Dario Ortiz

Dario Ortiz is a self-taught artist, born in Ibagué, Colombia. He graduated from the Colegio San Tarsicio in Bogotá in 1986. He studied History and Art Appreciation at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in 1990-91. Dario has also served as a contributor to the Ibaque newspaper, El Nuevo Día since 1995.

Ortiz is an accomplished author with book publications titled Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo, The Painter of Beauty (1996), Neorealism in collaboration with Carol Damian (2000). His essays include Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos Drawings (2007), A Brief History of the Arts in the Territory of Tolima (2007) and A novel Painted (2008).