{"Id":7750,"Name":"Ricardo Jose Mujica","Biography":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBorn and raised in New York City and currently living and working in Montclair, Ricardo Jose Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design under Max Ginsburg and Irwin Greenberg, Parsons in Paris under Keith Long, and at Parsons School of Design /New School for Social Research under Kes Zapkus, Stuart Diamond, and Randall Enos, where he won a full Presidential Scholarship.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERicardo Jose Mujica is an acclaimed, multidimensional painter with many awards to his credit and paintings in collections all over the world. Ricky accepts commissions for portraits and landscapes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe currently teaches at the Art Students League of NY and at Chelsea Art Studios.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe is a Signature Status Member of the Portrait Society of America.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":"\u003Cp\u003ENational Art League Richeson Award2019 First Place (the Cadmium Award) in the October round of the TRAC2019\u003Cbr /\u003ELore Degenstein Ninth Annual Figure Competition - Winner\u003Cbr /\u003EThe Florence and Ernest Thompson Memorial Award \u0026ndash; Allied Artists Exhibition\u003Cbr /\u003ETRAC (The Representational Art Conference) - April 2015 winner\u003Cbr /\u003EThe Artist\u0027s Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition - finalist\u003Cbr /\u003EARC (Art Renewal Center) - finalist several times\u003Cbr /\u003ENational Portraits Society Members Competition - 2nd place, (twice)\u003Cbr /\u003ENational Portraits Society Members Competition - 4th place\u003Cbr /\u003ENational Portraits Society Members Competition - 7th place\u003Cbr /\u003EOil Painters of America - Certificate of Merit (three times) \u003Cbr /\u003EThe Richeson Art Competition - finalist\u003Cbr /\u003EAllied Artist Competition - finalist (twice)\u003Cbr /\u003ESalmagundi National Competition - finalist (twice)\u003Cbr /\u003EPortraits Society of America International Competition - finalist (three times)\u003Cbr /\u003EPortraits Society of America - exceptional merit winner (twice)\u003Cbr /\u003EFigurativas, Barcelona - special mention\u003Cbr /\u003E48th annual So. Of Illustrators - certificate of merit\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENational Oil and Acrylic Painters Competition - best narrative, narrative excellence\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Arts teachers Association Youth Commission - achievement incentive award\u003Cbr /\u003ECenter for the Humanities - scholarship in the arts\u003Cbr /\u003EPresidential Scholarship\u003Cbr /\u003EArt Expo 2012 - solo award\u003Cbr /\u003EAmerican Watercolor Society Competition - honorable mention\u003Cbr /\u003EPortrait Society of America Signature Status\u003C/p\u003E","HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":25}