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Noemí Ruiz is a Puerto Rican painter, graphic artist, and teacher. She is said to be a pioneer of abstraction in Puerto Rico. Her works can be found in many significant collections, and she has represented her country of Puerto Rico in many international exhibitions.

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Education

Noemí Ruiz studied at Inter-American University in San Germán where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Education and Arts Administration degree in 1953, and at New York University where she earned a Master’s in Fine Arts and Art Education in 1956. At NYU, she studied painting, art education, supervision, and administration. This is where Ruiz began her experimentation with abstract art under George McNeill in the 1960s, where her art really began. At the Madrid Central University of Spain, Ruiz went on to her doctoral studies, then in 1973 went to The University of Berkeley in California to study lithography.

Career

Noemí Ruiz was Acting Director of the Fine Arts Department at the Inter-American University from 1959–1961, the same University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree. Ruiz is also a Founding Member of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, as well as on its Board of Directors. Ruiz’s other professions included teacher and professor, designer, department directors, lecturer, event and project organizer, amongst others.

As professor and teacher, she has worked in San German’s public education system, at Inter-American University on the San German and Metropolitan campuses, and at Escuela de Artes Plasticas.

She was a Department Director at the Inter-American University; Fine Arts twice, Artistic Education Program, and Art & Music.

Many times Ruiz helped coordinate and organize events, ideas, and programs such as the Visiting Artists Program at Inter-American University (1976–77), Visit and Exhibition of Larry Rivers (1976–77), Art Appreciation Seminar (Inter-American University) (1968), Post Conference Tour of the National Education Association (1968), Seminars for Art Teachers - Department of Education (1962–63), and Second Seminar on Artistic Education (1964–65).

Work

Noemí Ruiz’s paintings are abstract in a non-representational style and very colorful interpret Latin American reality by using rhythmic color and alternating forms, trying to convey it all in a symbolic way. With sensitivity, discipline and mastery, Ruiz embodies her essential forms in the reality. Conceptually and symbolically, personal and natural elements can be seen presently in her pieces. Red and blue are common colors to see in her works, and at least one of the two seems to be present in every painting. She started out strictly geometric in her painting, but it melded into more organic visually, not unlike the human form and landscapes.

Noemi Ruiz uses a technique of painting in which she applies the paint with a foam roll, which allows for uniform layers of color. She would normally avoid textured painting, but has recently utilized it.

“Intention and result combine in the work of Noemí Ruiz to achieve a Latin American and Caribbean presence that proves to be outstanding in contemporary Puerto Rican art.”

– Jeannette Miller, Dominican writer and professor.

List of works

Telluric Presence

Nocturnal Mystery

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico:

Jazz (20th C)

Caribbean land, texture and heat (21st C)

Time Space-Sidereal plan I (21st C)

Rhythm of blues and hidden labyrinth (21st C)

Shooting star line (path), a Fall wish (21st C)

Forms floating in space and breath of life (21st C)

Study-composition of form and color (21st C)

Red Space and sailboats on the time (20th C)

Blue encounter with a Mask (20th or 21st C)

Intruder coquí (20th C)

Summer’s Heat (20th C)

Coleccion Reyes-Veray:

Civilización (20th C)

Talismán

Mi Isla Verde (21st C)

Tensión (21st C)

Tension (21st C)

Biaggi-Faure:

Espacio Rojo y Veleros en el Tiempo (21st C)

Recuerdo Ancestral (21st C)

Cuba: Paisaje de Playa con Destellos y Habana Blue (20th C)

Vida: Composición de Formas y Sentires (21st C)

Jardín del Pensamiento (21st C)

Collections

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico (San Juan)

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (San Juan)

Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples de Puerto Rico (San Juan)

Exhibitions

Noemí Ruiz has been a part of many exhibitions (listed below), both solo and group, throughout the years. Her first exhibition was a solo one on the Inter-American University at San German campus in 1959 [3]. Her first solo exhibition was in 1960; Primera Exposición Individual, Sala de Exposiciones, Biblioteca José M. Lázaro at Universidad de Puerto Rico on the Río Piedras Campus.

