RICARDO L. GIL

http://www.ricardogil.com

ricgil@earthlink.net

BIRTHPLACE:

1957                        New Orleans, Louisiana

EDUCATION:

1988-89                   College of Marin, Kentfield, California

1989-90                   Laney College, Oakland, California

1986-87                   California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

1975-76                   University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2001                        French Hotel Café, Berkeley, California

1999                        A View of My Own, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California

1998                        A View of My Own-Excerpts, Foyer Gallery - Albany Community Center, Albany, California

1998                        A View of My Own, Veterans Building, San Francisco, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

2002                        Magician's Day Off and Other Stories, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

2001                        Point of View, College of Marin Art Gallery (two person show), Kentfield, California

2001                        eMotion Pictures:  An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art, Herbst International Exhibition Hall,

                                San Francisco, CA

2000                        Celebrating the Eucalyptus, Commonweal, Bolinas, California

1999                        Berkeley Art Center (three person show), Berkeley, California

1998                        Little People of America Dwarf Artists’ Coalition Exhibition

                                Marriott Hotel, Woodland Hills, California

1998                        Berkeley Art Center Member’s Showcase, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

1997                        13^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

1993                        9^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

1993                        Selections 93, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California

1992                        Selected Works From Site Specific, Photolab, Berkeley, California

1992                        8^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

1991                        World Institute On Disability, Oakland, California

1991                        City College of San Francisco Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1989                        Presente!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California

AWARDS/GRANTS:

1998-99                   California Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship

1997                        Juror’s Award, Juror:  Gary Garrels, 13^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center

1993                        Juror’s Award, Jurors: Rupert Garcia, Rupert Jenkins, Karen Tsujimoto,

                                9^th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center,

1988                        Little People of America, Inc. Fellowship

FILM AND TELEVISION:

Cherish, Three Ring Circus Films, Finn Taylor-director

Little People, Big Lives, Cinenova, Christine Pochmursky - director

ARTICLES/REVIEWS:

Stephanie Bird, A unique way to document family history, April 17, 1999/Enterprise Record

Alicia Miller, Ricardo L. Gil, Seiko Tachibana, David Wolf at the Berkeley Art Center, Artweek, April, 1999

James Carter, Local photographer’s angle is looking up, The Journal, October 8, 1998

Sarah Coleman, Portfolios, PhotoMetro, September, 1997

A celebration of disability culture, The Disability Rag & Resource, September/October 1995

Perspectives: Americans with disabilities, Utne Reader, March/April, 1993

Jolene Thym, Arts Biographic, Oakland Tribune, August 10, 1993