Virgil Ortiz: Revolt 1680/2180 Daybreak of the Resistance

Virgil Ortiz is a renowned artist who is known as the progenitor of Indigenous Futurism. He comes from a multi-generational family of potters from the Cochiti Pueblo. Ortiz’s mission is to educate people about the Pueblo Revolt which was North America’s first revolution, conceived and led by Po’pay, a Native American shaman. His work is featured in some of the top international collections including the Fondation Cartier, and he recently spoke at Scope during Miami Basel Week in December 2023. In 2024 Ortiz will be a part of the Getty Museum’s 2024 Pacific Standard Time exhibition, and he will have a solo exhibition of his work at the Lowe Museum in Miami that coincides with Miami Basel Week. In addition, he recently completed a new portal for Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe. During Indian Market 2024 and for two months following, Ortiz will take over Container and present a multidimensional exhibition that includes historic ancestral clay works, augmented reality, new video work, as well as his own contemporary clay and monumental works as a way of showcasing a new way to understand the Pueblo Revolt.