Rubén Ortiz Torres (born February 27, 1964) is a Mexican photographer, painter, sculptor, film and video producer. He was the subject of the mid-career survey show Desmothernismo at the Huntington Beach Art Center, a show which toured to the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte in Mexico City. His low-rider/video installation "Alien Toy" was shown as part of the InSite show in San Diego in 1997 then in 1998 at Track 16 in Los Angeles. He co-directed the feature-length experimental documentary Frontierland with Jesse Lerner in 1995. Ortiz has been a Faculty Member in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. Ortiz publishes a blog entitled For The Record. "Customization characterizes the art of Rubén Ortiz Torres in almost all media and offers an alternative avenue for approaching the issues of globalization so central to our current 'New World Order' and the various, sometimes conflicted, responses to this newest form of Euro-American dominance." (Chavoya) Ortiz is noted as "one of the first artists in Mexico to position himself with-in Post-Modernisim." (Debroise p296) Works Alien Toyz(1997/1998) Hi n' Lo (2008) Photographic series MexiPunx Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man La última cena (The Last Supper) Apparitions Hall of Mirrors American Monarchy Raza Cósmica Adoration of The Magi Naturaleza Life Still Muerta The Past is not What it Used to Be Apocalipsis Maya Education 1993- Grant, National Council for Culture and Arts, National System for Creators, Mexico City, Mexico. 1990-1992- Master in Plastic Arts,California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA. 1983-1988- Bachelor in Visual Arts, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. 1981- School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Film and video 1986: "La Ciudad Rota" 3/4", Mexico City 1991: "How to Read Macho Mouse" 3/4", 8min 21 sec., L.A. Chingadera Productions (produced in collaboration with Aaron Anish), Cal Arts, Valencia, CA 1991: "The Fence", 10 min 13 sec., ChiL.A.ngo Productions, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA 1992: "Custom Mambo", 3/4" 5 min 13 sec., ChiL.A.ngo Productions, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA 1995: "Frontierland" (produced in collaboration with Jesse Lerner) 16mm/Betacam SP, 77min. ITVS, U.S. Mexico Fund for Culture, Banff Center for the Arts 1997: "Alien Toy", 3/4" SP, 8 mins., Raza Cosmica Productions, Los Angeles 2000: "La Zamba Del Chevy" 3D DVD 5 min. 56 sec., Raza Cósmica Productions, Los Angeles 2001: "Spectacle/ Spaztec Aztec Visits the Alamo" (produced in collaboration with Jimmy