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CARLOS JAVIER ORTIZ
312-350-0028SELECTED AWARDS
2015 Economic Hardship Reporting Project, United States
2015 BMRC Fellow The University of Chicago, United States
2013 Pulitzer Center Grant , United States
2013 Artist Fellowship Illinois Arts Council , United States
2012 The California Endowment Fellowship, United States
2011 Open Society Foundation Audience Engagement Grant, United States
2011 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Arts & Culture, United States
2011 The Chicago Community Arts Assistance Grant, United States
2009 Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights: Photograph Award , United States
FILMS FESTIVALS
2015 "We All We Got†LA International Film Fest, Los Angeles, CA
2015 "We All We Got†The Santa Fe International New Media Festival , NM
2015 "We All We Got†St. Louis International Film Festival, MO
BOOKS + MONOGRAPHS
2014 "We All We Got†Red Hook Editions
2012 War is Only Half the Story, Volume V: Too Young to Die After Math Project
COLLECTIONS
2015 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
2014 Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts Worcester, MA
2014 Permanent Collection Open Society Foundation, New York, NY
2013 International Museum of Photography Rochester, NY
2008 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
2008 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2004 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Carlos Javier Ortiz "A Thousand Midnights †Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
2015 Carlos Javier Ortiz "We All We Got†Bronx Documentary Center
2014 Carlos Javier Ortiz "We All We Got†David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Carlos Javier Ortiz "The Migrant Workers†Leica Gallery , Cologne, Germany
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Residual Lives, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2014 Guns Without Borders Worcester Art Museum , Worcester, MA
2013 Fields/Contre-Champs, Group Exhibition GwinZegal, France
2009 Violent Realities, Gun Violence in the Americas Gage Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED RESIDENCIES & LECTURES
2015 Rayko Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2014 Latitude Chicago Artist in Residence Chicago, IL
2014 Yale University Urban Ethnography Conference New Haven, CT
2012 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 University of Chicago Chicago, IL
2012 Chicago Ideas Week Chicago, IL
2011 Columbia University Dart Center, Philadelphia , PA
SELECT PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2015 New Yorker Magazine "A Thousand Midnightsâ€: Chicago and the Legacy of the Great Migration
2015 Time Magazine "Families Affected by Gun Violenceâ€
2015 American Photo " Interview: Carlos Javier Ortiz on We All We Got â€
2015 The Week " Shining a light on youth violence â€
2015 Slate " A Look at How Youth Violence Affects Communities in Philadelphia and Chicago â€
2014 The Atlantic "The Case for Reparationsâ€
2013 PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS "Too Young to Die,†by David Walker
2013 CBS Evening News "Photographer Looks at Chicago gun violence â€
2013 NPR "Surviving Tragedy: ‘It Brought Us Closer’â€
FACULTY POSITIONS & GUEST LECTURER
2015 UC Berkeley Extension Department of Art and Design Adjunct Lecturer
2010-13 Columbia College of Chicago Guest Lecturer Photography