Virgil Ortiz

Virgil Ortiz
Born1969 (age 55–56)
Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.
Known forExperimental Native Pottery, Native Fashion Design, Immersive Art, Murals, Native Jewelry Design
Virgil Ortiz portrait, 2012

Virgil Ortiz (born 1969) is a Pueblo artist, known for his pottery and fashion design from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Ortiz makes a variety of pottery, including traditional Cochiti figurative pottery, experimental figurative pottery, 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.

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