PRESS REVIEW
2017
Georgijevic, Anya. Show Run, The Globe and Mail, January 12
Thompson, Christy. Expert Picks, Toronto Design Offsite Festival, January 16 to January 22
2016
Steels, Sean. Juan Ortiz-Apuy explores consumer objects in “Garden of Earthy Delights”, Vue Weekly, September 7
2015
Cooley, Allison. Review of “Sportmanship Under Surveillance”. Carbon Paper, Fall
Abuchaibe, Alan. Sur Gallery, Lo Que Le Hacía Falta a Toronto, Noticias Montreal, August 5
Schechter, Fran. Eye on Latin Artists, Now Toronto, July 16
Battersby, Sarah-Joyce. Latin American art finds first Toronto home in Sur Gallery, The Star, June 27
Lopez, Jaime. Progressive Artist from Costa Rica Exhibits in Toronto, The Costa Rica Star, June 22
Twerdy, Salean. Bad Dream of the Bauhaus: Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s IKEA Fantasy, Momus, February 16
2014
Côté, Nathalie. Pas À Pas: La Résistance, Inter art actuel 118, Fall
McLaughlin, Bryne. Manif d’Art Critiques Capitalism — But To What End ?, Canadian Art, June 5
Moufawad-Paul, Vicky. Space Fictions. Toronto: A Space Gallery. Print (Catalogue/Brochure)
Delgado, Jerome, Manif d’art : plus manif que jamais, Le Devoir, May 2
Houde, Isabelle, Un désir, Le Soleil, May 2
Sullivan, Joan, Quiet please, art in progress, The Telegram, January 23
2013
Babin, Normand. Fugue à la bibliothèque, Montrealistement, October 23
Bergson, Amber. Syncopated Histories. Saint Johns: Eastern Edge Gallery
Les Éditions Esse. Vendu/Sold 2013. Montreal: Les Éditions Esse
Cotter, Sam, Juan Ortiz-Apuy Downsizes Global Cultural Capital in Montreal, Canadian Art, May 30
Ducharme, André, Juan Ortiz-Apuy À La Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran Dans Griffintown, L’actualité, April 10
Pohl, John, Canadian Galleries Present Great Ideas on Paper, The Montreal Gazette, 20 April.
Babin, Normand, Vois, Réfléchis, Aime, Montrealistement, March 28
Giordano, Pablo, Siluetas de Simulcop, Suelta, March 15
Pirola, Matteo, Doppie Coppie / Double Pairs, Inventario 7.65
2012
Léger, Marc James, Brave New Avant Garde: Essays on Contemporary Art and Politics, Zero Books, London (UK) 2012
DiLena, Adrian and Joshua Barndt, American Tourister: Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Whippersnapper Gallery, February 16 2012, Toronto (Canada)
Bolduc, Leigha, Inflated American Tourister Suitcases by Juan Ortiz-Apuy, Designboom, March 1.
Maranda, Michael, “Artist’s Book of the Moment (ABoTM),” Dexterity, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, October 24 2012, lecture, Montreal (Canada)
Parsons, Shani Khoo, Highlights from the Fair, review of Art Toronto, weblog post, Typology, N.p., Nov. 1
Mogelonsky, Samantha, Art Toronto Review: Suitcases, Ceramics, Sprouts & More, (IX) Daily, October 30th 2012, Toronto (Canada)
Landry, Wendy, PhD, Juan Playing Nicely, Playing Nicely – Exploring Word-Image Relationships, Mount Saint Vincent University, November 15 2012, lecture, Halifax (Canada)
2011
Connolly, Jocelyne, Une jeune génération d’artistes: dédramatisation du monde et un certain épicurisme, Espace Sculpture no. 95 (Spring 2011), pp. 35-37, Montreal (Canada)
Dewolfe Stacey, Art for Freedom Fighters, Mirror, January 20 2011, Montreal (Canada)
Fadden, Robyn, Liberty or death, The Hour, January 20 2011, Montreal (Canada)
Delgado, Jérome, Double Visions, Le Devoir, February 5 2011, p. E7, Montreal (Canada)
Class Acts, Concordia University Magazine, Summer 2011: 31, print
Johns, Stephanie, HRM’s 3rd Annual Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program, The Coast, September 6 2011, Halifax (Canada)
Blenkhorn, Leigh, Causing a Disruption, Barrie Advance, Arts & Entertainment p. 35, September 15 2011, Barrie (Canada)
Halifax Regional Municipality, Cultural Affairs, Winner of 3rd Annual Contemporary Visual Art Purchase Program Announced, 14 Oct. 2011, web
Portis, Ben, Empty Texts: Covers, Titles, Contents, Notes and Indices, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie (Canada) 2011
MacLaren Art Centre, Fall/Winter 2011, Barrie (Canada), 2011, print
Sporobole Contemporary Art Centre, Juan Ortiz-apuy: The Freedom Fighter Manual (2012-2013 programming), Sherbrooke (Canada), Sporobole, 2011, print
2010
Granjon, Émile, Vent De Fraîcheur Sur La Relève, Vie Des Arts, August 1st 2010, pp. 78-79, Montreal (Canada)
23rd Images Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, Images Festival, Toronto (Canada) 2010
Art Mûr, Fresh Paint / New Construction, Art Mûr, Montréal (Canada) 2010
DAZIBAO: Centre de Photographies Actuelles, 2010-2011 programming brochure, Montreal: DAZIBAO, 2010, print
2007
Dumoulin, Claire, Language as defining who we are: Juan Ortiz’s World Machine, The Concordian Newspaper, November 20 2007, Montreal (Canada)
EV Building: Site of Art Invasion, The Concordia Journal, December 6, 2007, print