Ortiz, Virgil

Miejsce: Cochiti Pueblo

Urodzony: 1969

Biografia:

Virgil Ortiz is a Pueblo artist from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. He is known for his pottery and fashion design. Ortiz makes a variety of pottery, including traditional Cochiti figurative pottery, experimental figurative pottery, and traditional pottery vessels. His clothing and jewelry designs are influenced by traditional Native American pattern and aesthetics. He is best known for his edgy pottery figures, his contemporary take on the traditional Cochiti pottery figures (monos) from the late 1800s.