Harley Cortez is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and filmmaker. His work has been shown in Los Angeles, NYC, Berlin, Mexico City and Tokyo.

Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother's home country, Guatemala, for a brief time in his youth. His first solo exhibition in NYC in 2022 at Georges Berges Gallery was highly lauded.

Recently his work has been shown at the Tamayo Museum, Jumex Museum, Charlie James Gallery, Georges Berges Gallery, and the Maia Contemporary in Mexico City.

His solo exhibition at The Paper Agency Gallery in Los Angeles titled "The Poet as Spacemen" was an immersive installation and included a Q&A with astrophysicists, cosmologists, and an astronaut from NASA and JPL. He also exhibited in Tokyo that year.

His films and music compositions explore international themes of genetic and memory migration. They have been shown and performed in institutions across the globe.

His recent group exhibitions “Bridging the Abstract “ and “Transcendence” featured heavy hitters Laddie John Dill, Elaine de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler.