Master of Fine Arts, Art Program, California Institute of the Arts, 2015.
Master of Arts, Studio Art, California State University, Northridge, 2013.
Doctor in Philosophy, Literature and Cultural Studies, Arizona State University, 1999.
Master of Arts, Literature, Arizona State University, 1996.
Bachelor of Arts, Latin American History, Arizona State University, 1994.
Solo Exhibitions
2022
One Eye Yes One Eye No. Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles. July 7 – August 6, 2022.
Cosmic Portals. Curated by Ciara Ennis. Pitzer College Art Galleries. February 5 – April 12, 2022.
2019
Trinidad: Joy Station. Curated by Holly Jerger. Craft and Folk Art Museum. January 27-May 12, 2019.
2018
Tzolk’in, at The Bowtie Project. Commissioned by Clockshop, Los Angeles. June 3 – November 8, 2018. At Occidental College, November 12, 2018 – March 24, 2019.
2016
Nomad World (El mundo nómada). Vincent Price Art Museum. September 24, 2016 – January 28, 2017 (24 de septiembre, 2016 – 28 de enero, 2017). Reception: September 24, 4:00 – 6:00pm (Recepción: 24 de septiembre, 4:00 – 6:00pm).
Los Angeles Vernacular: Space Capsule Interior (Vernacular de Los Ángeles: Interior de cápsula espacial). Monte Vista Projects. July 16 – August 7, 2016 (16 de julio – 7 de agosto, 2016). Reception: July 16, 7:00 – 10:00pm (Recepción: 16 de julio, 7:00 – 10:00pm).
Your Life Work (El trabajo tu vida). Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos College Art + TECH Artist-in-Residence. March 1-April 1, 2016 (1 de marzo-1 de abril, 2016). Reception: March 1, 6:00 – 9:00pm (Recepción: 1 de marzo, 6:00 – 9:00pm).
2015
The Cosmos (El cosmos). D300, California Institute of the Arts. February 21-27, 2015 (21-27 de febrero, 2015). Reception: February 26, 8:00 – 10:00pm (Recepción: Febrero 26, 8:00 – 10:00pm).
Nomad World (El mundo nómada), Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park. January 26-March 12, 2015 (26 de enero – 12 de marzo, 2015). Reception: February 5, 4:00 – 8:00pm (Recepción: 5 de febrero, 4:00-8:00pm).
2014
Quema (Burned), Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador. 16 al 30 de julio (July 16-30, 2014). Recepción: 16 de julio, 6:30pm (Reception: July 16, 6:30pm).
Our Roots (Nuestras raíces), California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), L-Shape Gallery. January 27 – 31, 2014 (27 -31 de enero, 2014). Reception: January 30, 2014 from 8:00 – 10:00pm (Recepción: 30 de enero, 2014 de 8:00 a 10:00pm).
2013
The Time Machine (La máquina del tiempo), Grand Central Arts Center. August 3 – October 13, 2013 (3 de agosto – 13 de octubre, 2013). Reception: August 3 / September 7, October 5, 2013 from 7:00 – 10:00pm (Recepción: 3 de agosto, 7 de septiembre, y 5 de octubre de 7:00 a 10:00pm).
Childhood Bedroom (Habitación de infancia), TRACTIONARTS, a video venue in the Los Angeles Arts District (TRACTIONARTS, un espacio de video en el distrito artístico de Los Ángeles). May 25 – June 7, 2013 (mayo 25 – junio 7, 2013). Reception: June 8, 2013 from 8:00 – 9:30pm. (Recepción: 8 de junio, 2013 de 8:00 – 9:30pm).
The Two Lavas (Las dos lavas), Shed Gallery, California State University, Northridge. March 11- March 15, 2013. Reception: March 13, 2013.
2012
Ecos y memorias (Echoes and Memories), Museo Municipal Tecleño (MUTE), El Salvador. December 12, 2012 – January 16, 2013 (Diciembre 14, 2012 – enero 16, 2013). Reception: December 14, 2012 (Recepción: 14 de diciembre, 2012).
The Books of Memory (Los libros de la memoria), Shed Gallery, California State University, Northridge. November 26- November 30, 2012. Reception: November 29, 2012 (Recepción: 29 de noviembre, 2012).
American Dream Blues, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, California. May 31 – June 14, 2012. Reception: June 14, 2012 (Recepción: 14 de junio, 2012).
