Hector Ortega

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Photo by Bruce Hucko

MY WORK FOCUSES ON ABSTRACT AND SIMPLIFIED GEOMETRICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMS, THERE RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERCONNECTIONS AMONGST EACH OTHER. LIFE’S EXPERIENCES, CONSTRAINTS AND MY CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AT HAND. STEEL AS A MEDIUM HAS ENABLED ME TO TRANSLATE GENTLE ARCS, ROLLING WAVES, AND TAPERING GEOMETRIES INTO FORMS THAT ONCE INTERCONNECTED WILL EVOKE A SENSE OF PLACE, CALM, ORDER TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. MOST OF ALL TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO BETTER THIS WORLD. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE EXCITED AS I AM FOR A PROJECT AND TO BE INSPIRED TO DO MORE WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT IS GIVEN TO THEM. IT IS MY DUTY TO UPHOLD A STANDARD THAT IS INSPIRATIONAL TO ALL.

Phoenix, AZ

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Was I Just Another One

11-2023 copy

Photo by Bruce Hucko

Media: Fabricated steel

Dimensions: 117"h x 36"w x 42"d

$7700

 

Was I Just Another One was created in response to the process of making sculpture and looking at growth as an artist from a conceptually simple idea and using the artmaking process to grow on a personal level as each work comes to life.

 

2023-24 Honorable Mention