Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta

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Ricardo E. Zulueta
Born (1962-10-25) October 25, 1962 (age 61)
EducationPh.D., M.F.A.
Alma mater University of Miami
New York University
Known forInterdisciplinary art, writing
Awards New York Foundation for the Arts Cintas Foundation
Oolite Arts
South Florida Cultural Consortium
Art Matters Foundation

Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta (Ricardo E. Zulueta; born 1962) is a contemporary artist, scholar, and writer whose work has been exhibited internationally. Zulueta's interdisciplinary practice includes video, photography, painting, sculpture, installation, public art/interventions and performance. His work explores intersectional concerns of gender, sexuality, behavior, and identity within socio-political landscapes. His research and writing focuses on cinema, media, technology, queer studies, cultural studies, and art history.

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Early life and education

Zulueta was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. During his career he has lived and worked in New York City and Miami. Zulueta studied Visual Art, Museum Studies, and Arts Policy at graduate school at New York University where he was selected to be the distinguished Helbein Scholar. Dr. Zulueta earned a Ph.D. in Cinema and Interactive Media Studies and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from University of Miami where he was named a McKnight Doctoral Fellow.

Career

Ricardo E. Zulueta has exhibited/presented his work nationally and internationally in venues such as the Grey Art Gallery at NYU, White Columns, Artists Space, the Western Front in Vancouver, Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, Museo Alejandro Otero in Caracas, International Center for Photography in NYC, and the Smithsonian Museum In Washington, D.C., among others. In the U.S.A. his works can be found in collections including the International Center of Photography in New York; Cintas Foundation; Margolis Sculpture Collection at Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Lehigh University Museum; Miami-Dade Public Library System Permanent Art Collection; Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places Collection; Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale; J.I. Kislak Corporate Art Collection; Jeffrey Steiner; and the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Awards and recognition

Zulueta has been the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship; Art Matters Foundation Artist Grant, The Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts; Cintas Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship; CAVA Fellowship from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (n/k/a YoungArts); Artists Space Artist Grant, South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual/Media Art Fellowship, Miami Individual Artist Grant, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and the Igor Foundation Artist Grant, among others. He has executed public art commissions for Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Selected publications

Zulueta's artwork has been mentioned or featured in the following publications:

Zulueta has written the following peer-reviewed scholarly publications:

Book(s):

Zulueta, Ricardo E. (April 2018). Queer Art Camp Superstar: Decoding the Cinematic Cyberworld of Ryan Trecartin, State University of New York (SUNY) Press. http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6552-queer-art-camp-superstar.aspx

Book Chapters and Academic Journal Articles:

Zulueta, Ricardo E. (July 2016). "Nomadic Metrosexuals: Framing Beauty, Editing Ritual, and Exhibiting Masculinity in Deep Hearts," in Looking with Robert Gardner: Essays on His Films and Career, ed. by Rebecca Meyers, William Rothman, and Charles Warren, SUNY Press.

Zulueta, Ricardo E. (June 2015). "Gender Flux: Transatlantic Influence on Fashioning the American Crossdresser in Silent Cinema from 1913 to 1926." Fashion Theory, The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Zulueta, Ricardo E. (Fall 2012). "Tomboy," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Film and Television.

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