Iliana Ortega is a visual artist based in New York City. She holds a BFA from Guanajuato University and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. Iliana focused on photography, painting, drawing and video. Using conceptual elements from photography procedures and integrating philosophical concepts about how light behaves. Her work continues to explore new frontiers where different mediums work together. Ortega’s work has been exhibited internationally, including Gene Byron Museum, Guanajuato Mexico; Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, NY; Interstate projects, Brooklyn NY; Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City; Diego Rivera Museum, Mexico City; Kunsthaus Santa Fé, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico; Glass Museum, Monterrey, N.L., among others. Ortega has been a recipient of several awards including, most recently, New York City Artist Corps Grant, The New York Community Trust Oscar Williams grant and the Edward F. Albee Foundation Artist Residency Fellowship in Montauk, NY.