WESLEY H. ORTIZ
1079 University Street | Memphis, Tennessee 38107 | 662.436.3519
[email protected] | www.wesleyhortiz.com
EDUCATION
The University of Mississippi
Master of Fine Art
Oxford, Mississippi | May 2013
Mississippi State University
Bachelor of Fine Art
Starkville, Mississippi | December 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Memphis College of Art
Adjunct Foundations Instructor
Memphis, Tennessee | January 2014-Present
Arkansas State University Mid-South
Adjunct Instructor
West Memphis, Arkansas | January 2017-Present
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Amy Hofstetter
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2015-May 2017
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Mary-Michael Ryan
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2016-December 2016
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Diana Jones
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2015-December 2015
Memphis College of Art
Undergraduate Review Committee
Memphis, Tennessee | May 2015
The University of Mississippi
Instructor of Record of Beginning Drawing
Oxford, Mississippi | January-May 2012
The University of Mississippi
Search Committee for Sculpture Studio Technician
Oxford, Mississippi | January 2012
The University of Mississippi
Instructor of Record of Beginning Painting
Oxford, Mississippi | August-December 2011
COURSES TAUGHT
Memphis College of Art
2D Design, Color Foundations, Drawing I, Drawing II, Graduate Painting Workshop
Memphis, Tennessee | January 2014-Present
Arkansas State University Mid-South
Art Appreciation
West Memphis, Arkansas | January 2017-Present
The University of Mississippi
Beginning Drawing, Beginning Painting
Oxford, Mississippi
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
Honorable Mention, Statements: 50 Years of Making, MSU’s Department of Art 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Wesley Stuckey, Creative Director/Owner, Stuckey Design | 2018
Travel Grant to SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina, Awarded by the Graduate School, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2012
Best in Show, 2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi | 2011
Travel Grant to New York City, Awarded by the Graduate School, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2011
Individual Artist Grant, Mississippi Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts | 2006
Best in Show, 29th Annual Bi-State Juried Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 1999
Merit Award, 27th Annual Exhibition South, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1999
Undergraduate Research Award, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | 1998
Chalet Acquisition Award, 25th Annual Fine Arts and Graphic Design Competition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Sheri Fleck Rieth, Instructor, Memphis College of Art | 1996
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
El Espacio en Medio, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, Tennessee | 2016
Perdido, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
About Time, Itawamba Community College, Fulton, Mississippi | 2013
Muted Resistance, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Southside Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
New Works, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 2000
GROUP EXHIBITION
Statements: 50 Years of Making, MSU’s Department of Art 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Wesley Stuckey, Creative Director/Owner, Stuckey Design | 2018
2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Juror: Peter Van Dyck, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2017
The Red Clay Survey: 2017 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, Juror: Gerry Bergstein, Professor of Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts | 2017
Le Monster, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2016
Inaugural Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
2014 Winter Invitational, Gallery 56, Memphis, Tennessee | 2014
Biggest Baddest Art Show, Powerhouse, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
Art2Frame, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
2013 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi Arts Center, Jackson, Mississippi, Juror: Sara Marshall, Associate Professor of Printmaking, University of Alabama | 2013
14th Annual Faces Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw, Professor of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2012
2012 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, Juror: Melissa Harshman, Professor of Printmaking, University of Georgia | 2012
12th Annual Realism Juried Online Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw, Professor of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2011
Wide Open 2, Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Brooklyn, New York, Juror: Nathan Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, New York | 2011
2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi, Juror: Heather Deyling, Professor of Foundations Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia | 2011
Kings of Pop, Avenue A Sushi Bar, New York, New York | 2009
Night of the Living Decks, Avenue A Sushi Bar, New York, New York | 2009
AfterSputnik Art Project 2, Cocoa Bar, Brooklyn, New York | 2009
AfterSputnik Art Project, Metropolitan Building, Long Island City, New York | 2009
35th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 2005
Telestar, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas | 2000
29th Annual Bi-State Juried Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 1999
27th Annual Juried Exhibition South, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1999
Juried Exhibition, Tupelo Art Guild, Tupelo, Mississippi | 1998
25th Annual Fine Arts and Graphic Design Competition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Sheri Fleck Rieth, Instructor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 1996
CONFERENCES
CAA 2015, New York, New York
CAA 2014, Chicago, Illinois
SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina
MEMBERSHIPS
CAA 2015
CAA 2014
Young at Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee | 2013
Oxford Artists Guild, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Assisted in Preparation for NASAD, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
Assisted in Preparation for NASAD, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2012
