Ravi Zupa

Self-taught, multidisciplinary artist Ravi Zupa looks to works by German Renaissance printmakers, Flemish primitives, abstract expressionists, Japanese woodblock artists, and Mughal painters for inspiration in his wildly inventive practice. He also frequently incorporates religious iconography from Europe, Asia, and Pre-Columbian Latin America with revolutionary propaganda from around the world. Having spent decades studying books about the art, mythology, religion, and history of cultures from across geography and time, Zupa’s compilations of figures can be awkwardly posed and depicted from a slightly off-kilter perspective. With sincerity, 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.

Zupa’s works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, with solo presentations appearing in New York City, Los Angeles, Montreal, Mexico City, and many other cities in between. He has participated in group shows worldwide, including at museums such as Urban Nation in Berlin (Germany) Fort Wayne Museum of Art, (Fort Wayne, IN), and at galleries in Shanghai (China), Paris (France), and across the United States.