Christian Ruiz Berman
CV
MFA- Painting, RISD, 2018
Graduate teaching certificate, RISD 2018
MLA- Landscape Architecture, RISD 2010
BA- Duke University, 2004
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
- Foundwork Artist Prize, Runner up. https://foundwork.art/artist-prize
press link: https://foundwork.art/dialogues/christian-ruiz-berman
- AICAD Diversity Teaching Fellowship. One year, full time professorship and fellowship at Columbus College of Art and Design, 2018-2019.
- Wrote, produced, directed, and filmed a feature length experimental film (The ballad of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow), to be shown at “Welcome Home,” a four person show at Elephant West Gallery, London, UK, September 2019.
- New American Paintings, selected artist, MFA edition, 2018.
- ArtMaze Magazine, Summer Edition, 2018, Editor's Selections.
- Beers Gallery, open call winner for selection in group show, “Contemporary Visions 8,” London, UK, 2018.
- Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Grant Nominee 2015.
- Graduate Project Grant- Awardee, Rhode Island School of Design, summer 2017.
RESIDENCIES
- Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM, September 2023.
- The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY, May 2023.
- Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL, February 2023.
- Willapa Bay AIR, Willapa Bay, WA,, July 2022.
- 100W Corsicana, Corsicana, Texas, March 2022.
- Chautauqua School of Art (CVA), Chautauqua, NY, summer 2020.
- Tongue River Artist Residency, Dayton, WY, July 2020.
- Jentel Residency, Sheridan WY, July 2019.
- PLOP Residency, London, UK, June 2019.
- Marble House,, Dorset VT, October 2018.
- Cha North, run by Chashama, Pine Plains, NY, August 2018.
- Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, summer 2018.
- Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, summer 2016.
- Contemporary Arts Center, Troy NY, June 2012.
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EXHIBITION RECORD
Museum exhibitions:
- “Hortus Inconclusus”
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, MO, November 2022
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Solo exhibitions:
- Title TBD (solo show)
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL, Fall 2024
- Title TBD (3 Person show with Caroline Absher and Lujan Perez)
LJ Gallery, Paris, France, December 2023
- Title TBD (solo show)
Calderon Ruiz Gallery, NYC, May 2023.
- “Menagerie”
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL, May 2022.
- “Superstring Variations”
Martha’s Contemporary, Austin TX, April 24, 2021
- “Red Eye Black Tie”
Commissioned work at The Mead Museum at Amherst College, Amherst, MA., March 2020.
- "Souvenirs from the floating world"
The New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte NC, October 2019.
- “Chapultepec Samsara”
Outlet, Brooklyn, NY, 2016.
- “Before and after life”
Ulla Surland Gallery, Fairfield, CT, 2015.
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Art Fairs
- The Armory Show (two person booth with Joiri Minaya)
Calderon Ruiz Gallery, NYC, 2022
- Untitled Miami 2021
Calderon Ruiz Gallery, NYC, 2021
- Won “Nest Prize” for best booth in emerging galleries area.
- Spring Break Fair, 2015
· “Material Transaction", curated by alejandro Jassan, March 2015, New York.
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Selected group exhibitions:
2022
- “Unseen threads”
Martha’s Contemporary, Austin TX, November, 2022.
- “Keeping things whole”
North Loop, Williamstown MA, September, 2022.
- “Juggernaut”
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, January, 2022.
2021
- “Interconnected”
Curated by John Wolf, Los Angeles, CA,, October, 2021.
- “Run with the wolves”
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, September, 2021.
- “No Vacancy”
Monti8 Gallery, Italy, August 2021.
- “Imagining Reality”
Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July 2021.
- “Fairyland”
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL, April 2021
- “Cure/Rated (bigotry, a societal cancer)”
House of Fine Art, London, UK, March 2021
Curated by Fadi Brai and Dan Win
- “Good Company, the remix”
Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 2021
2020
- “Hope”
The Pfizer Building, curated by Ambrus Gero, March 2020
- “Art in place- Projections”
Standard Space, Sharon, CT.
- “Chautatuqua School of Art summer Residency exhibition”
Chatauqua School of Art, NY.
2019
- “The mirror eye”
Ortega y Gassett Projects, Brooklyn NY
curated by Youngspc and Far x Wide. Winter 2019
- “Welcome Home”
Elephant West Gallery, London, UK.
- “Figuring the Floral”
Wave Hill, Bronx, US. July 2019.
- “Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition,”
The Wassaic Project, NY.
- “Light Year”
Video installation at the Manhattan bridge overpass, Curated by Chashama.
- Feels Like a New Beginning,
ChaShaMa, Brooklyn, NY – curated by Peter Fulop and Brigitta Varadi.
- PLOP Residency Show,
The Koppel Project, London, UK – curated by Oli Epp
- Tales of Diverted Reality, Light Year 47 x ChaShaMa
ChaNorth, Brooklyn, NY – video installation projected onto the Manhattan Bridge – curated by Leo Kuelbs, Peter Fulop, and Brigitta Varadi
- “Boston Young Contemporaries”
Boston University Galleries, Curated by Sean M. Downey. June 2018.
- “RISD MFA Thesis Show”
Asya Geisberg Gallery, NYC. August 2018.
- “Contemporary Visions 8”
Winner of open call (http://www.beerslondon.com/exhibitions/con- temporary-visions-8) Beers Gallery, London. January 2018.
2018
- “Bouquet”
The Yard, Brooklyn NY, Curated by Kristin Lamb. June 2018.
'- “Conveyor”
Greenpoint Open Studios, Curated by Kate Mothes of Youngspace. June 2018.
-“Boston Young Contemporaries 2018”
Boston University Galleries, Curated by Sean M. Downey. June 2018.
- “RISD MFA Thesis Show”
Asya Geisberg Gallery, NYC. Upcoming, July 2018.
- “Contemporary Visions 8” Winner of open call, Beers Gallery, London, Jan 2018.
http://www.beerslondon.com/exhibitions/contemporary-visions-8
2017
- “RISD MFA First Year Summer Show”
Morgan Lehman Gallery, NYC. July 2017.
- “RISD MFA Painting Biennial”
Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, September 2017
2015-16
- "Reconsidering abstraction”
Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn NY. 2016.
- "I am What I am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn's Moment”
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale NY. 2016.
- "Spring/Break Show- Material Transaction”
Old Penn Station NYC. Curated by Alejandro Jassan. 2015.
- "New Ways of Seeing: Cultural Hybridity and Aesthetic Liberties"
Dorsky Projects, LIC, NY. Curated by Eileen Jeng. 2015
2014
- NurtureArt Annual Benefit
The Boiler, BK.
- Arts in Bushwick Annual Benefit
Storefront Ten Eyck , BK.
- Echo Art Fair
Wiith Bushwick Art Crit Group. Chicago IL
- “Transitions v2”
Associated gallery, Bushwick, NY.
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CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
“Pure as a seagull’s belly”
Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence RI, Upcoming, November 2017.
“Double Visions”
The Active Space, Bushwick Open Studios, Jun, 2015
“Wanderers in a sea of smog”
Katrina Van Tassel Projects, LES, NY, Aug, 2014
“Digital Skin”
Katrina Van Tassel Projects, LES, NY, July, 2014
“Multiple/Universal”
Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn NY, August 2, 2013 “Ciudad Saudade”
"Ciudad Saudade"
Reverse Space, Brooklyn NY. March 19, 2013
“Totemic”
Gelman Gallery, RISD, 2010
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TEACHING CV:
Assistant Professor
Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
2018-2019
Assistant Professor and AICAD Fellow
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2018-2019
Instructor (intro to painting)
RISD CE Department, providence RI.
2020
Instructor (intro to drawing)
Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2020
Assistant Professor and AICAD Fellow
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2018-2019
Instructor for “Wanderers in a sea of smog,” an undergraduate and graduate painting elective
RISD
Wintersession, 2018
Teaching assistant, “Three Critics”
RISD
Instructors- Kevin Zucker, Herb Tam, Dawn Chan, Owen Duffy
Fall 2016
Teaching assistant, sophomore painting studio
RISD
Instructors- Dennis Congdon, David Frazer, and Jennifer Packer
Spring 2017
Teaching assistant “Monumental Drawing” Brown University
Instructor- Lisa Perez
Brown University
Wintersession 2017
SAT Tutor
Veritas Prep, NYC
Provided private tutelage on a part time basis to high school students taking the SAT standardized test and individual subject AP tests.
2011-2015
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VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
- SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, March 2021.
- RMCAD, Denver CO, March 2021.
- Northern Colorado State U., Fort Collins, CO, January 2021.
- College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, October, 2019.
- University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, April 2019.
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PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
New American Paintings, MFA edition. Featured artist. 2018.
Two Coats of Paint, “MFA Report: Hrag Vartanian Finds ‘Home’ in RISD Painting Studios,” Sharon Butler. August 2017
Artnet. “Editors’ Picks: 13 Things to See in New York This Week,” Sarah Cascone. July 2017
Review of Chapultepec Samsara http://leftbankartblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-selection-of-bushwick-exhibitions.html
"Chapultepec Samsara" in Bushwick Daily: http://bushwickdaily.com/2015/11/our-material-selections-live-subject-matter-and-objects-of-absurdity- appear-in-this-weeks-newest-art-shows/
"Double/Visions," curated by myself. selected as event to see at open studios 2015: http://bushwickdaily.com/2015/06/bushwick-open-studios-2015-guide-morgantown/? utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Bushwick+Daily&utm_con- tent=Bushwick+Open+Studios+2015+Guide%3A+Morgantown
Featured in Hyperallergic.com coverage of Spring/Break Fair: http://hyperallergic.com/187620/jam-packed-springbreak-art-show-pulls-into-moynihan-station/
Blouin ArtInfo Highlights fors Spring/Break Fair: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-highlights-from-springbreak-art-show-2015?im- age=24
10 Artists to watch according to Hyperallergic.com: http://hyperallergic.com/129950/10-artists-to-watch-from-the-2014-bushwick-open-studios/
Anthology Magazine: http://anthologymag.com/blog3/2015/03/18/christian-ruiz-berman/
Interview with Gorky's Granddaughter: http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2014/09/christian-ruiz-berman-aug-2014.html
Volume Magazine Online: http://volume-exhibit.com/section/410908_2_15.html
Who's who in Bushwick: http://bushwickdaily.com/2014/09/a-newbies-guide-to-the-bushwick-art-scene-select-galleries-studios- who-is-who-and-where-to-submit/ Bushwick Daily: http://bushwickdaily.com/2014/07/material-selections-in-the- studio-with-christian-berman/
Socitete Perrier: Best things about open studios 2014 https://societeperrier.com/us/new-york/best-bushwick-open-studios-2014/
Chaos Magazine: http://www.chaos-mag.com/christian-ruiz-berman-mixed-messages/
"Ciudad Saudade" write-up: http://www.hotindienews.com/2013/04/10/37296