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