2011
American Dream Blues, Manzanita Hall Gallery, California State University, Northridge. Opening: May 27, 2011 (Recepción: 27 de mayo, 2011).
Group Exhibitions
2022
Frieze Projects, Los Angeles. Beverly Hills, CA. February 17-20, 2022.
Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities. Curated by Erina Duganne and Abigail Satinsky. Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston, MA. January 20-April 24, 2022.
FUTURES. Curated by Ashley Molese. Smithsonian Arts + Industries. Washington, D.C. November 20, 2021 – July 6, 2022.
2021
Intergalactix: Against Isolation. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Daniela Lieja Quintanar. May 15 – August 14, 2021.
Mesotrópicos: Ficciones transitorias y tempestades afectivas. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Panama. Curated by Adán Vallecillo. March 20 – August 15, 2021.
2020
Interstates of Mind. MSU Broad Art Museum. East Lansing, Michigan. Curated by Steven L. Bridges and Georgia Erger. November 7, 2020 – April 10, 2021.
Becoming Atmosphere. 18th Street Arts Center. Santa Monica, CA. October 26, 2020 – February 5, 2021.
Future Texts. Stellar Projects and Susan Weiler Fund. Curated by Candice Madey. September 25 – December 18, 2020.
We Live! Memories of Resistance. Oxy Arts, Los Angeles, California. Presented by In Plain Sight and Oxy Arts. Curated by Kyle Stephan and Paulina Lara. September 14 – November 29, 2020.
Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York. Curated by Brett Littman. September 1 – October 2, 2020.
Afterlife. Epoch Gallery, the internet. Curated by Peter Wu. May 30 – July 17, 2020.
Futuro: Exposición Virtual. Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador. Curated by Antonio Romero. Julio 16 – julio 30, 2020.
The Word for World is Forest. Wattis Art Institute, San Francisco, California. Curated by the CCA Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Class of 2020. May 14 – September 14, 2020.
2019
In Plain Sight. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington. November 23, 2019 – April 26, 2020.
Ingestion. TEOR/éTica. San Jose, Costa Rica. September 25, 2019 – February 15, 2020.
Paroxysm of Sublime. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. September 18 – November 3, 2019.
Unfolding Universes. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia. September 15 – November 4, 2019.
Candelilla, Coatlicue, and the Breathing Machine. Curated by Laura Copelin. Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas. April 5 – September 15, 2019.
Chronos, Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space. Curated by Jess Wilcox. Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York. May 5 – September 3, 2019.
Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas. Curated by Robb Hernandez, Joanna Szupinska-Myers, and Tuler Stallings. Organized by Hitomi Iwasaki and Joanna Szupinska-Myers. Queens Museum, New York. April 7 – August 19, 2019.
The Autotopographers. Curated by Karen Patterson. John M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. March 24 – September 19, 2019.
Greeting Land Outflowing Wormholes. Frieze LA / Commonwealth and Council. February 15-17, 2019.
Black Mirror: Third World Reflections. Curated by Claire Bruekel. Florida Atlantic University, FL. February 1-April 6, 2019.
2018
Art Basel Miami Beach | Positions. Alice Könitz’s Los Angeles Museum of Art (LAMOA) Display System #7; with Carmen Argote, Beatriz Cortez, Katie Grinnan, Olga Koumoundouros, Gala Porras-Kim, and Jen Smith. December 5—9, 2018.
Somewhere in Between, Kellogg University Art Gallery. November 6, 2018 – March 17, 2019.
Group show at the Tina Kim Gallery in partnership with Commonwealth and Council
with Carolina Caycedo, Beatriz Cortez, Rafa Esparza, Patricia Fernández, EJ Hill, Kang Seung Lee, Alice Könitz, Gala Porras Kim, Jen Smith, and Clarissa Tossin. Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY. June 28 – August 3, 2018.
Made in L.A. 2018. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA. June 3 – September 2, 2018.
Pasado mañana. Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza, with Fabián Guerrero, Sebastián Hernández, María Mea, Rubén Rodríguez, Gabriela Ruiz, and Brenzy Solórzano. Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, CA. January 20 – March 3, 2018.
Donde hubo fuego: Arte Contemporáneo de El Salvador. Curated by Simón Vega and Rafael Alas. Museo MARTE, San Salvador, El Salvador. January 19, 2018 – January 18, 2023.
2017
PST/CST. Organized by Danelle Shang in collaboration with Commonwealth and Council. BANK / MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China. December 9, 2017 – January 20, 2018.
Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas. Curated by Robb Hernández, Tyler Stallings, and Joanna Szupinska-Myers. UCR Artsblock, Riverside, CA. September 16, 2017 – February 4, 2018.
Tierra. Sangre. Oro. a collaboration with Rafa Esparza, as well as Carmen Argote, Nao Bustamante, Timo Fahler, Eamon Ore-Girón, and Star Montana. Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX. August 25, 2017 – March 18, 2018.
Why Art Matters! Torrance Art Museum. June 17-August 12, 2017.
2017 California Pacific Triennial: Building As Ever. Curated by Cassandra Coblentz. Orange County Museum of Art. May 6-September 3, 2017.
“Cairn,” Inside Rafa Esparza’s “Figure Ground: Beyond the White Field, 2017” at the 2017 Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. March 17-June 11, 2017.
2016
Of Fragile Things: Architecture and Desire (De cosas frágiles: Arquitectura y deseo). Curated by Aluna Art Foundation. PINTA Fair, Miami. November 30 – December 3, 2016 (30 de noviembre – 3 de diciembre, 2016).
Anticamera. Curated by Kyle Johanson. The Bindery Projects, St. Paul, MN. November 12-December 31, 2016 (12 de noviembre – 31 de diciembre, 2016).
De la tierra a la tierra (From the Earth to the Earth). Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador. October 25 – November 30, 2016 (25 de octubre – 30 de noviembre, 2016).
Without Design or Sketch: The Story of the Room (Sin diseño ni boceto: La historia de un salón). Curated by Rough Play. LAUNCH LA. September 10 – October 1, 2016.
A cielo abierto (With an Open Sky). Sala Nacional de Exposiciones Salarrué, San Salvador, El Salvador. March 3- April 17, 2016 (3 de marzo al 17 de abril, 2016). Curated by Mayra Barraza. Reception: March 3, 6:00 – 8:00pm (Recepción: 3 de marzo de 6:00 – 8:00pm).
Go Big or Go Home (Ir por lo grande o mejor largarse). Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California. Curated by Rough Play. February 20 – March 26, 2016 (20 de febrero al 26 de marzo, 2016). Reception: February 20, 7:00-9:00pm (Recepción: 20 de febrero, 2016, 7:00-9:00pm).
Customizing Language. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Hollywood, California. Curated by Idurre Alonso and Selene Preciado. January 7 – February 14, 2016 (7 de enero al 14 de febrero, 2016). Reception: January 6, 7:00-10:00pm (Recepción: 6 de enero, 2016, 7:00-10:00pm).
2015
The 3rd Los Angeles SUR Biennial. Cerritos College Art Gallery. October 8- November 20, 2015 (8 de octubre al 20 de noviembre, 2015). Reception: Thursday, October 8, 6:00 – 9:00pm (Recepción: Jueves 8 de octubre de 6:00 – 9:00pm).
Guatemala después. Centro Cultural de España. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. September 3 – October 24, 2015 (3 de septiembre al 24 de octubre, 2015). Reception: Thursday, September 3, 7:00-9:00pm (Recepción: Jueves 3 de septiembre, 2015, 7:00-9:00pm).
Ser y no saber nada y ser sin rumbo cierto (To Be and Not to Know Anything, and to Be without Bearing). La Fábrica, Contemporary Art Studios, El Salvador. July 19 – August 3, 2015 (19 de julio al 3 de agosto, 2015). Reception: Sunday, July 19, 4:00-7:00pm (Recepción: Domingo 19 de julio, 2015, 4:00-7:00pm).
Guatemala después. Ciudad de la Imaginación. Quinta Calle 14-10, Zona 3, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. June 6 – July 3, 2015 (6 de junio al 3 de julio, 2015). Reception: Saturday, June 6, 6:00-8:o0pm (Recepción: Sábado 6 de junio, 2015, 6:00-8:00pm).
CalArts MFA Show. Cooper Design Center. 860 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California. June 4 – June 25, 2015 (4 de junio al 25 de junio, 2015). Reception: Thursday, June 4, 7:00 – 11:00pm (Recepción: Jueves 4 de junio, 7:00 – 11:00pm).
Guatemala después. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, New York, NY. April 9 – 29, 2015 (9 al 29 de abril, 2015). Curator’s tour / Reception / Panel: Thursday, April 9, 5:30-8:30pm (Tour de los curadores / recepción / panel: Jueves 9 de abril, 2015, 5:30-8:30pm).
