BIOGRAPHY

Cuba, b.1965

Angel Ricardo Rios was born in Cuba in 1965, and he graduated from the Higher Institute of Art in Havana Cuba. Ricardo’s work has an eagerness to it, a blur of boundaries within the space that it occupies. The mixing and intertwining of subjects give way to explosions of color, texture, shape. To understand Ricardo’s work one must acknowledge two essential elements. The first is a playful, joyful and intimate relationship that takes the form of an intense, frenzied sexual nature within the composition. Juxtaposed to this is one that is more relaxed and direct.

Ricardo has exhibited individually since 1981 in multiple institutions including Chapo University Museum, Popular Art Museum in Mexico City, Galeria Luis Sandoval Contemporary Art in Mexico City and Fernando Pradilla Gallery in Madrid. He has exhibited collectively in Zona Maco in Mexico City, Art Miami and Biennial of Havana in Cuba. Ricardo has received a number of awards and mentions including Honorable Mention in the fourth Biennial of Visual Arts Yucatan Mexico as well as multiple publications including Art Magazine Spain and Art Nexus

EDUCATION

1989 Higher Insitute of Art of Havana, Cuba
1984 National School of Art San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.

SOLO SHOW

2019

El Jardin Vetical  Galeria Servando . La Habana  dicembre-enero

The Pleasure of Excess , Baldio Terreno Gallery Mexico

Building Bridges. Art Exchance, Santa Monica, USA.

VOICES Madison Gallery.  Solana Beach CA

2018

Los Consejos de Chavela Vargas sobre jardinería    Museum of contemporary art of Querétaro Mexico

2017

Private notes on living nature, San Miguel de Allende Museum Mexico

LA Art Show,  Los Ángeles California.

2016

En lo que son peras o manzanas. Galería Servando, La Habana, Cuba.

Cuernavaca. Instituto Cultural de Nuevo León.

Eric Buterbaugh Floral Gallery LA California USA.

Excess or nothing, Museum of Oaxacan Painters. Oaxaca Mexico

Intersección, Arte Contemporáneo. San Miguel de Allende. Mexico

2015

LA Art Show Los Angeles California
Special project for the contemporary art fair

2014

Building Bridges. Art Exchance, Santa Monica, USA.
Galeria Terreno Baldío. Mexico City

2012

Wynwood Exhibition Center – Miami Florida
Our baroque every day . Gallery THE MUSEUM. Bogotá, Colombia
The Sofa Uncomfortable . Chopo University Museum (April) Mexico City

2011

Galeria Terreno Baldío Mexico City
Talavera Museum ALARCA Puebla, Mexico
Obsessions. Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Mexico DF

2010

Objects of desire . Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Madrid, Spain
arteconsult (Aleman & Grimberg & Yaco García) Panama

2009

Nomadic sculptures . Biennial of Havana UNEAC. Havana, Cuba

2008

ART inc . GALLERY Guayaquil, Ecuador
Project SCULPTURES NOMADS. Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico. Mexico City
Galeria Luis Sandoval Contemporary Art. Mexico City

2007

Gallery SEVIL SERT Istanbul Turkey (May 24)

2006

Gallery THE Bogota MUSEUM. Colombia
Gallery Klaus Steinmetz. San José Costa Rica
Generator Gallery. San Miguel de Allende. Mexico
The Garden of Tapestries Galeria Fernando Pradilla. Madrid, Spain

2005

Everyday forms Gallery of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Mexico DF
This is not a sofa Galeria Lucía de la Puente. Lima, Peru

2004

ADHOC Gallery. Vigo, Spain
Myto Gallery, Mexico City

2003

Ángel Romero Gallery. Madrid, Spain

2002

Myto Gallery. Mexico DF
Recent work . Jacobo Carpio Gallery. Costa Rica

2001

This is not a chair . Havana Gallery Havana, Cuba (September 14)
University of Guanajuato. Mexico (March 12)

2000

Gallery Jacobo Carpio San José. Costa Rica
MI CASA Gallery Nina Menocal. Mexico City

1999

Angel Romero Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Freites-Revilla Gallery. Coral Gables, FL. US
The source, Tower of the Winds. Mexico City

1998

Domestic sculpture . Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico DF

1997

The other space . Nina Menocal Gallery / Chopo University Museum. Mexico City

1996

Gallery Art & Idea. Mexico DF

1994

The comfortable house . Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico City

1991

Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design. Havana, Cuba

1988

Gallery L. Havana, Cuba

1984

José Martí National Library. Havana Cuba

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

BUGATTI International Award, edition 55 (collective exhibition, June)
Manos por México . Frank Mayer Museum. Mexico DF.
Fernando García Ponce MACAY Museum. Merida, Mexico
Santiago Corral Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

2013

Crossover. Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mexico DF.
MACA ZONE, Contemporary Art Fair. Zafra Design & Art. Mexico City.

