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Iliana Ortega was born in Mexico City 1981. She lives and works in New York, NY. Ortega received her BFA from University of Guanajuato in 2008 and her MFA from Yale University in 2011. She was awarded the National Price of Artistic Creators FONCA Mexico 2006-07. She also received the First Place purchase award Diego Ribera XIII National Bienniel 2008, among others. Ortega worked with painting and now she specializes in photography.

List of Awards

 * 2010 Finalist National Competition, 2nd Edition “Arte 40” Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City.
 * 2008 First Place, Purchase Award, Diego Rivera XIII National Biennial, Mexico.
 * 2006-07 Award: National System of Artistic Creators FONCA. (National Fund for Culture and Arts). Mexico.
 * 2005 Award for creation and artistic development, The State Institute of Culture, FECA, Guanajuato, Mexico.
 * 2004 Honorable Mention, Diego Rivera IX National Biennial, Mexico.
 * 2004 Finalist in the first national competition of Art and Glass, Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, N.L, Mexico.