Vida y memoria de Patzicía (Life and Memory of Patzicía), instalación colectiva en Patzicía, Guatemala (collective installation in the town of Patzicía, Guatemala). Enero – marzo, 2015 (January-March, 2015).
2014
10, MARTE Contemporáneo, San Salvador, El Salvador. Septiembre 2 – octubre 12, 2014 (September 2 – October 12, 2014). Recepción: September 2, 2014 (Recepción: 2 de septiembre, 2014).
Time / Memory (Tiempo / Memoria). Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California. January 25 – February 22, 2014 (25 de enero – 22 de febrero, 2014). Reception: Saturday, February 1, 2014 from 6:00 – 10:00pm (Recepción: Sábado 1 de febrero, 6:00 – 10:00pm).
2013
Inquieta imagen 2013 / Restless Image 2013. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica. November 28, 2013 – February 14, 2014 (28 de noviembre, 2013 – 14 de febrero, 2014). Reception: November 28, 2013, 7:00pm (Recepción: 28 de noviembre, 2013, 7:00pm)
MFA/MA Thesis Exhibition (Exposición colectiva de estudiantes de la maestría en artes plásticas). California State University, Northridge, Main Gallery. May 11 – June 1, 2013 (mayo 11 – junio 1, 2013). Reception: May 11, 2013 (Recepción: mayo 11, 2013).
Annual Juried Art Student Show (Exposición anual de estudiantes de arte). California State University, Northridge, Main Gallery. April 15- May 4, 2013 (abril 15 – mayo 4, 2013). Reception: May 19, 2013 (Recepción: mayo 19, 2013).
Second Annual Sculpture Organization Show (juried by Matthew Schum). West Gallery, California State University, Northridge. March 8 – 14, 2013 ( marzo 8 – 14, 2013). Opening: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (Recepción: martes 12 de marzo, 2013).
Mourning and Scars: 20 Years After the War (Duelos y cicatricez: 20 años después de la guerra; curated by Roxana Leiva). SOMARTS, San Francisco, California. February 1 – February 28, 2013. Opening: February 1, 2013 (Recepción: 1 de febrero, 2013).
2012
Trazos y garabatos: Muesta colectiva de dibujo artístico (Salvadoran artist’s works on paper, group show). Centro Cultural Centroamericano, 318 South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Diciembre 15-29, 2012 (December 15 – 29, 2012). Reception: December 15, 2012 (Recepción: Diciembre 15, 2012).
Into Error (juried by LC, Art Director Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, California). California State University, Northridge, Art Department. December 8-9, 2012. Reception: December 9, 2012 (Recepción: 9 de diciembre, 2012).
CSUN Ceramics Guild Show (juried by Thomas Müller). West Gallery, California State University, Northridge. October 27 – November 1, 2012. Opening: Monday, October 29, 2012 (Recepción: 29 de octubre, 2012).
First Annual Sculpture Organization Show (juried by David Adey). West Gallery, California State University, Northridge. Opening: Monday, April 30, 2012 (Recepción: 30 de abril, 2012).
Two Artists Stumble upon Memory, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Los Angeles. Opening: Sunday, January 15, 2012 (Recepción: 15 de enero, 2012).
2011
Concealed, West Gallery, California State University, Northridge. Opening: September 30, 2011 (Recepción: 30 de septiembre, 2011).
Grants, Fellowships, and Programs
2022-2024. Borderlands Fellowship, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School.
2022. Atelier Calder Artist Residence. Saché, France.
2022. The California Studio, Manetti Shrem artist residence at UC Davis.
2021. Longenecker-Roth artist residence at UC San Diego.
2020. Artadia Los Angeles Award.
2019. Inaugural Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize.
2019. Emergency Grant. Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
2018. Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists.
2018. The Main Museum Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles.
2017. Artist Community Engagement Grant in Los Angeles.
2016-2017. California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists.
2015-2016. The Reef, Artist-in-Residence.
2015. Cerritos College Art + TECH Artist-in-Residence.
2014-2015. Guatemala después: Investigación artística, intercambio y enlace público en lugares de memoria y transformación. (Guatemala afterwards: Artistic research, exchange, and public engagement in sites of memory and transformation). “Vida y memoria” (“Life and Memory”), proyecto colectivo con Kaqjay Moloj (collaborative project with the Kaqjay Moloj collective). Site specific: Patzicía, Guatemala. Ciudad imaginación & the New School in New York City.
