• Mexican, b. 1950 Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico, New York, NY and Santa Fe, NM Influenced by the...

    Mexican, b. 1950

    Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico, New York, NY and Santa Fe, NM 

     
    Influenced by the visual language of his native Mexico, Ricardo Mazal’s striking, abstract oil paintings examine themes of spirituality, transformation, the passage of time; impermanence, renewal, and return. The lush colors in his tactile, textured canvases evoke geologic striations, light between trees, and the movement of prayer flags or migrating birds. 
     
    Mazal is perhaps best known for his Trilogy series, a multidisciplinary exploration of the sacred burial rituals of diverse cultures: the Tomb of the Red Queen in Mexico’s Palenque National Park, a sylvan cemetery in Germany’s Black Forest, and Mount Kailash in the Tibetan Plateau. Each series begins with detailed investigations into sites that the artist has visited, many of them endowed with spiritual significance. Photographic studies of these sites are then digitally manipulated on a computer, allowing the artist to visualize them as “virtual” paintings that are later translated to canvas. 
     
    Mazal has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. His work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM (2018); Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Zacatecas, Mexico (2010); Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Mexico (2009); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (2006); and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico (2000), as well as solo and group exhibitions at the Americas Society, New York, NY; Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC; Museo Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico; Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ; and the Tucson Museum of Art, AZ. In 2015, Mazal’s work was included in Frontiers Reimagined: Art That Connects Us, a collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale. 
     
    Mazal’s work is held by institutions including Fondation Maeght, Paris, France; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, Mexico; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ, as well as the collections of Apple, Banco de Mexico, and Deutsche Bank, among others. He is a recipient of the prestigious Creador Artístico award, granted by the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (FONCA), Mexico, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.
     
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  • Works

    Ricardo Mazal, Xna 4 (Red), Yaba 6 (Blue), Tee 4 (Beige), De 3 (Grey), Gashe 5 (Yellow), Gaa 5 (Green),...

    Ricardo Mazal

    Xna 4 (Red), Yaba 6 (Blue), Tee 4 (Beige), De 3 (Grey), Gashe 5 (Yellow), Gaa 5 (Green), 2025
    Acrylic on silk on aluminum panel
    Framed, each: 25 x 21.5 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Between the Lines V I, 2026 Oil on linen 37 x 41 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      Between the Lines V I, 2026
      Oil on linen
      37 x 41 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Ba Zasa Paynes Grey 2, 2023 Oil on linen 37 x 50 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      Ba Zasa Paynes Grey 2, 2023
      Oil on linen
      37 x 50 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Bhutan PF 35, 2021 Oil on linen 60 x 72 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      Bhutan PF 35, 2021
      Oil on linen
      60 x 72 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal White Mountain 8, 2024 Oil on linen 43 x 55 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      White Mountain 8, 2024
      Oil on linen
      43 x 55 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Silence For Sofi P I, 2026 Oil and acrylic on linen 37 x 41 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      Silence For Sofi P I, 2026
      Oil and acrylic on linen
      37 x 41 inches
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    • RIcardo Mazal SP Black 22, 2019 Oil on linen 32 x 34 inches
      RIcardo Mazal
      SP Black 22, 2019
      Oil on linen
      32 x 34 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Bhutan Abstraction Study w/ Black 3, 2015 Oil on linen 24 x 23 inches
      Ricardo Mazal
      Bhutan Abstraction Study w/ Black 3, 2015
      Oil on linen
      24 x 23 inches
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    • Ricardo Mazal Violet Painting on Dibond 2 (Red), 2016 Oil on dibond aluminum 26 x 26 inches, framed
      Ricardo Mazal
      Violet Painting on Dibond 2 (Red), 2016
      Oil on dibond aluminum
      26 x 26 inches, framed
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  • Exhibitions
  • News
  • Press

  • Tony Bravo, "Visit the sacred places of the globe in ‘Pilrimages’," Datebook, March 14, 2025

    Kim Ayling, "The Peninsula New York Shines Following Refurb," Elite Traveler, September 17, 2024

    Michael Abatemarco, "Everything is connected: The art of Ricardo Mazal," Pasatiempo, June 15, 2018

    Kathaleen Roberts, "Artist finds worldly inspiration," Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 2018

    DeWitt Cheng, "Ricardo Mazal," Visual Art Source, 2017

    Christina Procter, "Long Day's Journey into Light," Trend Magazine, Summer issue, 2015

    Jon Carver, "Ricardo Mazal's Bhutan Abstractions," THE Magazine, June 2015

    "Review: Black Mountain," Time Out Hong Kong, April 16, 2014

    "Insight: Ricardo Mazal," Art Works Magazine, Winter issue, 2008

    Steven Biller, "Ricardo Mazal: Palenque Rhapsody," Palm Springs Life, February 28, 2006