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.
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EXHIBITIONS
Galactic Panther Solo Show Alexandria, VA / May - July 2025
MAIA Contemporary Solo Show Mexico City, Mexico / February 2020
PAST 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
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
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
MEET THE TEAM
RAVI ZUPA ARTS is a team of 4 humans, 1 studio cat, and 4 backyard ducks! We work hard to share and send you artwork that we're honored you enjoy.