Ortiz-Pagán is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, and printmaking. His experience growing up in Puerto Rico and coming to Philadelphia informs a body of work that examines displacement, movement, and adaptation. His collaborative, community-centered work within North Philadelphia’s Fairhill and Kensington neighborhoods engages with expressions of healing, collective care, and spiritual traditions. Ortiz-Pagán has had solo shows at the Berman Museum at Ursinus College, Taller Puertorriqueño, University of Pennsylvania, and Galería de Arte de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico, among others. His work is held in the collections of institutions including Mural Arts Philadelphia, the Berman Museum, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte at University of Puerto Rico. He has both an MFA and BA in printmaking from Tyler School of Art + Architecture at Temple University and the University of Puerto Rico, respectively.
