Juan Ortiz-apuy was born in Costa Rica in 1980 and lives and works in Montreal since 2003. His work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Recent exhibitions include The MacLaren Arts Centre, SPOROBOLE Contemporary Art Centre, Gallery Birch Libralato, ARTSPACE, Eastern Edge, A Space Gallery and Quebec City Biennial: Manif d'Art 7. In 2011, he was the recipient of the Halifax Regional Municipality Contemporary Visual Art Award.