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RICARDO MAZAL  

Born in Mexico, 1950 

Lived in Barcelona, Spain, 1985-1991 

Currently lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico, New York, NY and Santa Fe, NM 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS  

2025  

Ricardo Mazal, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Pilgrimages, Haines Gallery, San Fransisco, CA 

2024 

Ba Zasa Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Mexico City, Mexico.  

2023  

Ba Zasa (Return) Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY.  

2022  

Obra Reciente, Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico.  

2021  

Full Circle and Diamond, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore. 

2020  

Full Circle, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Praga, Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico.  

2019  

Silence in Prague, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

2018  

Ricardo Mazal: A 15 Year Survey, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM.  

2017  

Violeta, Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico.  

Violet, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore. 

New Work, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

2016  

Violet, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

2015 

Butan Abstracto, Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog)

New Paintings, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada. (Catalog) 

New Paintings, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (Catalog)

2014  

Bhutan Abstractions, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Kailash Black Mountain, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore. 

Kailash Black Mountain, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

2013  

New Paintings, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada. (Catalog) 

The Kora Dialogues, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (Catalog) 

2012 

Kailash, Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog) 

Kailash, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Ricardo Mazal Select Works, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 

2011 

Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 

KORA, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

2010 

KORA, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog) 

KORA, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Catalog) 

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

Ricardo Mazal, Pintura y Fotografía 1994-2009, Museo Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Za catecas, ZC, Mexico. (Catalog)  

New Works, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 

2009 

Ricardo Mazal Pintura y Fotografía 1994-2009, Museum of Art, Queretaro, Queretaro, QRO, Mexico. (Catalog)  

Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

2008 

Ricardo Mazal Odenwald 1152, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog)

Ricardo Mazal Odenwald 1152, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC.  Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM. 

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

2007  

Mas Art Moderno y Contemporáneo, Barcelona, Spain. 

Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. 

Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

2006  

Ricardo Mazal, La Tumba de la Reina Roja: From Reality to Abstraction, Centro de las Artes, Pinacoteca, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.  

Ricardo Mazal, La Tumba de la Reina Roja: From Reality to Abstraction, Scottsdale Muse um of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.  

Ricardo Mazal, Works 1994 – 2006, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog) 

Ricardo Mazal. Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. 

Ricardo Mazal, New Works. Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. 

2005 

Ricardo Mazal, La Tumba de la Reina Roja: From Reality to Abstraction, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog)  

From Reality to Abstraction, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 

2004  

Ricardo Mazal, La Tumba de la Reina Roja: From Reality to Abstraction, Center for Con temporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM.  

Ricardo Mazal, Paintings and Monotypes from the series La Tumba de la Reina Roja, Chiaroscuro  Gallery. Santa Fe, NM. 

Ricardo Mazal, Obra Reciente, Mas Art Moderno y Contemporáneo, Barcelona, Spain. Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. 

Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 

2003  

Ricardo Mazal, New Paintings, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Ricardo Mazal, New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA. 

2002  

Ricardo Mazal, Paintings from The Center for Contemporary Arts, Galería Ramis Barquet, Mon terrey, NL, Mexico. 

Ricardo Mazal, New Paintings and Monotypes. Ricardo Mazal, Gary Mankus Collaborative Pho tography, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 

New Paintings by Ricardo Mazal, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. (Catalog)  

Ricardo Mazal, Abril 15, New Paintings and Works on Paper, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York,  NY. (Catalog) 

2001  

Ricardo Mazal, Galerie 89, Aarwangen, Switzerland. 

Ricardo Mazal, New Paintings, Photographs and Drawings, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO. Ricardo Mazal, Pintura, Fotografía, Dibujo, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico. (Cat alog) 

New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA. 

2000  

Ricardo Mazal, Obras,1991-2000, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog)  

Recent Paintings, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. 

Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 

Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 

1999  

Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO. 

Erickson & Elins/Fine Art, San Francisco, CA. 

New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA. 

The E - Series, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog) 

Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 

1998  

Ricardo Mazal, The Yellow Circle & Eve, Galería Maeght, Barcelona, Spain.

1997  

Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 

Yellow Circle Series, Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO. Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

Vail-Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IA. 

1996  

Ricardo Mazal, Pintura y Fotografía, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog) 

1994  

Galería Maeght, Barcelona, Spain. (Catalog) 

1992  

Ricardo Mazal, Pinturas, Dibujos, Grabados, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico.  (Catalog) 

1990  

Scott Alan Gallery, New York, NY. 

Ricardo Mazal, Pinturas, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog)

Ricardo Mazal, Pinturas, Galería Arte Actual Mexicano, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog) 

1989  

Ricardo Mazal, Scott Alan Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog) 

1988  

Huellas del Tiempo, Ricardo Mazal, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mexico. (Catalog)

Huellas del Tiempo, Ricardo Mazal, Galería Arte Actual Mexicano, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog) 

Galería Nomen, Barcelona, Spain. 

Galería Carl Van Der Voort, Ibiza, Spain. 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2019  

Territorios de la Memoria 1985 - 2019, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.  

2017  

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore. 

Lunar, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY.  

Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

2015 

Frontiers Reimagined, Venice Biennial, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, Italy. (Catalog)

Winter Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

2014  

Messico Circa 2000 Scuderie del Castello di Miramare Trieste, Italy. (Catalog)  2013 

Natural Selection, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

Natural Selection, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

A Revisiting: Ten Years of Visiting Artists, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO. 

