Dual Citizen
Anna Ortiz
- Oil on panel
- 2019
- 10" x 8"
"In 2018 I legalized my dual citizenship and am now both legally Mexican and American. It’s a hugely defining source of pride for me. Much of my work explores the duality of my identity and what life would have been like had I been raised in Mexico."
- Anna Ortiz

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Anna Ortiz
Anna Ortiz is a Mexican-American painter living in Brooklyn. Growing up in Worcester Massachusetts, Ortiz spent much of her childhood visiting her family in Guadalajara Mexico. There she studied painting with her grandfather Alfonso who was a professional portrait painter. Her love for painting and travel led her to study in Paris at the Ecole du Louvre while in her undergraduate studies at Tufts and the Museum School. Ortiz continued her education at Tyler, receiving her MFA in painting in Philadelphia and Rome. Ortiz moved to New York in 2006 and has never stopped traveling. She has exhibited at Proto Gomez, Selenas Mountain, Front Room Gallery and My Pet Ram.