Ricardo Harris-Fuentes

I am a Los Angeles based painter and educator. I have taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Santa Monica College more recently.

BA - Amherst College, MA (Philosophy with Honors)
MFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (Painting and Drawing with Honor)

Ricardo Harris-Fuentes paints quiet meditative paintings that create vibratory visual experiences for the viewer through the use of pattern rich images and fluorescent pigments which are illuminated with ultraviolet light. His work is influenced by his experiences with altered states of consciousness encountered in Buddhist meditation and Shamanic journeying. His work has been included in several one-person and group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Most recently, his work has been exhibited at Fastnet in Red Hook, New York, La Sierra University in Riverside, California, and the Whittier Museum in Whittier, California. Harris-Fuentes has held teaching positions at Santa Monica College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he received his MFA in 2010 and was the recipient of the Anne and George Siegel Graduate Fellowship. He lives and works in Los Angeles.