Michelle Angela Ortiz is a visual artist, muralist, educator, and filmmaker who uses art to uplift underrepresented communities.
For 25 years, she has created over 50 large-scale public works nationally and internationally, including social change projects in Latin America and as a U.S. Cultural Envoy. Through murals, films, and community art, she fosters dialogue and transforms spaces into affirmations of resilience. Ortiz is a Pew Fellow and has received fellowships from the Rauschenberg Foundation, Kennedy Center, and others. In 2016, she was honored with the Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Year in Review Award for outstanding public art.