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Gilberto Ruiz

1950
Born in Havana, Cuba.

1967-70
San Alejandro Academy, Cuba.

1978-79
National School of Design, Cuba.

1980
Moved to Miami, Florida.

1987
Moved to New York City, NY

Selected Public And Private Collections

Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, Fla.
Oscar Cintas Foundation Collection, New York, NY
Polk Museum of Art Collection, Lakeland , Fla.
Frederick Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA.
Gonzalez Fidalgo Family

Awards And Grants

1987
Hortt Memorial Competition Award, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

1986
Boca Raton Museum of Art Annual Competition Award.

1985
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Grant.
Cintas Fellowship Grant. Institute for National Education, NYC.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1993
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Fl.

1990
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Fl.

1987
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Fl.

1986
“Mortajas”, Installation Piece, Miami Dade Public Library, Fl

1984
Stargaze A Tribute to Halley’s Comet, SIBBI Art Center, Fl.

1983
Miami Lakes Public Library, Miami, Fl.

1983
Xanas & Meigas Gallery, Miami, Fl.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
“Yearning and Reality” Benefit for CCCNY

2007
"Stargaze and other Tales", Miami-Dade Public Library System, Main Library. Miami Fla.

2002
"Move", Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Fla.

1999
"Four Latins from Manhattan", McLlroy Gallery, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville Fla.

1991
South Florida Invitational, Museum Of Art, Ft Lauderdale, Fla.

1989-91
"Made in Florida", Traveling Exhibit, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, Florida (Europe and United States)

1989
Art Around The Edges, Port of History Museum, Phil, PA

1988-89
The Frederick Wiesman Collection, Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fla.

1988-89
Expresiones Hispanas, Coors Hispanic Art Tour

1988
Heroes Gods and Demons, (Istallation Pieces) Philadelphia, PA.

1987-88
Outside Cuba, JV. Zumerlli Art Museum Rutgers University NJ

1987
Hortt Memorial competition, Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale, Fla.

1986-87
Mira! Hispanic Art Tour, Museo Cubano, Miami,Fl.

1986
"NEA Artists in Florida" University Art Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahasse, Fla.
"Fifth Ibero-American Biennial of Art, Mexico City, Mexico.
“New Works” Abreu, Alfonso & Ruiz. (Installation Piece) Coral Gables, Fl.

1985
Hortt Memorial Competition, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Summit Art Center, Juried Show, Summit, NJ.

1983
54 Annual juried Show, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fl.

1982
Ten Out Of Cuba, INTAR Gallery NYC, NY.

1981
Five Young Cuban Painters, 17 Street Gallery, NYC, NY

Bibliography

2004
Miami Herald, “Flowing From Mariel”, April 17, F.Santiago.

1994
Art Nexus/Art in Colombia, April/June Reviews, Giulio Blanc.

1990
St.Louis Post. March 18, Sherrye Cohn

1989
The Tampa Tribune, march 12, Joane Milani.
The Miami Herald, Deceber 25, Helen Kohen.
The Philadelphia Enquierer Magazine, September 6, M.L. Polak

1987
Miami News, February 20, Leslie Ahlender.
Art News, June, Elisa Turner.
Sun Sentinel, Ft.Lauderdale. July 26 , Roger Hurlburt .

1985
The Miami Herald,June 6, Helen Kohen.

1986
Art in America, November, Peter Plagens. Interview Magazine, September, Ricardo Pau-Llosa.

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