Tony Ortega Visual Artist

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​​​​Tony Ortega is a Denver-based visual artist and educator. His work has been exhibited in over 30 solo shows and featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado Spring Fine Art Center, Harwood Museum, Taos NM, Redline Art Center, Denver and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM. Tony Ortega holds an MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Colorado Boulder and is currently a professor for Regis University. In 2018, he was the Regis College faculty lecture of the year. He was the recipient of the coveted Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts (1999) and the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts (1998). His work is in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Blanton Art Museum, Austin, TX and the Museo Estudio Diego Rivera, Mexico City.

Artist Tony Ortega on #Artlife,
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Paying Homage to Women in Mexican History with Tony Ortega |In The Studio
​Museum of Contemporary Art Denver,
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Meet the Artist: Tony Ortega
Denver Botanic Gardens
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Denver Channel 31 News segment, aired September 2021
A BIG THANK YOU to Gregory Nieto of Channel 31 news for putting this together!
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Regis College, Faculty Lecturer of the Year, 2018-2019
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MCA Denver, In Conversation with Tony Ortega | Breakthroughs: A Celebration of Redline at 15
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