2013-2015. Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts.
Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.
MSU Broad Museum, East Lansing, Michigan.
Jarl Mohn Art Collection, New York and Los Angeles.
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego
El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, Texas.
Ford Foundation. New York, NY.
Mario Cader-Fench Collection. Miami, Florida.
Museo Comunitario Kaqjay, Patzicía, Guatemala.
Art Related Publications
“On Feathers, Generosity, and the Construction of the Future.” Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities. Eds. Erina Duganne and Abigail Satinsky. Boston, MA: Inventory Press, 2022. 82-93.
“Expedition Notes.” Public 63 (2021): 36-45.
“The Memory of Plants: Genetics, Migration, and the Construction of the Future.” Timescales: Thinking across Ecological Temporalities. Eds. Bethany Wiggin, Carolyn Fornoff, and Patricia Eunji Kim. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
“Viral Rizhomes.” The Word for World Is Forest. Fiona Ball et al. CCA Wattis Institute. San Francisco, CA: Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2020. 52-60.
“Simultaneity.” You Are an Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation. Ed. Sarah Urist Green. New York: Penguin Books, 2020. 161-164.
“A World Not Meant for Us: A Conversation between Beatriz Cortez and Candice Lin.” X-Tra: Contemporary Art Quarterly. 22.2 (2019).
“The Underworld: Artist Project.” X-Tra: Contemporary Art Quarterly. 22.2 (2019).
“El Colectivo Kaqjay Moloj: La construcción local de la memoria y el imaginario del futuro.” Kaqjay (2006-////). Ed. Carla Lamoyi. México: Fiebre Ediciones, 2018. 128-160.
“The Face as a Hyperobject.” Hyperobjects for Artists. Eds. Timothy Morton and Laura Copelin. Marfa, TX: The Creative Independent, 2018.
“La memoria de las plantas: Sobre el devenir atmósfera.” Revista Realidad 152 (2018): 113-124.
“Moviéndose entre aguas: La obra de Rafa Esparza“. Revista Realidad, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”, El Salvador, 149 (2017): 199-204.
“Un viaje a través del tiempo: El Proyecto Catherwood de Leandro Katz“. Revista Realidad, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”, El Salvador 148 (2016): 197-204.
“Judgement Day.” Artillery Magazine. September 8, 2015.
“Garrett Pointer: Temporalities.” CAPTURED Journal 2 (2013): 118-126.
Works from American Dream Blues: César and Rigoberto. Brújula: Revista interdisciplinaria sobre estudios latinoamericanos 9 (2012).
Artist Statement. Arte Factu section. Brújula: Revista interdisciplinaria sobre estudios latinoamericanos 9 (2012).
Other Publications
List of selected academic publications.
Press
“Beatriz Cortez’s Cosmic Art Transcends Time and Space,” on Artbound by KCET.
“Sculpture: An Art of Craft and Storytelling,” by Glenn Adamson. Art in America. September 28, 2922ll
“One Work: Beatriz Cortez’s Ilopango, Stela A,” by Annabel Osberg. Art in America. August 5, 2022.
“Archived Opposition: Art for the Future at Tufts University Art Galleries,” by Mahan Moalemi. Art in America. April 25, 2022.
“Sowing Discourse,” by Kavior Moon. Art in America. January 31, 2022.
“Sculptor Beatriz Cortez: Imagining Is Already Optimistic,” by Jonathan Griffin. The Financial Times. November 15, 2021.
“A Call for International, and Intergalactic, Solidarity at LACE,” by Shana Nys Dambrot. LA Weekly. July 13, 2021.
“Artist Beatriz Cortez Moves Mountains,” by Julia Dixon Evans. KPBS. January 27, 2021.
“Beatriz Cortez: La artista de El Salvador que tienes que conocer,” by Carolina Alvarez Mathies. Vogue Mexico. June 12, 2020.
“In Plain Sight: 80 Artists Take over the Skies to Support Immigrant Rights,” by Carren Jao and Mia Nakaji Monnier. KCET. July 6, 2020.
“Artadia Names Los Angeles 2020 Awardees.” Artforum. March 17, 2020.
“Meet LA’s Art Community: ‘I Was Always Able to Imagine Myself as an Artist,” interview by Elisa Wouk Almino. Hyperallergic. January 6, 2020.