She has been a face of Puerto Rico in large, important international exhibitions that she has participated in such as the First International Biennial of Painting in Ecuador, the XX Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil and the First International Biennial of Caribbean Painting of the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo [4].

Ruiz’s most recent show was a group show, Interconexiones: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Colección Permanente at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in San Juan in 2012.

Solo

  • 2007

    • -Noemi Ruiz y su espacio en el tiempo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Noemí Ruiz: Diálogo con el Espacio, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 2004

    • -Síntesis de mi Espacio y Tiempo, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1993

    • -Noemi Ruiz: Color y Ritmo del Trópico, Galería Sala de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador

  • 1992

    • -Noemí Ruiz: Mi Trópico, Ritmo, Espacio y Tiempo, Galería Botello, Plaza las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1988

    • -Diálogo de Ser entre Tiempo y Espacio, Galería Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1985

    • -Noemí Ruiz: Existencia de Ser y Tiempo, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1980-1981

    • -North End Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    -Pinturas de Noemí Ruiz, Liga de Arte de Estudiantes, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1976-1977

    • -Pinturas y serigrafías, Galería Interamericana, San Germán, Puerto Rico

    -Graficas, Mayagüez Campus, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

  • 1974-1975

    • -Sala de Arte, Mayagüez Campus, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1972-1973

    -Galería Santiago, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1971

    • -Pielografías, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

  • 1968

    • -Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1966-1967

    • -Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez; Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1962

    • -Museo de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

  • 1960

    • -Pinturas y Dibujos de Noemí Ruiz, San Germán, Puerto Rico

  • 1960-1961

    • -Primera exposición individual, Sala de Exposiciones, Biblioteca José M. Lázaro, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerti Rico

    Group

  • 2012

    • -Interconexiones: Lecturas curatoriales de la Colección Permanente, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 2007

    • -Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 2006

    • -Pintura, Escultura y Cerámica: Obras Recientes de Artistas Representados, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 2005

    • -Imagen de una Cultura, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Apoyarte, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Colectiva de Navidad, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -La Imagen y el Paladar: Arte en la Gastronomía y la Plástica, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Hotel Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Arte Puertorriqueño: Imagen de una Cultura, 25 Aniversario de la Colección de Arte Puertorriqueño Contemporáneo de la Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 2004

    • -Colectiva de Navidad: Pintura, Escultura, Cerámica y Fotografía, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -IIIXVI Colectiva de Verano, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1993-1994

    • -Arte BA ’94, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    -Primera Muestra de Arte 1994, Galería Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -II Certamen de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1992

    • -Arte Contemporáneo: Doce artistas obra reciente, Banco de Desarrollo Económico de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -I Bienal de Pintura del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

    -Autorretrato: Mujeres artistas de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1991

    • -Deux Illes Huit Artistes des Caraibes, Galería Samagra, París, Francia

    -Festival Internationel de Peinture, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cagnes- Sur- Mer, Francia

    -Les Antilles, Espace Carpeau, Francia

  • 1990

    • -Mujeres artistas protagonistas de los ochenta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Mujeres artistas de Puerto Rico, Museo de las Casas Reales, República Dominicana

  • 1989

    • -Pintura y Escultura de los Años Sesenta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -XX Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

  • 1988

    • -Growing Beyond: Women Artists from Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Moderno de Latinoamérica, -Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos; Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos; Galería Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Artes Gráficas Puertorriqueñas, World Trade Center Office, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos

  • 1987

    • -I Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

    -Puerto Rican Paintings: Between Past and Present, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC; Museo del Barrio, New York; Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, United States; Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -La estampa serigráfica en Puerto Rico: Cuatro décadas, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, -Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    -Los inicios de una colección, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    -Festival de arte Plaza las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    -Grabados y dibujos puertorriqueños contemporáneos, Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -II Congreso de creación femenina en el mundo hispánico, Mayagüez Campus, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

