Carlos Ruiz-Valarino Education Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY September 1997- May 1999. Master in Fine Arts (Concentration in photography) University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras January 1994- May 1997. Non-degree. Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Cupey August 1989- December 1991. Bachellor in Arts Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain October 1986- June 1989. Non-degree Grants, Awards and Scholarships Award to Best Photography Exhibition of 2005, International Art Critics Association of Puerto Rico (AICA), February 2006 Lexus Award for Artists, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2005 National Graduate Photography Seminar: Finalist New York University, June 1999. Graduate Scholarship Excellence Award- first prize School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, RIT Rochester, NY February 1998.
Individual Exhibitions Collectives Exhibitions 2006: Visitantes / Visitors SJU Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006: Visitantes / Visitors BCN Galería Raices, 2004-05: Puertorriqueño, ña, 1. Adj. Natural de U.t.c.s. 2. Adj. Perteneciente o realtivo a la isla de este nombre. Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003: Etno-graphy: Science that studies 2002: Etno-graphy: Science that studies Epifanio Irizarry Gallery, School of Visual Arts Ponce. 1999: A la conquista! School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, RIT, Rochester, NY, U.S.A. 1997: Two Dimensions, Francisco Oller, Gallery Univcersity of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, 1991: Puerto Rico: Two sides of the same coin, Sacred Heart University, Santurce, 1991: Censorship: A need? Inter American University of Puerto Rico Cupey, 2007: 27th International Biennial of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2007: 9 th Zemos 98- Audio Visual Festival, Seville, Spain. 2007: CIRCA07 The First International Art Fair in the Caribbean (Entre la piedra y la flor, curated by Lee Wells) Puerto Rico Convention Center, 2006: Photo Miami 2006, () Wynwood Art District Miami, U.S.A. 2006: Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño 2005-2006, San Juan, 2006: El Status: Contemporary Puerto Rican Art 1990-2005. (online exhibition opens June 2006). 2006: VAE 10, 1Oth International Festival of Video-art and Electronic Media, Video-art from Casa de España, Lima Perú. 2006: Brok-en 2006: CIRCA06 The First International Art Fair in the Caribbean (Galería Raices) Puerto Rico Convention Center,
2006: Rewind Rewind Puerto Rican Video Art Vol II 2006: VideoFormes 2006 XXI International Video and New Media Event-Projections Paralleles and Videotheque Ephemere Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France. 2006: Tag Rom 2, 2006: Look Forward, Look Back, Look Around 2005: Video contribution to VideoChannel [R] [T] [F] 2005 Memory, Identity and Violence curated by Heidi Figueroa Sarriera and Marianne Ramírez- Aponte (Puerto Rico). Seventh Biennale of Video and New Media Museum of Contemporary Art Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile 2005: Collective Exhibition. Curated By Luis Agosto Leduc Galería Comercial San Juan, Puerto Rico 2005: Taxi Galería () Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 2005: Prog:ME 1st. Festival of Electronic Media of Rio de Janeiro. Centro Cultural Telemar, R.J., Brazil. 2005: Sixth Nacional Fine Arts Exhibition, 2005: Horizontal, Galería 356, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2004: Opening Exhibition, Galería 356, san Juan, Puerto Rico 2004: Trienal poli/gráfica de San Juan: Latinoamérica y del Caribe, (Poli/graphic Trienal of San Juan, Latin America and the Caribbean) 2004: Impresionante! Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists. Internacional Print Center, New York City, N.Y. U.S.A. 2004: Video contribution to VideoChannel [R] [T] [F] 2004 Memory, Identity and Violence curated by Heidi Figueroa Sarriera and Marianne Ramírez- Aponte (Puerto Rico). Biennale for Electronic Art Perth, Australia 2004: Paper, Without Frontiers, 2003: Liberty and Risk, 2003: Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño, San Juan, 2003: 11th edition ESTAMPA, Palacio de Cristal de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain. 2003: Pause: recent work of artist professors, Francisco Oller Gallery, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 2003: 100 years of History, Art and Teaching, Museum of History, Antropology and Art
