Daniela Ortiz

Daniela Ortiz, born in Peru in 1985, lives and works in Urubamba. Through her work, she aims to generate visual narratives where the concepts of nationality, racialization, social class, and gender are critically understood to analyze the colonialist, capitalist and patriarchal power. Her recent projects and research explore the European migration control system, its connection to colonialism, and the legal mechanisms created by European institutions to exert violence against migrant and racialized populations, as well as the role of imperialism in the contemporary world. She has also developed various projects on the Peruvian upper class and its exploitative relationship with domestic workers. Recently, her artistic practice has returned to focus on the visual and manual, creating works in ceramics, collage, drawing, and formats such as children’s books, with the intention of moving away from Eurocentric conceptual aesthetics. In addition to her artistic work, she is a mother of three children, gives talks, workshops, and participates in various discussions and struggles against the European migration control system and institutional racism.

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