| Ricardo Viera | ||
| Birth Date: 1945 |
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| Ricardo Viera is a Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania artist working with installation; drawing, painting, printmaking and photography. Viera has worked since 1974 as Director and Chief Curator of the Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) Museum, where he has established a nationally recognized collection of Latino and Latin American photography and video with over 13,000 works in the LUAG collection. He is also Professor of Art at the University’s department of Art, Architecture & Design, teaching Museum and Curatorial Studies, Photography as Contemporary Art, Visual Thinking Strategies, and Latino: Visual Art and Culture in the United States.
Viera attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and received a BFA from Tufts University; a MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and a Certificate of Museum Management Program from the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder.
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