1079 University Street | Memphis, Tennessee 38107 | 662.436.3519
[email protected] | www.wesleyhortiz.com
EDUCATION
The University of Mississippi
Master of Fine Art
Oxford, Mississippi | May 2013
Mississippi State University
Bachelor of Fine Art
Starkville, Mississippi | December 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Memphis College of Art
Adjunct Foundations Instructor
Memphis, Tennessee | January 2014-Present
Arkansas State University Mid-South
Adjunct Instructor
West Memphis, Arkansas | January 2017-Present
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Amy Hofstetter
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2015-May 2017
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Mary-Michael Ryan
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2016-December 2016
Memphis College of Art
Graduate Committee Member for Diana Jones
Memphis, Tennessee | August 2015-December 2015
Memphis College of Art
Undergraduate Review Committee
Memphis, Tennessee | May 2015
The University of Mississippi
Instructor of Record of Beginning Drawing
Oxford, Mississippi | January-May 2012
The University of Mississippi
Search Committee for Sculpture Studio Technician
Oxford, Mississippi | January 2012
The University of Mississippi
Instructor of Record of Beginning Painting
Oxford, Mississippi | August-December 2011
COURSES TAUGHT
Memphis College of Art
2D Design, Color Foundations, Drawing I, Drawing II, Graduate Painting Workshop
Memphis, Tennessee | January 2014-Present
Arkansas State University Mid-South
Art Appreciation
West Memphis, Arkansas | January 2017-Present
The University of Mississippi
Beginning Drawing, Beginning Painting
Oxford, Mississippi
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
Honorable Mention, Statements: 50 Years of Making, MSU’s Department of Art 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Wesley Stuckey, Creative Director/Owner, Stuckey Design | 2018
Travel Grant to SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina, Awarded by the Graduate School, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2012
Best in Show, 2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi | 2011
Travel Grant to New York City, Awarded by the Graduate School, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2011
Individual Artist Grant, Mississippi Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts | 2006
Best in Show, 29th Annual Bi-State Juried Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 1999
Merit Award, 27th Annual Exhibition South, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1999
Undergraduate Research Award, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | 1998
Chalet Acquisition Award, 25th Annual Fine Arts and Graphic Design Competition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Sheri Fleck Rieth, Instructor, Memphis College of Art | 1996
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
El Espacio en Medio, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, Tennessee | 2016
Perdido, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
About Time, Itawamba Community College, Fulton, Mississippi | 2013
Muted Resistance, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Southside Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
New Works, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 2000
GROUP EXHIBITION
Statements: 50 Years of Making, MSU’s Department of Art 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Wesley Stuckey, Creative Director/Owner, Stuckey Design | 2018
2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Juror: Peter Van Dyck, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2017
The Red Clay Survey: 2017 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, Juror: Gerry Bergstein, Professor of Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts | 2017
Le Monster, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2016
Inaugural Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
2014 Winter Invitational, Gallery 56, Memphis, Tennessee | 2014
Biggest Baddest Art Show, Powerhouse, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
Art2Frame, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
2013 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi Arts Center, Jackson, Mississippi, Juror: Sara Marshall, Associate Professor of Printmaking, University of Alabama | 2013
14th Annual Faces Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw, Professor of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2012
2012 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, Juror: Melissa Harshman, Professor of Printmaking, University of Georgia | 2012
12th Annual Realism Juried Online Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Lawrence Bradshaw, Professor of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha | 2011
Wide Open 2, Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Brooklyn, New York, Juror: Nathan Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, New York | 2011
2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi, Juror: Heather Deyling, Professor of Foundations Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia | 2011
Kings of Pop, Avenue A Sushi Bar, New York, New York | 2009
Night of the Living Decks, Avenue A Sushi Bar, New York, New York | 2009
AfterSputnik Art Project 2, Cocoa Bar, Brooklyn, New York | 2009
AfterSputnik Art Project, Metropolitan Building, Long Island City, New York | 2009
35th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 2005
Telestar, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas | 2000
29th Annual Bi-State Juried Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi | 1999
27th Annual Juried Exhibition South, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1999
Juried Exhibition, Tupelo Art Guild, Tupelo, Mississippi | 1998
25th Annual Fine Arts and Graphic Design Competition, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Juror: Sheri Fleck Rieth, Instructor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 1996
CONFERENCES
CAA 2015, New York, New York
CAA 2014, Chicago, Illinois
SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina
MEMBERSHIPS
CAA 2015
CAA 2014
Young at Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee | 2013
Oxford Artists Guild, Oxford, Mississippi | 2013
SECAC 2012, Durham, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Assisted in Preparation for NASAD, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee | 2015
Assisted in Preparation for NASAD, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi | 2012