“Imagining the Unreal and Upending Society: Science Fiction Illuminates Reality in a Mind-Bending Show at the Queens Museum,” by Will Heinrich. The New York Times. July 19, 2019.
“Broken Country: Land and Movement at Ballroom Marfa,” by Layla Fassa. Art in America. May 28, 2019.
“The Steely Art of Beatriz Cortez Imagines Otherworldly Utopias at Craft Contemporary,” by Carolina A. Miranda. The Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2019.
“Blurring the Border: Crafts Cross Lines in Time and Space,” by Jennie E. Park. Artillery Magazine. April 30, 2019.
“Beatriz Cortez at Craft Contemporary Museum,” Critic’s Picks by Annabel Osberg. Artforum. March 15, 2019.
“Frieze, Los Angeles–Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza’s G.L.O.W.,” by Erin Gigl, Archiexpo e-Magazine, March 12, 2019.
“Finding Connections between a 1960s Artist Commune and an Ancient Maya Community,” by Rachel Heidenry. Hyperallergic, March 4, 2019.
“Simultaneities: Beatriz Cortez interviewed by Rafa Esparza.” BOMB Magazine.
“Gardeners of the Future: New Works by Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza,” by Kathleen Deems. Curate LA. February 28, 2018.
“Artists Build a Lush Landscape Where Diversity Takes Root,” by Monica Uszerowicz. Hyperallergic. February 23, 2018.
“Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza,” by Annabel Osberg. Artyllery Magazine. February 21, 2018.
“Southern California Science Fictional Thinking in Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas,” by Tyler Stallings. Boom California. September 19, 2017.
“For Latino Artists in Sci-Fi Show, Everyone’s an Alien,” by Jori Finkel. The New York Times. August 27, 2017.
“2017 California Pacific Triennial at OCMA: The Art of Building Up (and Tearing Down),” by Christopher Knight. The Los Angeles Times. August 3, 2017.
“Anxiety, Dizziness, and the Ambivalence of Freedom: Some Reflections on 2017 Whitney Biennial,” by Valentina Gioia Levy. D/Railed Magazine. May 16, 2017.
“Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation,” by Roberta Smith. The New York Times, March 16, 2017.
“Beatriz Cortez: Nomad World, Interview by Vilma M. Ronzon.” East Los Angeles College, Vincent Price Art Museum Blog. December 1, 2016.
“Beatriz Cortez at Vincent Price Art Museum,” by Andy Cambpell. Critic’s Picks, Artforum. November 18, 2016.
“What Does Pinball Have to Do with Global Capitalism? A Monterey Park Exhibit Explains,” by Eva Recinos. LA Weekly. September 29, 2016.
Your Life Work: An Exhibition by Beatriz Cortez, 2015. Art+TECH Artist-in-Residence. Cerritos College Art Gallery exhibition catalog. Contributors: Beatriz Cortez, James MacDevitt, Jeffrey Vallance, and James Wiltgen. 2016.
“Cosmic Fractures: Beatriz Cortez’s Simultaneous Realities,” by Raquel Gutiérrez. Artbound. March 23, 2016.
“Soldadera: The Unraveling of a Kevlar Dress,” by Hannah Manshel. Artbound. May 28, 2015.
“Beatriz Cortez’s Solo Show Nomad World Opens at UMD,” by Soleil David. CalArts Blog. January 16, 2015.
“Crea y promueve un legado cultural,” by Soudi Jiménez. Hoy Los Ángeles. Oct. 11, 2013.
“Best Bet: Grand Central Art Center,” Orange County Register. August 1, 2013.
“Framework: Window on the World,” by Anne Cusack. Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2013.
“Salvadoran War Inspires Artwork in New SOMArts Exhibition,” by Jean Schiffman. San Francisco Arts Monthly, Vol. 22, Num. 4, February, 2013.
El Salvador: “Mourning and Scars: 20 Years after the War,” by Oscar Palma. El Tecolote, San Francisco, February 15, 2013.
“‘Mourning and Scars’: Salvadoran Artists,” by Nirmala Nataraj. San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2013.
Two Artists Stumble upon Memory (Dos artistas se tropiezan con la memoria). Multimedia by Jorge Neri and Jon González, El nuevo sol, California State University, Northridge, 2012.
The Painter (American Dream Blues documentary). Multimedia by José Elías Escobar Castro, California State University, Northridge, 2011.
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