2002: Video Art 2002, 2002: Third Salon of Photography of Puerto Rico 2001: Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño, San Juan, 2001: Visions X 21 Photographers William Marten Gallery, Rochester, NY. U.S.A. 1999: The Latent Image Gallery R, Rochester, NY. U.S.A. 1999: Creació Jove Mercè 99, Claustro de San Agustín, Barcelona, Spain. 1998: Vignette, Visual Studies Workshop Gallery, Rochester NY. U.S.A. 1996: Cultural Identity, Francisco Oller Gallery, 1995: Power and Ideas, Francisco Oller Gallery, 1992: Images of Puerto Rico, Washington Irving Center, Madrid, Sala de Puerto Rico, University of Salamanca, Spain 1990: Social Satire, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán, 1990: Two Artists, Francisco Oller Gallery, 1990: First National Fine Arts Exhibition, 1990: 21st Century Generation, Centro de Recepciones del Gobierno, Publications and Reviews 2006: Primera Hora (newspaper) Glamour con underground September 21st, By Pedro López Pagán. 2006: Rotund World (cyber-art magazine) Noh News, By Joel Weinstein. 2006: El Nuevo Día, (newspaper) Nueva savia en el MAC, August 31st. By El Nuevo Día. 2006: Rotund World (cyber-art magazine) There s Still Time, By Joel Weinstein. 2006: Primera Hora (newspaper) Tres propuestas innovadoras September 7th, By Carmen M. Treyes. 2006: Art Premium (art magazine) Tag Rom: Exploración del arte en Arte y en el Espacio, Vol. 3 Num 13. By Mabel Rodriguez. 2006: VideoFormes 2006 XXI International Video and New Media Event- Projections Paralleles and Videotheque Ephemere (catalogue) Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France
2006: El Vocero, (newspaper) El retorno de los premios AICA, February 11th. By Jorge Rodriguez. 2006: Primera Hora, (newspaper) Los visitantes, February 9th. By Pedro López Pagán. 2005: El Nuevo Día, (newspaper) Musa sobre ruedas, November 27th. By Eliván Martínez Mercado. 2005: Primera Hora, (newspaper) Arte móvil, October 20th. By Carmen M. Trelles Hernández. 2005: Prog:ME 1st. Festival of Electronic Media of Rio de Janeiro. (catalogue) Centro Cultural Telemar, R.J., Brazil. 2005: Art Nexus (art magazine)- No. 57 Volume 3 Year 2005 Carlos Ruiz-Valarino/ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de By Ingrid Jiménez. 2004: Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, Latinoamérica y el Caribe (catalogue) Poli/Graphic Triennal of San Juan, Latin America and the Caribbean San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Elvis fuentes 2004: El Nuevo Día, (newspaper) Rasgos de la identidad borincana, October 15th. By Tatiana Pérez Rivera. 2004: Impresionante! Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists. (catalogue) Internacional Print Center New York, N.Y.C. U.S.A. By Deborah Cullen and Harper Montgomery. 2004: Primera Hora, (newspaper) San Juan, Puerto Rico, Grabados impresionantes, October 2nd. By Primera Hora. 2003: Permanent Colecction of Museum of Conemporary Art of Puerto Rico, (catalogue) By Margarita Fernández Zavala. 2003: Primera Hora, (newspaper) Imágenes de introspección, February 23rd. By Carmen Trelles Hernández. 2003: Noctambulo.com, (magazine and web) La Etno-grafía desde una mirada particular By Dalila Rodríguez Saavedra 2003: 100 years of History, Art and Teaching,.(catalogue) Pages 92-93. Museum of History, Antropology and Art Collections Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico Contemporary Latin American Photography Collection, Luis Gutiérrez Tim Fleming, Managing Director, Artsfairs.inc. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.