Franco Mondini-Ruiz’s was raised in Texas. Drawing from personal experience, his art pieces
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often assembled from found objects that have a direct correlation to his life. Following a tradition
of
postmodernism, he integrates a variety of imagery and iconography into his art. His irreverent
paintings and objects create humorous paradoxes between kitsch and sophisticated, or feminine
and masculine identity. Identifying with his Mexican background Mondini-Ruiz also cleverly
explores the similarities and disparities between Chicano and Western art traditions.
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Born: 1961
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2007
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Mexicana: Discovering Mexican Popular Arts 1919-1950, Newark Museum of Art,
Newark, New Jersey
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2006
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Hollywood Squares, Light Box Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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2005
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Quattrocento: 400 Paintings, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
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Postcards from Rome, American Academy in Rome, Italy
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¡Que Purdy! New World Museum, Houston, Texas
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2004
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Botanica Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
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99 Paintings, McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
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2002
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Dolci, Max Mara, The Galleria, Dallas, Texas
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Dust in the Wind, NY Public Art Fund, New York
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2001
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SHOP, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York
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Untitled Grid No. 7, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
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2000
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Mexique, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
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1999
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New Paintings Y Mas, Galeria Ortiz, San Antonio, Texas
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1996
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Diesen ist Kein Kitsch, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas
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1995
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Naturaleza Muerta, Plaza Santa Catarina, Mexico City, Mexico
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2007
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Ulterior Motifs: A Celebratory Art Extravaganza, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
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2006
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Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life, curated by Dede Young, Neuberger
Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
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2005
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Infinito Botanica: Bologna, Bologna Art Fair, Bologne, Italy
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The Prague Biennale, Prague Museum of Contemporary Art, Prague
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2004
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Twang, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont,Texas
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2003
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Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
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2002
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Infinito Botanica: Spain, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
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2001
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ARS01 - KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
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2000
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The Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
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1992
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El Impacto de Dos Mundos, Art Space Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
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