Profile
Daniela Ortiz is a painter and visual artist based in Peru. Through her work, Daniela aims to generate visual narratives and pedagogical tools in which the concepts of nationality, racialization, social class and genre are explored for critically understanding structures of colonial, patriarchal and capitalist power.
She has dedicated her practice to denounce the European migratory control system, its links to colonialism and the reinforcement of institutional racism in order to inflict violence towards migrant and racialized communities, while revindicating the resistances against them. Since her return to Peru she has done works in regard to internationalist solidarity and care, struggles against extractivism as well as revolutionary processes for defending the access to land. In her early practice she made artworks about the Peruvian upper class and its exploitative relationship with domestic workers as well as the role of elites in the mining sector.
In recent years, Daniela's practice turned into visual and manual work, developing art pieces in ceramic, puppets or children books for taking distance from eurocentric art aesthetics. Besides her artistic endeavors, Daniela is a mother of three, and she shares her knowledge and experiences through talks, workshops, and participation in various discussions and movements aimed to confront the colonial order.
