Virgil Ortiz is a potter and fashion designer whose work blends historic events with sci-fi and fantasy, yielding imagery that is both ultramodern and futuristic. Raised in a creative environment filled with storytelling, collecting clay, gathering wild plants, and producing figurative pottery, he is influenced by his grandmother and mother, both renowned Cochiti Pueblo potters. Ortiz’s art has been exhibited worldwide, including the Stedelijk Museum-Hertogenbosch, Fondation Cartier pour I’art Contemporain, the National Museum of the American Indian; among others.