“Beatriz Cortez is a monumental sculptor, and I say that with respect to her materials, her scale, and her importance. Her works connect cultures and species across space and time.” – Anuradha Vikram, Independent Curator and writer

“Cortez’s labor-intensive sculptures imagine future realms while remaining grounded in a deep knowledge of and pluralistic approach to history and material.” – Katia Zavistovski, Assistant Curator, Modern Art at LACMA

Beatriz Cortez is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles and Davis. She has received the Latinx Arts Fellowship (2023), Vera List Center Borderlands Fellowship (2022-24), Frieze LIFEWTR Inaugural Sculpture Prize (2019); Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2018), and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2016), among others. She holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts (2015) and a PhD in Latin American Literature from Arizona State University (1999). Cortez is faculty at University of California, Davis. Her work explores simultaneity, multiple temporalities and speculative futures. Cortez is represented by Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.

Beatriz Cortez is the recipient of the 2020 Los Angeles Artadia Award supported by Capital Group.