Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta

Ricardo Estanislao de Zulueta is a Cuban artist.

Life

He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1962 to parents of Basque and Spanish descent. He grew up in Miami, Florida. Since 1985 he lives in Manhattan in New York City. He has also lived in Madrid and Paris. His work as a visual artist primarily involves photography, performance, sculpture and installation. He studied Visual Arts and Public Administration at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., 1980-1985 and Arts Policy, Museum Studies & Photography at graduate school at New York University, New York, New York from 1985-1987 where he was selected to be the distinguished Helbein Scholar.

Individual Exhibitions

Selected Individual Exhibitions: Ricardo Zulueta, Elga Wimmer Gallery, 2003, I Love You, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, New York, 1997, Information Stands II, Arts in Transit, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California, 1994, Humane Society, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada, 1993, Information Stands, Center for the Fine Arts (aka Miami Art Museum)and Metro Dade Art in Public Places, Miami Florida, 1993, In Memoriam, Artists Space, New York, New York 1992, Basement Therapy, New York, New York, 1988, Mise-en-Scene, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida 1988, Tableau Utopia: Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, New York, 1987.

Awards/Commissions

During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions. Among them are: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts CAVA Fellowship, Cintas Foundation Fellowship, Art Matters Artist Grant, Artists Space Artist Grant, Ludwig Vogelstein Artist Grant and Igor Foundation Artist Grant. He has executed public art commissions for Metro Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, Florida and the San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California.

Collections

In the U.S.A. his works can be found in relevant collections such as International Center of Photography, New York, New York; Cintas Foundation, New York; Margolis Sculpture Collection at Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Metro Dade Public Libraries, Miami, Florida; Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale; J.I. Kislak Corporate Art Collection, Miami, Florida; and Jeffrey Steiner, New York, New York.

Selected Publications

* Whole Cloth (book), Mildred Constantine and Laurel Reutor, Monacelli Press, 1998.
* Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century (book), California/International Arts Foundation, published 2001.
* Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (book), Lucy Lippard, Pantheon Books, 1990.
* Images of Ambiente (book), Rudi Bleys, Contiuum Publishing, 2000.
* Flash Art, Global Art - Ricardo Zulueta, Berta Sichel, January/February, 1998.
* Camera Austria International, Ricardo Zulueta, No. 62-63, pg. 94-104, Graz, Austria.
* Arte y Parte, La Segunda Piel, Juan Carlos Rego, No. 14, April-May 1998, Spain.
* Village Voice, Choices, Kim Levin, April 29, 1997, New York, New York,
* New York Times. Still/Life, Charles Hagen, April 7, 1995, New York, New York.
* New York Times, From Diversity Comes Struggle, Vicki Goldberg, Sec. H 39, November 27, 1994.
* Los Angeles Times, Action Station, Susan Kandel, Section F, August 31, 1995.
* Nueva Luz photographic journal Volume 4#1, by Deborah Willis ( [http://www.enfoco.org En Foco] , Bronx, NY: 1993).
* European Photography, Humane Society, Suzanne Muchnic, July 1992, Gottingen, Germany.
* Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta (catalog), Anne H. Hoy and Kathleen M. McGuire, International Center for Photography and MOCHA, New York, New York, 1988.
* Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta at MOCHA, Artforum, Jude Schwendenwein, April 1989, New York, New York.