Ricardo Alzati | POSSIBLE WORLDS @ AMA | Artist 9 of 9

Ricardo Alzati

Ricardo Alzati
POSSIBLE WORLDS:
Photography and Fiction in
Mexican Contemporary Art Exhibition
Open through August 28th at AMA | ART MUSEUM of the AMERICAS

Ricardo Alzati was born in Mexico City in 1974. He received his education in History and Visual Arts at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and in Photography and Visual Arts at the Centro de la Imagen and Centro Nacional de las Artes.  In 2001-2002 he also attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Alzati’s photography, video, installations, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited in Mexico and the United States, including solo exhibitions at the Museo del la Ciudad de México (Mexico City), Casa Vecina (Mexico City), Fototeca de Veracruz (Verazcruz, Mexico), 111 projects (Mexico City), and group exhibitions, such as the 2001 Visions: Contemporary Mexican Photography show at the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, and the 2008 Proyectos para descontrucción at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes MUCA Roma in Mexico City.

In 2007, Alzati was recipient of the Jóvenes Creadores art production grant and in 2008, he was selected as part of the core group participants at United Nations Plaza Mexico City and was also awarded artist residencies at the Triangle Artist’s Workshop (New York), and the 26^th International Symposium of Contemporary Art, Baie St. Paul (Quebec, Canada). Alzati also writes for Rim Magazine (Los Angeles), and Arte MX (Mexico City).  He currently lives and works in Mexico City.