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Raphael Ortiz
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Raphael Ortiz founded and was the first director of the El
Museo Del Barrio in New York in 1969. His sculptures are included in many
museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of
American Art, where he has twice been included in the Whitney Biennial. He has
created mixed-media ritual performances and installations for museums and
galleries in Europe and Canada and throughout the United States. His computer-
laser-video works are in numerous museum collections, including the Ludwai
Museum in Cologne, Germany, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.
His video, Dance Number 22, won the Gran Prix at the 1993 Locarno International
Video Festival of Switzerland.
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