Alma Ruiz

Alma Ruiz is well know to many people as the former longtime senior curator of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, where her exhibitions focused on post-World War II Italy, Latin America and emerging artists. However, her vast experience also includes current roles as Senior Fellow at Sotheby’s Institute of Art/Claremont Graduate University and Advisory Committee member for Miami’s Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. She has guest curated the 20 Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala City and the Fundación Jumex, Mexico City; the Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires; the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv; and in Los Angeles at both the Craft and Folk Art Museum (now the Craft Contemporary) and the Fowler Museum at UCLA.

Concerning the exhibition, Alma wrote: “This year’s Brand 47 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper marks a significant milestone for Brand Library & Art Center. What started as an exhibition of works in a variety of media has developed into a much-anticipated event with national outreach that acknowledges the significant role that the paper medium plays in artistic practice today.”

The Brand 47: Works on Paper exhibit is now on view until Friday, October 25.