About

Jeannie Ortiz & Kyle Cunningham

Artists and Adventurers.  We live in sunny Truth or Consequences New Mexico, moments away from the banks of the Rio Grande and in the foothills of the Greater Gila region.  We search out the wild corners of the world, exploring and learning, bringing back stories and impressions and then set ourselves fast at work to create objects to share. 

The modern is ancient in our work.  We live inside the rhythms of the world not outside and apart from them.  We remember that nature exists and we are merely but human, small creatures on this great piece of rock hurtling around the sun. Nature is the best guide.

Jeannie and Kyle each maintain personal websites at the following: https://jeannieortiz.com and https://kyleparkercunningham.com.

A Story (of many)

Jeannie and Kyle met towards the sunset of their college years in Bozeman, Montana. We set out together on a grand adventure which took us to India and all over the American West. We settled in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico as a place to build out studio and share it with the world.

Truth or Consequences Contemporary is the physical space we occupy in our minds. A refuge for the arts supporting a laboratory to answer the questions of "what is relevant as we move into this new world."

Truth or Consequences Contemporary is the continuation of an 12 year project in TorC NM. We have had 4 distinct iterations of this space so far: first with Olin West at Mud Mountain Studio and 100th Monkey Gallery, followed by Sebathe hip hop party world art factory which then morphed into Desert Archaic, a creative vortex in the oasis. Truth or Consequences Contemporary is the culmination of everything we've learned over the past decade and two years and takes rural art to international levels.