The Revolution Will be Sculpted

Some might call Virgil Ortiz a multimedia artist, but that doesn’t quite convey the scope of the Cochiti Pueblo creator’s work.

On one hand, Ortiz might be best known as a potter who embraces the old techniques passed down by his family and his people. In other ways, however, as shown through his forays into augmented and virtual reality, photography, interior design, jewelry making and fashion, he has one foot firmly planted in contemporary and still-emerging methods of new media and artistry.