2012

Contemporary Mexican Art . Palace of Egypt Cultural Center. Oeiras, Portugal
Crossing Borders: New objects for the domestic space. Zafra Design & Art, Mexico City.
Contemporary Art Fair AQUA12. Miami, USA.MACA ZONE, Contemporary Art Fair. Mexico DF.
Cuba . Contemporary Art Gallery SALTFINEART. Los Angeles, USA.

2011

ARTE-SANO Popular Art Museum. Mexico DF.
Visions of Mexican Art . ON-Tak Cheung of the Chinese Cultural Center. Vancouver, Canada.

2010

MACA ZONE, MACA ZONE, Contemporary Art Fair. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Mexico DF.
ART MADRID, Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Portugal Art 10. International Biennial of Art. Portimao, Portugal.

2009

Fourth Biennial of Visual Arts Yucatan, Mexico
Contemporary Art 2009, annual auction (group of sixteen)
Contemporary Art Auction Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City
HERE WE ARE Proyects Gallery. Philadelphia, USA
International Art Fair. ARTEAMERICA. Miami, FL.
FEMACO International Art Fair. Mexico City

2008

Project . Giant and the City. Miami, FL

2007

ARTEROTICO, The origin of the world. Puebla, Mexico

Museum of the Ministry of Finance. Mexico DF
MACA ZONE, Contemporary Art Fair. México DF

2006

ZONA MACO, Contemporary Art Fair. Mexico DF
Visual Arts Program INTERNATIONAL MEXICAN ARTS VALUE SOCIETY
International Art Fair. Caracas, Venezuela

2005

ARCO 05, Contemporary Art Fair. Madrid Spain.

2003

VII Biennial of Havana. Havana, Cuba
Bienal de Monterrey, Mexico

2002

First Visual Arts Biennial of Yucatán. Merida, Mexico, December
XI Biennial “Rufino Tamayo”, Mexico City.
Double interior. Gallery ARTE 3, León. Guanajuato, Mexico.
Contemporary Art Fair Monterrey, NL. Mexico

2001

Contemporary Art Fair Guadalajara. Jalisco, Mexico
VIDEO-ZAPPING, Video installations . University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Contemporary Art Fair, Jacobo Carpio Gallery. Caracas Venezuela.
Chicago Art. Nina Menocal Gallery. USA
Habitad + Global . University of Guanajuato. Mexico
ART MIAMI. Jacobo Carpio Gallery. USA

2000

EROGENA . Carrillo GIL Museum. Mexico DF
Calidoscopio . Bancomex-Contemporary Sinudetes. Mexico DF
ART MIAMI. Nina Menocal Gallery. USA

1999

Collective of Artists . Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico City
On Paper Gallery Nina Menocal. Mexico City

1998

Bancomer Hall, Mexico City
Rufino Tamayo Biennial. Mexico DF
ART CHICAGO. Navy Pier. Gallery Nina Menocal USA
Current Cuban Art . Museum of Carmen. Mexico DF
Arco, Contemporary Art Fair. Art & Idea Gallery. Madrid Spain.

1997

Art in Other. VI International Contemporary Art Fair. Nina Menocal Gallery. Guadalajara, Mexico
Expo Arte Guadalajara. VI International Contemporary Art Fair. Nina Menocal Gallery. Guadalajara Mexico.
Unusual dialogues Art Object. Museum of Modern Art. Mexico DFART 97, International Art Fair. Nina Menocal Gallery. Vancouver, Canada.
III Monterrey Biennial. Mexico.
765 Gallery. Mexico DF

1995

Installation Project. Tepoztlán, Mexico

1994

Expo Arte Guadalajara. Mexico

1993

Art Miami. International Art Fair. Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico City

1992

The Cubans arrived already II . Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico DF
The prodigious decade. Cuban Plastic of the 80s . Chopo University Museum. Mexico City

1991

Project Naves. Convent of Santa Teresa. Mexico City
Small Format Sculpture. Varadero, Cuba
Sculptures. . University of Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
Sculptures. . Gallery 23 and 12. Havana, Cuba
Facilities Ecological Art Symposium. Las Tunas, Cuba

1990

FacilitiesSalon Landscape 1990. Cuba
Installations Store Displays Centro Habana, Cuba
The sculpture object . Center for the Development of the Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba

1989

Sculptures. ELSO PADILLA Room Havana Cuba
Performance . Theater Festival the SINOR Havana, Cuba
Installation. Instituto Superior de Arte Habana, Cuba
Soft and fresh. National Museum of Fine Arts Havana, Cuba
Facilities. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design Havana, Cuba