ALDARA ORTEGA
  • ART WORK
    • BOUND BY WATER
    • GREEK MUSES
    • LIQUID GOLD
    • DERRIERES
    • STUDIES IN BLACK AND LIGHT
    • CORAL DREAM
    • ONE LOVE
    • FREEDOM IN CONFINEMENT
    • ETEREA
    • CENOTES
    • AGUA VIVA
    • BACK TO NATURE
    • WHEN YOU WERE NOT LOOKING
    • REFRACTIONS
    • APOLLO
    • LIQUID DESERT
    • DISPLACEMENT
    • WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER BE
    • WHAT BLOOMS BENEATH
  • INSTALLED ART
  • ABOUT
    • CV / EXHIBITIONS
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
    • ARTIST BIO
    • curatorial projects
  • COMMISSIONS
    • IN - WATER EXPERIENCE >
      • MUSE GALLERY
    • SERENITY @ BITTESCOMBE
    • BACK TO NATURE @ HUDSON WELLNES
    • ETEREA ​Residency Tulum, Mexico
  • CONTACT/ SUSCRIBE
CV / EXIBITIONS
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Education
Fashion Design Superior Center, Madrid, Spain
Sustainable Agent of Change, 
University of Colorado System.
Tropical Coastal Ecosystems, The University of Queensland.


Selected Solo Exhibitions
​2024        Bound by Water, Private Exhibition, Art Week, Miami, FL
​2021        Dive In, Galerie L'Atelier, New York, NY.
2020        Etérea, Tulum, Mexico.
​2014        Liquid Project,  NH3 Gallery,  NY
2013        Liquid Desert, Casa Mezcal, New York, NY
2012        Refractions, Space 108, Miami, FL


Selected Exhibitions
2025 Color House, Miami, FL
2023 Salt House Fine Art, Sag Harbor, New York
2022  Context - Art Miami, Art Basel Week, Miami, FL.
​           Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southhampton, NY.
          Galerie L'Atelier, Greenwich, CT.
2021 Context - Art Miami, Art Basel Week, Miami, FL.
          Galerie L'Atelier, Greenwich, CT.
          Art On Paper, New York, NY.
          Summer Breeze, New York, NY.
          Re-Merge, Bridgehampton, NY.
          Art Marker, Bridgehampton, NY.
2019 White Porch Gallery. Miami, FL.
2018 “Displacement: Woman’s Journeys”, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY.
         Art Palm Beach, West Palm, FL.
2017 Context Art Miami, Miami, FL. Feria Internacional de Arte y Cultura de Bogotá, BARCÚ, Colombia.
         Georges Berges Gallery, New York, NY.
         Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton, NY.
         Roman Fine Art, East Hampton, NY.
2016 The Flatz Gallery, Breaking Surface, Peekskill, NY.
        Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
2015  Scope Miami,Florida.
        Art Toronto, Canada.
        Feria Internacional de Arte y Cultura de Bogotá,BARCU, Colombia.
        Affordable Art Fair New York, NY.
        Galleria Ca D’Oro, Breaking Surface, New York, New York
        Art Hamptons, Hamptons, NY
        Index Dubai, International Design Exhibition, United Arab Emirates
2014 Art is Life and Life is Art, New York, NY
        What would you rather be?, Group Show, New York, NY
2013 ManHATan/MADhattan, New York, NY
        Majestic Creations, Temporary Public Installation, New York, NY
2012 Linus Gallery, Motion, Online Exhibition
        Linus Gallery, Bits an Pices, Pasadena, CA
        Linus Gallery, Water’s Edge, Pasadena, CA
        Location 05, Group Show, New York, NY
        MOD’ART International, Shanghai International Fashion Center,             Zeal, Shanghai, China
        The Boiler Gallery, Annual Wagmag Exhibition, Williamsburg, NY
        Lazypoint, Summer Group Show, Amagansett, NY
        Quartier Salon, Brooklyn, NY

2009        20 Bond, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
SELECTED PRODUCTIONS AND EVENTS
2024
Solo Exhibition 'Bound by Water'/ 'Atadas Enteaguas'
Artist and Creative Director, A Sensory Odyssey Through Art and Dining / Bound by Water Art Night Soiree, Art Week Miami, Miami, FL

Two-part immersive event conceived by Aldara Ortega. Event produced by Elizaveta Novikova.
Part one: fine dining experience for 40 VIP collectors pairing each course conceptually with specific artworks by Aldara Ortega on a Private Residence in Miami Beach, live music, and artist talk.

​Part two: public art night soiree receiving 400+ attendees. Performers and artists specializing in performance art and dance featured throughout.

2025
In-Water Exclusive Members Experience for One Hotel Miami


RESIDENCIES
2020
Artist Residency Holistika, Tulum, Mexico
Created and exhibited body of work Eterea during month-long stay. Work displayed at hotel venues for the duration of the residency.

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2016
Co-organizer, Breaking Surface 2.0, The Flatz Gallery, Peekskill, New York
Twenty artists working with water across photography, painting, videography, and moving image. Expanded platform providing exhibition access to artists outside New York City.

2015
Curator and Organizer, Breaking Surface, Galleria Ca D'Oro, Chelsea, New York
Six artists working with water as a vehicle across photography, painting, videography, and moving image.


PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2015
Huffington Post  |  A must-see exhibition, Breaking Surface

2015
Visionaire  |  The eerie quiet of being submerged is palpable, Breaking Surface

2015
ArtSlant  |  Inspiring wonder, Breaking Surface

2015
Art Palm Beach  |  Don't miss Breaking Surface

2014  
Latin Trends Magazine, Artist Spotlight, Refractions series, January/February issue

2014  
The Fashion Interview, feature
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  • ART WORK
    • BOUND BY WATER
    • GREEK MUSES
    • LIQUID GOLD
    • DERRIERES
    • STUDIES IN BLACK AND LIGHT
    • CORAL DREAM
    • ONE LOVE
    • FREEDOM IN CONFINEMENT
    • ETEREA
    • CENOTES
    • AGUA VIVA
    • BACK TO NATURE
    • WHEN YOU WERE NOT LOOKING
    • REFRACTIONS
    • APOLLO
    • LIQUID DESERT
    • DISPLACEMENT
    • WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER BE
    • WHAT BLOOMS BENEATH
  • INSTALLED ART
  • ABOUT
    • CV / EXHIBITIONS
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
    • ARTIST BIO
    • curatorial projects
  • COMMISSIONS
    • IN - WATER EXPERIENCE >
      • MUSE GALLERY
    • SERENITY @ BITTESCOMBE
    • BACK TO NATURE @ HUDSON WELLNES
    • ETEREA ​Residency Tulum, Mexico
  • CONTACT/ SUSCRIBE