Milton Rosa Ortiz
Santurce, PR, 1967
Biography Details
Sculptor and creator of installations. Rosa studied at the Technical University of Budapest Budapest, Hungary 1989, and in 1992 at Centro Studi Santa Chiara Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. In 1993 he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Kansas State University in Kansas, United States. Later, in 1998 he attended Anderson Ranch Arts Center (ARAC) in Snowmass Village, Colorado. He has exhibited in Puerto Rico, the United States, France and Venezuela. His work reflects his interest in the relationship between solidity and negative space. In the traditions of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and contemporary English artist Cornelia Parker; his works are subtly kinetic, meditative, and mesmerizing in their interaction with light.
Artist Statement
Metaphysically speaking, my works use matter and space to define allegories from the reality of our lives, and the spiritual background that governs them. Form/matter represents reality while the empty space represents the spirit. Through this duality, my work seeks to capture moments of the Anima: the breath of life, the spirit.
Milton Rosa
Formation
Education
1998
- Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
1993
- Bachelors in Architecture. . Kansas State University, Kansas, United States
1992
- Centro Studi Santa Chiara, Castiglion Florentino, Italy
1989
- Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Professional Experience
1999-2005
- Art teacher. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado United States
2001-2003
- Art Director. Annie Leibovitz Studio, New York, United States
2001
- Design and Production. Beckhard Richland & Associates, New York, United States
1999-2000
- Design and Production. Bill Gerber Design, New York, United States
1997-1999
- Designer. Harry Teague Architects, Aspen, Colorado, United States
1995-1997
- Design and Construction. Yoga Retreats Intl., Baja California Sur, Mexico
1993-1995
- Designer. Studio B Architects, Aspen, Colorado, United States
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2008
- Revivir, according to Milton, Gallery Bienvenu New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- The Dodekatheon, according to Milton, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, United States
2007
- El Paraíso, de acuerdo a Milton, Magnan Projects Gallery, New York, United States
2006
- Al que nace pa’ martillo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Los 7 Pecados Capitales, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, United States
2002
- Interregnum, Cornell DeWitt Gallery, New York, United States
2001
- Objects of Desire, Cornell DeWitt Gallery, New York, United States
Group Shows
2010
- The Re Institute, Millerton, New York, United States
- Now Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, United States
- McNeill Art Group, Tribeca Project Space, Manhattan, New York, United States
2009
- Kuwait Art Foundation, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California, United States
2008
- Aspen Art Museum Aspen, Colorado, United States
- Museo de Arte Acarigua-Araure, Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
- Galerie Favardin & de Veneuil, Paris, France
- Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Wave Hill Arts Center, Bronx, New York, United States
- CSV Cultural Center, Manhattan, New York, United States
- Pulse Art Fair, Magnan Projects, Manhattan, New York, United States
- Marc Dean Project, Long Island City, New York, United States
2007
- L’Espace Tajan, Paris, France
- Pulse Art Fair, New York, United States
- Sugar Buzz, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, United States
2006
- Happily Ever After..., Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida, United States
- Forth Estate Editions, Klaus Von Nichtssagend, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- L’Espace Tajan, Paris, France
- Forth Estate: Works on paper, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Bearable Lightness…Likeness, PS1-MoMA, New York, United States
- The S Files, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Pulse Art Fair, New York, United States
- The Armory Show, New York, United States
- Patton-Malott & Gartner Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
2005
- The S Files, Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Homomuseum, Exit Art Gallery, New York, United States
2004
- Fake Plastic Trees, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, United States
- Robert Steel Gallery, New York, United States
- The Armory Show, New York, United States
2003
- L- Factor, Exit Art Gallery, New York, United States
2002
- Affordable Art Fair, New York, United States
- Patton-Malott & Gartner Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
2000
- Meat-Market Art Fair, New York, United States
- Castle Creek Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, United States
1999
- Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, United States
- Patton-Malott & Gartner Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States
Collections
- Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Bibliography
Newspapers
Cutter, Holand. “Homomuseum: Heroes and Monuments”. The New York Times (Nueva York, EEUU), 24 de junio de 2005.
Cutter, Holand. “Latino and, Beyond Category”. The New York Times (Nueva York, EEUU), 2 de septiembre de 2005.
“El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files”. The Brooklyn Rail (Nueva York, EEUU), octubre de 2005.
Oksenhorn, Stewart. “Suspending Sin”. Aspen Times (Aspen, EEUU), 11 de marzo de 2005.
Oksenhorn, Stewart.” Milton Rosa-Ortiz: Battling persecution, but beautifully”. Aspen Times (Aspen, EEUU), 2 de julio de 2008.
Pincus-Roth, Zachary. “Directions; Art by Numbers”. The New York Times (Nueva York, EEUU), 19 de marzo de 2006.
Rodríguez, Jorge. “Al que nace pa’ martillo!, Esculturas de Milton Rosa-Ortiz”. El Vocero (San Juan, PR), 2 de noviembre de 2007.
Schwendener, Martha. “Art in Review; Sugar Buzz”. The New York Times (Nueva York,EEUU), 11 mayo de 2007.
Trelles, Carmen. “Los Escogidos”. Primera Hora (San Juan, PR), 16 de marzo de 2006.
Vázquez Zapata, Larissa. “La Sutileza del Gesto”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 2 de octubre de 2005.
Magazines
Benner, Jill. “Sinful Work”. Aspen Magazine (Aspen, EEUU), 2005.
Camnitzer, Luis. “Los Latinos”. Art Nexus (Miami, EEUU), núm 53. vol. 3, 2004.
Flores, Tatiana. “The Armory Show y Ferias Satelites”. Art Nexus (Miami, EEUU), núm 61, vol. 5, junio de 2006.
Paíz, Celina. “Al que nace pa’ martillo!, Primera exhibición en Puerto Rico de Milton Rosa-Ortiz”. Entorno (San Juan, PR), 2006.
Web
“El arte Latino, cada vez más difícil de clasificar”, lasegunda.com, 2006.
Herbeck, Stephanie. “Installation Review”, it’srandom.com, 24 de enero de 2001.
“In the Search for the perfect Manhattan”, poguego.com, 25 de mayo de 2005.
Jiménez, Carlos. “Arte in Puerto Rico”, elpais.com, 2006.
Radio
Baker, Jim. “All About the Arts”, KAJX, Aspen Radio (Aspen, EEUU), 15 de febrero de 2005.