El Paso based artist, Albert “Tino” Ortega, is an autodidact that has been creating artwork for the past decade.  During his career he has immersed in numerous mediums, allowing his artwork to conform into multiple styles.  Influenced by his upbringing on the border; situated in a geographic area laying between two countries, three states, and primarily two cities: El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, stems the idea of expressing our similarities through our differences.  By depicting the multi-cultural people and places of the southern border, Tino has and continues to bring emphasis into its scenery and community illustrating togetherness; and it’s this connectivity exposed in Tino’s work that allows viewers to embrace each other’s differences.