performance and video art in her repertoire. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, the recipient of the 2001 Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Award, and a recent fellow of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has also appeared on the cover of AHA Magazine, been published in Urban Latino Magazine ("Urban Legend: Celia Cruz" — 2001), and even held court with the Queen of Salsa herself. Although the direction of her medium has shifted, the focus of her work remains on her heritage as a Puerto Rican woman, and her work is a vessel in which she rigorously addresses the climate of Latinas in society, always turning the stories inward, allowing the viewer the opportunity to examine their own place within the silent dialogue between the two. Upcoming exhibitions include "Nuyorican School" at Julia De Burgos cultural center (sept 27th 2003) "The L Factor" at Exit Art (oct 2003), "Bomplenazo" at Hostos communtiy college (fall 2004)