2021 Faculty Art Exhibition - Aydinaneth Ortiz

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AYDINANETH ORTIZ


A Young Woman in Front of a House
Portrait of My Neighborhood #26, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
11 x 15 inches

An older man wearing a sombrero
Portrait of My Neighborhood #22, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
11 x 15 inches

A man sitting in his car
Portrait of My Neighborhood #28, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
11 x 15 inches
 

 
Documenting my neighborhood in North Long Beach gave me a visual understanding of my own experiences within the community. A Portrait of my Neighborhood, not only focuses on the urban structures that make the community but the individuals who occupy them, as well as other signifiers that exist within the neighborhood.

Aydinaneth Ortiz received her BA in Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, and MFA in Photography at the California Institute of the Arts. Utilizing documentary, landscape, and portrait photography, she focuses on intersections between urban structures, familial relationships, mental illness, drug addiction, and immigration. For years, her art has been a direct response to personal struggles and familial hardships. Most would shy away from making the private so public, but Ortiz has found that through the art-making process, she can channel her negative energy into a shared conversation. Ortiz has exhibited her artwork internationally, most notably at the Pomona College Museum of Art in Claremont and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, where she is now part of their permanent collection.

Aydinaneth Ortiz began teaching at Cerritos College in 2020, including PHOT100 (Introductory Photography), PHOT110 (Digital Photography), and PHOTO160 (Photography and Society).