2012  

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

2011  

Spectrum: East West Beyond, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China.

Summer Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Continuum, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

Convergence, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverley Hills, CA. 

2010  

22/22 Artistas Mexicanos, Museum of Art, Queretaro, Queretaro, QRO, Mexico. (Catalog) 

New Creative Constructs, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Entre Medios: Contemporary Latin American Art, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC,  Canáda. 

2009 

Here and Now, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY. 

Summer Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China. 

2008 

Pushing Paint Around, Scottsdale Museum of Comtemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.  

2007 

3 Americas: Robert Kelly, Ricardo Mazal, Daniel Senise, Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, NL,  México. 

An Eclectic Eye: Selections From the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tuc son, AZ.  

2006 

De la Coleción, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.  

2005  

Retrospective / Prospective, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. 

Espejos: Artistas contemporaneos de Mexico en Estados Unidos, Mexican Cultural Insti tute, Washington, DC.  

Transversal: Richard Serra, Jaime Brunson, Tony Coulter, Gary Komarin, Ricardo Mazal, Jae Ko, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO. 

2004 

Ray Smith, Fernanda Brunet, Sylvia Fernandez, Ricardo Mazal y Victor Rodríguez, Galería Lucía  de la Puente, Lima, Peru. 

2003  

Paper, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, NY. 

11/11: Eleven Painters, Eleven Views of Abstraction, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Abstract Art, New Mexico Artist Series, Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.

Siglo XX: Grandes Maestros Mexicanos (The Twentieth Century: Great Mexican Masters), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, NL.  Paint Junkies, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA. 

2002 

Arte de América Latina, (Art from Latin America), Galería Lucía de la Puente, Lima, Peru. Wrapped, Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 

Beau Geste: Abstract Paintings in Torroella di Montgrí, Michael Dunev Art Projects, Torroella de  Montgrí, Girona, Spain. 

Group Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 

2001  

Tendencias, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.  

Between the Lines, Bushlen-Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. 

Between Worlds: Jewish Artists of Latin America, Mizel Arts Center, Denver, CO.

FOUR: Selected Works by Lynda Karshan/ Ricardo Mazal/ Rex Ray/ Sophie Smallhorn, Michael  Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA. 

Abstracciones, Traveling exhibition in Mexico organized by the Mexican Ministry of Culture. 

2000  

Mexico/ New York: A Vital Dialogue, The Mexican Cultural Institute, New York, NY. (Catalog)  

Paisaje Urbano, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico. 

1999  

Inapropiadamente Dibujo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Today and Everyday, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, NY. 

The Conscious Line, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID. 

Introductions & Dialogue, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA. 

1998  

4th Salon de Arte, Bancomer, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

1997  

Laura Anderson Barbata, Linda Matalon, Ricardo Mazal: Embodied Abstraction, Americas Society Art Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog) 

Painting Group Exhibition, Megan Fox Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 

Drawings and Photographs, Megan Fox Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 

3er Premio MARCO (Third MARCO Prize exhibition), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog)  

Red, Robin Rule Gallery, Denver, CO. 

1996  

Modern Miniatures: The Redefining of the Small, Brewster Gallery, New York, NY. (Catalog) Collective: Paintings on Cloth and Paper, Ricardo Mazal, Bob Nugent, Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 

Premio MARCO 1996 (MARCO Prize exhibition), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog)  

1995  

Premio MARCO 1995 (MARCO Prize exhibition), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, NL, Mexico (Catalog) 

Le Noir est un Coleur, Galería Maeght, Madrid, Spain. 

1994  

Pinturerías: el Artel Taurino, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, City; traveling exhibition in Mexico, Spain, and the United States. (Catalog)  

1993  

The Inaugural Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY. 

1992  

Abstractus, Scott Alan Gallery, New York, NY. 

1991  

En el Umbral del Siglo XXI, Galería Maeght, Barcelona, Spain. (Catalog) 

Galería Carl Van Der Voort, Ibiza, Spain. 

1990  

Parallel Project: New Moments in Mexican Painting, New York, NY. 

1989  

Pintura Mexicana de Hoy, Tradición e Inovación, Centro Cultural Alfa and Galería Arte Actual Mexicano, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. (Catalog) 

1988  

Galería Nomen, Barcelona, Spain. 

Galería Carl Van Der Voort, Ibiza, Spain. 

1987  

Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain. 

Tom Maddock Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. 

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain. 

Awards  

2010  

Creador Artistico, Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (FONCA) 2002, Mexico. 2002  

Creador Artistico, Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (FONCA) 2002, Mexico. 1998  

Creador Artistico, Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (FONCA) 1998, Mexico. 1991  

Pollock Krassner Foundation, New York. 

Collections  

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA 

Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. 

Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, QC, Canada. 

MACO-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), Mexico City, Mexico. 

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. 

Maeght Foundation, Paris, France. 

Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez, Zacatecas, Mexico. 

Museo del Arzobispado, Mexico City, Mexico.

Banco de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Deutsche Bank, New York, NY USA and Germany. 

CEMEX, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. 

Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, NY, USA. 

The Apple Corporation, Cupertino, CA, USA. 

The Peninsula Hotel, Shanghai,China. 

Colección Grupo Alfa, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, USA. 

Private Collections in the USA, Mexico, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Japan and Korea.