Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz

Assistant Professor

Art & Art History

Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Modern Thought and Literature, Race & Et

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African/Caribbean Art/Latin American

barbaro@stanford.edu

650.724.7447

+442081442504

1. African Art and Visual Culture
2. African and Afro-American Graphic Writing Systems
3. African and Afro-Diaspora Religious Traditions
4. Caribbean Art & Visual Culture
5. Afro-American Visual Arts
6. Studio Multimedia Workshop

Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz is an Art Historian with expertise in African and Caribbean artistic, visual, and religious practices. Born and raised in Cuba, Martínez-Ruiz taught Art History at Havana’s High Institute of Art for five years prior to coming to the United States. Since arriving in this country, he has lectured frequently on African Art and Afro-Caribbean religions. Additionally, Martinez-Ruiz has both curated exhibitions on contemporary and African art, and presented his own multimedia work in solo and group exhibitions in New York and Alabama. Martínez-Ruiz completed his masters and doctoral studies in the History of Art department at Yale University in 2004. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University researching and teaching African Graphic Writing Systems in the Kongo world. From 2002 to 2004 he was an adjunct professor at Rhode Island School of Design, teaching African and Afro-Caribbean writing systems.  He has recently received, together with Gillian Forrester and Tim Barringer, the College Art Association Alfred H. Barr, Jr. award.