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Ricardo Miranda Zuniga

Ricardo Miranda Z?Òiga approaches art as a social practice that seeks to establish dialogue in public spaces. Having been born of immigrant parents and grown up between Nicaragua and San Francisco, a strong awareness of inequality and discrimination was established at an early age. Themes such as immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects of globalization extend from highly subjective experiences and observations into works that tactfully engage others through populist metaphors while maintaining critical perspectives.

Over the past several years, Ricardo has established a practice based in research and investigation leading to the final presentation. This is a practice that utilizes whatever media possible to present the content in a manner that may generate interaction and discussion by others. www.ambriente.com

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"Ricardo Miranda Zuniga." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/ricardo-miranda-zuniga.

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Ricardo Miranda Z?Òiga is an artist who treats art as a social practice aimed at establishing dialogue in public spaces; he was born to immigrant parents and grew up between Nicaragua and San Francisco. His work addresses immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects of globalization, using populist metaphors alongside critical perspectives. He maintains a research- and investigation-based practice that presents outcomes across media to generate interaction and discussion; website www.ambriente.com.

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