Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga

1971–

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga (b. 1971; San Francisco, California) approaches art as a social practice that seeks to establish dialogue in public spaces. He combines the handmade with emerging technologies to create content that encourages interaction and discussion among participants, viewers, and users. Zúñiga, the son of immigrant parents, grew up between Nicaragua and San Francisco, and the ways in which inequality and power manifest in our lives are a consistent thread in his work. His work has been shown internationally at venues including FACT, Liverpool; the Eighth International Festival of Video Art (2019), Camagüey, Cuba (2019); Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany; Gazelli Art House, London; ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany; Museum of the Moving Image, Queens; and El Museo del Barrio, New York.

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Introduction

Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga (born 1971 in San Francisco) is an American new media artist who approaches art as a social practice that establishes dialogue in public spaces. Themes such as immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects of globalization extend from his experience and observations into works that tactically engage viewers through populist metaphors while maintaining criticality. He has said, "I have always felt very strongly that for art to matter its need to be socially relevant and exist outside of the gallery and museum amongst people at large."

Zúñiga has shown his works in New York City; Berlin; Madrid; Valencia, Linz, Austria; Quebec; St. Petersburg; Chile; Washington, D.C.; Miami; São Paulo; Mexico; Tennessee; Chicago; Madison, Wisconsin; Buffalo; Philadelphia; and numerous times in California, including in San Francisco. Not limited to the traditional gallery space, he has exhibited his works in places as various as public parks; within the New York City Subway system; and at the San Diego-Tijuana border.