Luis Felipe Ortega Explores Bodily Borders in Dual Exhibitions in Portugal and Mexico
Mexican artist Luis Felipe Ortega has opened two solo exhibitions exploring themes of borders, bodies, and spatial experience. 'Cuerpos que son bordes: fronteras' debuted on January 21, 2026 at CAPC Sereia in Coimbra, Portugal, running through March 21. The exhibition features sculpture, drawing, video, and painting installations designed to create affective encounters between visitors and architectural space. Concurrently, Ortega presents 'Y donde estás (es donde no estás)' at Le Laboratoire gallery in Mexico City from February 3 to March 28, curated by Daniel Montero. The Portuguese exhibition includes curatorial text by Daniel Madeira and a prose poem by Luís Quintais, with Ortega describing the work as a journey through geometries, lines, volumes, and sounds culminating in images of the Amazon River as a living entity.
Key facts
- Luis Felipe Ortega opened 'Cuerpos que son bordes: fronteras' at CAPC Sereia in Coimbra, Portugal on January 21, 2026
- The exhibition runs through March 21, 2026 and features sculpture, drawing, video, and painting installations
- Ortega simultaneously presents 'Y donde estás (es donde no estás)' at Le Laboratoire gallery in Mexico City from February 3 to March 28, 2026
- The Portuguese exhibition includes curatorial text by Daniel Madeira and a prose poem by Luís Quintais
- Ortega's work focuses on creating affective bodily experiences through tension between visitors, artworks, and architectural space
Entities
Artists
- Luis Felipe Ortega
Institutions
- CAPC Sereia
- Le Laboratoire
Locations
- Coimbra, Portugal
- Mexico City, Mexico