Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2016, installation view at the Shenkman Art Centre, dimensions variable
Juan Ortiz-Apuy


La Guaria Morada, 2016, ultrasonic humidifiers, dehumidifier, and Guaria Morada Orchids (national flower of Costa Rica), exhibition view at TPW Gallery, Toronto (Canada)

Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2015, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2015, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2015, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2015 exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Juan Ortiz-Apuy : Out of this Light, into this Shadow, 2015, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran

A small lighting revolution, 2014, hand cut collage on paper, 126 x 246 cm (50 x 97")

Family, friends... and a sofa to melt into, 2014, hand cut collage on paper, 86,5 x 64 cm (34 x 25")

A bedtime story that lasts the entire night, 2014, hand cut collage on paper, 86,5 x 64 cm (34 x 25")

Family, friends... and a sofa to melt into, 2014, hand cut collage on paper, 86,5 x 64 cm (34 x 25")

This sleep, full of folded dreams, 2014, installation view, Manif d'art 7, Quebec biennial

This sleep, full of folded dreams, 2014, installation view, Manif d'art 7, Quebec biennial

Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series), 2013, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series), 2013, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

And I can liken you to a table, a door, and a shadow, 2013, wood, glass, mirror and various fabricated objects, 102 x 152 x 170 cm (40 x 60 x 67")

And I can liken you to a table, a door, and a shadow, 2013, wood, glass, mirror and various fabricated objects, 102 x 152 x 170 cm (40 x 60 x 67")

Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series), 2013, exhibition view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

Waiting for the Barbarians (The Realia Series), 2013, installation view @ Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal (Canada)

American Tourister, 2012, suitcases, motion sensors, batteries, plastic, wood, electric motors, gears and other electromechanical components, variable dimensions

Realia Series: Inflation I (after Haacke), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 85 x 128 cm (33.5 x 49")

Realia Series: Inflation III (Bomba), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 69 x 99 cm (27 x 39")

Realia Series: Lovers I (to AB), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 69 x 99 cm (27 x 39")

Realia Series: Measures of Distance I (or “Hay diez centimetros de silencio entre tus manos y mis manos”), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 69 x 99 cm (27 x 39")

Realia Series: Quintillizos (Quintuplets), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 69 x 99 cm (27 x 39")

Realia Series: Quintillizos (Quintuplets), 2012-13, inkjet print, edition of 5, 69 x 99 cm (27 x 39") (detail)

Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Disruptions, 2011, exhibition view, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie (ON)

Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Disruptions, 2011, exhibition view, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie (ON)

Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Disruptions, 2011, exhibition view, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie (ON)

Juan Ortiz-Apuy: Disruptions, 2011, exhibition view, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie (ON)

Little Fugue in G Minor for Piano (JS Bach), 2011, African mahogany, dark red colonial dye, 221 x 122 x 30 cm (87 x 48 x 12")

Top row: Little Fugue in G Minor for Piano (JS Bach), Fuga in G Minor (WA Mozart), Fughetta in C Minor for String Quar- tet (JS Bach). Bottom row: Fugue Op. 137 (LV Beethoven, Fugue in D Minor (JP Kellner), The Art of Fugue: Contrapunc- tus XIV (JS Bach), Ink on graph paper, 32 x 24 cm (12,5 x 9,5"), each

Species of Spaces Series (The Void), 2011, inkjet print, 81 x 122 cm (32 x 48")

Species of Space Series (Sentence), 2011, inkjet print on paper, 60 x 40 cm (24 x 16")

Species of Spaces Series (From 10 to 1), 2011, inkjet print, 81 x 122 cm (32 x 48")

Untitled Dyptich (Mass 1), 2011, inkjet print, 81 x 122 cm (32 x 48")

Untitled Dyptich (Mass 2), 2011, inkjet print, 81 x 122 cm (32 x 48")

Standart Stoppages, 2011, high polished bronze and wood, variable dimensions

Lost in Translation I (or Into Thin Air!), 2011, Receipts, diameter of 86 cm (34")

Lost in Translation I (or Into Thin Air!), 2011, Receipts, diameter of 86 cm (34")

Lovers II (Kenmore & Hunter), Lost in Translation II, (or “Sculpture is made with two instruments, some supports, and pretty air”), 2013, humidifier, dehumidifier and various electromechanical components, 56 x 58 x 34 cm (22 x 23 x 13.5")

Lovers II (Kenmore & Hunter), Lost in Translation II, (or “Sculpture is made with two instruments, some supports, and pretty air”), 2013, humidifier, dehumidifier and various electromechanical components, 56 x 58 x 34 cm (22 x 32 x 13,5")

The Freedom Fighter Manual, 2011, responsive installation, exhibition view @ Sporobole, centre en arts actuels

The Freedom Fighter Manual, 2011, responsive installation, exhibition view @ Sporobole, centre en arts actuels

The Freedom Fighter Manual, 2011, responsive installation, exhibition view @ Sporobole, centre en arts actuels

The Freedom Fighter manual, 2011, responsive installation, exhibition view @ Sporobole, centre en arts actuels

The Freedom Fighter Manual, 2011, responsive installation, exhibition view @ Sporobole, centre en arts actuels

The Freedom Fighter Manual, 2011, Artist Book, 21,6 x 14 cm (8,5 x 5,5"), edition 1/10