RICARDO BLOCH

52, bd Saint Marcel
75005 Paris, France
+33 (0)6 67 75 97 79
contact@ricardobloch.com

Photographs in the permanent collections of:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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 permanent collections of:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Centre Georges Pompidou, Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Studienzentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Weserburg Museum, Bremen
Olin Library Special Collections, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Exhibitions

2015       100+: A Photograph For Every Year of the MIA, Minneapolis Institute or Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008       School Gallery, Paris (solo)
              Los Dias del Terremoto, Museo del Estanquillo, México
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
1995       Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN(solo)
1994       McKnight Photography Fellowship, 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
             Dreams of Wings (installation), Alternative Museum, New York, NY (solo)
             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
             Calder Gallery, Gand Valley State College, Allendale, MI (solo)
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
             Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN (solo)
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, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
            Fairgrounds, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA
1982     Our Land/Our People, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
            University of Rhode Island Photo Gallery, Kingston, RI (solo)
1981     Midwest Photography, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
            Five Jerome Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Awards

1996/8  Residence, American Center/Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
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
1981    Jerome Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN

Education

1975     Ph.D., Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1967     Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México