RICARDO BLOCH

Artist photographer, living and working in Paris.
Born and raised in Mexico City.
Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University, 1975.

52, bd Saint Marcel
75005 PARIS  
+33 (0)9 50 60 20 13
+33 (0)6 67 75 97 79 (cell)

Solo Exhibitions

2008      School Gallery, Paris
1995       Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1989       Dreams of Wings (installation), Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1988       Calder Gallery, Gand Valley State College, Allendale, MI
1985       Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
1982       University of Rhode Island Photo Gallery, Kingston, RI

Group exhibitions (selected)

1999       A Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis, C.F.A.R., London
1998/7  Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996       The Reading Room, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
               The Art of the Cell, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1994       Film in the Cities/McKnight Photography Fellowship Recipients, Katherine Nash Gallery,
               University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1993       Jerome Book Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1991      Artists of Conscience, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
               Jerome Book Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1990      Berger/Bloch (installation), Intermedia Arts , Minneapolis, MN
1989      Self and Shadow, Burden Gallery, New York, NY
               Six Ideas in Photography, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
               Recaption:Recontext, University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1988      Photocall, Wellesley Art Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1987      Poetic Injury, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
               Portrayals, ICP/Midtown, New York, NY
1986      Bloch/Freiband/Lamb, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
1985      Bloch/Coplans, Film in the Cities, St.Paul, MN
1983      Photography and the Industrial Landscape, NYU Photo Center, New York, NY
               The Pet and the Beast, NYU Photo Center, New York, NY
               Recent Acquisitions, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
               Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
               Focus on the Fair, University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
               Bloch/Goldes/Verburg, Minnesota Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Art
               Fairgrounds, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA
1982      Our Land/Our People, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
1981      Midwest Photography, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
               Five Jerome Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

 Awards

1995       Bush Artist Fellowship, St. Paul, MN
1994       Minnesota State Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship
               Intermedia Arts/McKnight Interdisciplinary Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN
1993       NEA Works on Paper Fellowship
               McKnight/Film in the Cities Photography Fellowship, St. Paul, M
1992       Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN
1990       Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Fellowship (with Kevin Kling)
1989       Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant
1988       McKnight/Film in the Cities Photography Fellowship
               Minnesota State Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship
1987       Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant
1984       Film in the Cities Regional Film/Video Grant, St. Paul, MN
1983       McKnight/Film in the Cities Photography Fellowship
1982       NEA Photography Fellowship
               Film in the Cities Regional Film/Video Grant
1981       Jerome Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN

Honors (selected)

1996-98  Residence, American Center/Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1995       Panelist, New England Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowships, Boston, MA
               Panelist, Intermedia Arts/McKnight Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program
1991       Panelist, Illinois Arts Council Artists' Fellowship Program, Chicago, IL
1990-92  Board of Directors, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1987       Parabola Arts Foundation, New Avant-Garde Films Brochure, New York, NY
               Panelist, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
1986       Panelist, NEA Visual Arts Overview Panel
               Panelist, NEA Photography Fellowships
               Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
1983       Panelist, Illinois Arts Council Artists' Fellowship Program

Artist’s books

2009       La fin de l'Amiral Courbet, uls pocket n°11, (Un)Limited store, Marseille.
                Le Petit Collège de l'École Alsacienne, École Alsacienne, Paris
2008      Amphibious Andromeda Book 1, Shandy Books, Paris
               Huckleberry Dick, Shandy Books, Paris
1995      Mortal Remains (with Don Celender)
               Only Child, Visual Studies Workshop Press, Rochester, NY
1993      Terremoto
1991      The Incredible Servant and the Master of the Unknown (text by Kevin Kling)

Photographs in the Art Collections of:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Artist’s Books in the Public Collections of:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Mnam-Cci, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY