ABOUT RAVI ZUPA

Ravi Zupa considers books the best way to experience art. He has spent decades studying books about the art, mythology, religion, and history of cultures from across geography and time. Entirely self-taught, Zupa looks to works by German Renaissance printmakers, Flemish primitives, abstract expressionists, Japanese woodblock artists, and Mughal painters for inspiration. He also frequently incorporates religious iconography from Europe, Asia, and Pre-Columbian Latin America with revolutionary propaganda from around the world. With a distaste for ironic art or the thoughtless appropriation of culture, he integrates seemingly unrelated images in search of something universal. Zupa does not create any of his art digitally; everything comes from his own hand.

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Group Show / Boston, MA / February 2025

Fort Wayne Museum of Art Reclamation Fort Wayne, IN / October 2018

Fort Wayne Museum of Art Invisible College / Indiana / July 2015

Urban Nation Rising / Berlin, Germany / 2015

Denver Art Museum Design After Dark / Denver, CO / February 2016

La Halle Saint-Pierre Hey Act III / Paris, France / September 2015

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Mortal Machine Gallery Solo Show  New Orleans, LA / May 2026

PAST EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Galactic Panther  Solo Show  Alexandria, VA / May - July 2025

MAIA Contemporary Solo Show  Mexico City, Mexico / February 2020

Harman Projects  Solo Show  NYC, New York / January 2024

Subliminal Projects Solo Show  Los Angeles, CA / June – July 2023

MAIA Contemporary  Solo Show  Mexico City, Mexico / February 2020

Fort Wayne Museum of Art Solo Show  Fort Wayne, IN / June – September 2020

Galerie Matthew Namour  Solo Show  Montreal, Quebec / October 2020

Hashimoto Contemporary Other Avatar, Manhattan, NY / July 2019

Hashimoto Contemporary Riches San Francisco, CA / August 2018

Vertical Gallery Chicago Typewriters Chicago, IL /  May 2018

Black Book Gallery The Place Where There is No Darkness Denver, CO / December 2017

MAIA Contemporary This Must Be The Place Mexico City DF, Mexico / July 2017

Matthew Namour Gallery Montreal, Canada / November 2016

Hashimoto Contemporary San Francisco, CA / September 2016

Black Book Gallery Denver, CO / March 2016

Black Book Gallery Denver, CO / March 2015

Black Book Gallery Denver, CO / August 2014

Subliminal Projects Los Angeles, CA / 2013

Lazarides Outsiders Newcastle Newcastle, UK / 2013

Black Book Gallery Denver CO / 2012

Mohs Exhibit Copenhagen, Denmark / 2012

Lazarides Outsiders London London, UK / 2012

Black Book Gallery Denver, CO / 2011

Vice Gallery Mexico City DF, Mexico / 2011

Illiterate Gallery Denver, CO / 2010

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Group Show / Boston, MA / February 2025

Matthew Namour Gallery Group Show / Montreal, Canada / May 2018

Subliminal Projects Twenty-One / Los Angeles, CA / June 2017

Art Labor 10 Years of Love / Shanghai, China / 2017

Subliminal Projects Primitive Future / Los Angeles, CA / December 2015

Hashimoto Contemporary Summer Group Show / San Francisco, CA / July 2015

Yves Laroche Egregore / Montreal, Canada / November 2014

Art Alliance Art Alliance Presents The Provocateurs / Chicago, IL / August 2014

Museum of Modern Art / Arte Vivo / Mexico City, Mexico / 2014

Parlor Gallery Group Show / Asbury Park, NJ / 2014

Black Book Gallery Group Show / Denver, CO / 2012

Post No Bills,Group Show / Venice, CA / 2011

Andenken Gallery Group Show / Denver, CO / 2009

Arspace Gallery Group Show / San Francisco, CA / 2008

Object and Thought Group Show / Denver, CO / 2008

SELECTED FAIRS

Scope Art Show Miami Beach, FL / 2025

Context Art Miami Miami, FL / 2025

Outsider Art Fair NYC, NY / February 2025

Context Art Miami Miami, FL / December 2022

Context Art Miami Miami, FL / December 2017

San Francisco Art Market San Francisco, CA / April 2017

Context Art Miami Miami, FL / 2016

Context Art New York New York, NY / 2016

Context Art Miami Miami, FL / 2015

Art Contemporain Pour Tous Montreal, Canada / April 2015

Art San Diego San Diego, CA / October 2014

Scope Art Show New York, NY / 2015

Scope Art Show Miami Beach, FL / 2014

Select Art Fair New York City, NY / 2014

Scope Art Show New York City, NY / 2014

Scope Art Show Miami Beach, FL / 2013

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Group show, Power of the People: Art and Democracy
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Group show, Power of the People: Art and Democracy
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Group show, Power of the People: Art and Democracy
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Group show, Power of the People: Art and Democracy
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Subliminal Projects. 2023 solo show, These Five Kings
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)
Opening night of Ravi Zupa's solo show "These Five Kings" at Subliminal Projects (2023)