  • 1986

    • -Artistas abstractos de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    -Isla a Isla: Contemporary Puerto Rican Prints and Drawings, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Bienal Latinoamericana de Artes Gráficas, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, United States

    -Veinticinco años de pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Bellas Artes de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

    -Mujeres artistas de Puerto Rico, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -VII Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -II Congreso de artistas abstractos de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1985

    • -Salón Yaucono de Pintura, Arsenal de la Marina, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Obra única sobre papel, Arsenal de la Marina, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1982-1983

    • -Women Artists from Puerto Rico, Cayman Gallery, New York, United States

    -XII Salón de Pintura de UNESCO, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Pintura Contemporánea Puertorriqueña, Metropolitan Campus Gallery, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Arte actual, Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Treinta años de la Galería Botello, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Gráfica puertorriqueña, Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico

    -Arte puertorriqueño en la década del ochenta, Biblioteca General, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico

  • 1980-1981

    • -Saludo a los Artistas Latinoamericanos, Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1979

    • -Art Expo, Reynolds Tobacco, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1976-1977

    • -Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

    -New Art Form, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

    -Excelencia Latina, Rochester, New York, United States

    -Muestra Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Puertorriqueña, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Arte Actual de Ibero América, Madrid, Spain

  • 1974-1975

    • -Muestras colectivas de artistas puertorriqueños, Biblioteca Pública, Miami, Florida, United States; Galería Santiago, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Cuatro pintoras y una escultora, Galería María Rechany, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1974

    • -Certamen Annual del Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1973

    • -Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1971

    • -Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

    -Tercer Salón de la UNESCO, UNESCO, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Arte y tecnología, Colegio de Agricultura y Artes Mecánicas, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

  • 1966-67

    • -Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico

    -Pintura en Puerto Rico, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico

    -Arte contemporáneo en Puerto Rico, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico

  • 1965

    • -3ra Exposición IBEC, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1964-1965

    • -Colectiva de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1960

    • -San Germán, Puerto Rico

    -Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

  • 1959

    • -Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus, San Germán, Puerto Rico

    Awards and achievements

    Her list of accomplishments is almost as extensive as her exhibitions, and includes, but is not limited to, Co-Founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, winning First Prize in Painting at the Ateneo Puertorriqueño Competition in 1974, and was selected Outstanding Woman of the Fine Arts by the government of Puerto Rico in 1979.

    Her accomplishments are listed below.

    List of awards and achievements

  • 2006

    • -Emeritus Professor. Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1994

    • -Commissioner (delegate) and special guest. Exhibition " Cien años de convivencia: España y Puerto Rico ", San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  • 1992

    • -Resident Artist. Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1989

    • -Distinguished Professor. Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1984

    • -Leave. Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Guest. First Congress of Abstract Artists of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Puerto Rico’s Delegate in the Pan American Graphic Arts portfolio

  • 1983-1982

    • -Honorable Mention. UNESCO, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1983

    • -Honorable Mention, Salón de Amigos de la UNESCO, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1980-1981

    • -Distinguished Citizen in the Field of Arts. Puerto Rico Medical Association, West District, Puerto Rico

  • 1979

    • -First Prize. Pintura Art Expo, Reynolds Tobacco. San Juan, Puerto Rico

    -Distinguished Woman in the Field of Arts. Hon. Governor of Puerto Rico, Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1977

    • -Honorable Mention, Revista Sin Nombre Competition, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1976-1977

    • -Mobil Award. Conferred to personalities that excelled in the Visual Arts in Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1974-1975

    • -Recognition for her outstanding work in the Visual Arts by teaching Art in Puerto Rico. Hon. Mayor of San Juan, Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1974

    • -First prize in Painting. Ateneo Puertorriqueño Annual Competition, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1973

    • -Grand Prize for Visual Arts. Department of Education of Puerto Rico

  • 1971

    • -Recognition for outstanding work in the field of art. Rotary International, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1965

    • -Second Prize in Painting. 3rd Exhibition IBEC, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1959

    • - Residency. Programa Comunal CREFAL, Pátzcuaro, México

    References

    Noemí Ruiz Wikipedia
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