Damián Ortega (born July 1967) is a Mexican visual artist, known for his contemporary sculpture, installation art, and mixed-media art. He lives in Mexico City and Berlin.
Damián Ortega was born in July 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father is actor and filmmaker Héctor Ortega Gómez, and his mother is MarÃÂa Asunción Stoupignan.
One of Ortega's most well-known works is "Cosmic Thing" (2002), a large-scale installation composed of a disassembled Volkswagen Beetle suspended from the ceiling, with each part hanging individually in space.