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Ruth Buentello
Ruth Leonela Buentello is a visual artist known for her incorporation of her personal Chicano/a culture into her work. She is a print artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the country.

Biography

Ruth Leonela Buentello is from San Antonio, Texas. 1 Her family has lived there for three generations after her grandmother migrated from Mexico to settle in the Southern area of Texas.2 She completed her Bachelor’s studies in 2008 in Chicago.3

Along with three other women, in 2009, she created the organization Mas Rudas.4 It was an organization that sought to showcase artwork inspired by their intersectionality. Their intersectional identities include Chicano and feminist groups.5

She has had her artwork exhibited at museums and galleries across the country.6 In 2017, she was the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation.7 This award was granted to up and coming artists, not yet in the spotlight. Recipients are awarded a cash grant aimed at helping to further the artist’ drive and commitment to their art.8 Additionally, it provides artists with the networking and support they need to help further their legacy.9

Art  

·       Entre Fronteras: Memory Migration Maps was her most recent work in 2019 that has been permanently exhibited in San Antonio’s City Hall.10 It recounts her own personal experience of coming from migrants and their experiences spanning three generations of women.11

·       Desaparecidos en el Río Bravo was an artwork entered in the 2019 Outwin Boochever National Portrait competition that was chosen as a finalist.12 This image gave attention to the migrants who vanish after crossing the Rio Bravo.13

·         ''Gamer Ninas is an artwork created under the Joan Mitchell Foundation. 14'' It  explores how mediums like video games could affect the minds of children.15 Additionally, she draws attention to the toys that are deemed suitable for girls, such as Barbies and unicorns, in an effort to see how gender expectations shape identities. 16

·       Leonela is working on a new project and announced it will be on display in October 2022 and will be showcased as part of the National Portrait Gallery.17

References

1. ^ “Ruth Leonela Buentello.” Joan Mitchell Foundation, www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/ruth-leonela-buentello

2. ^ “Entre Fronteras Memory Migration Maps - Getcreativesanantonio.com: The Cultural Calendar for the City of San Antonio, Texas.”  Getcreativesanantonio.com,events.getcreativesanantonio.com/public-art/entre-fronteras-memory-migration-maps/.

3. ^See note 1.

4. ^See note 1.

5. ^Buentello, Ruth Leonela, et al. “ARTISTS’ STATEMENT: Más Rudas: To Be Tough, to Be Defiant, and Without Apology.” Chicana/Latina Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), 2012, pp. 8–13, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23345339.

6. ^See note 1.

7. ^See note 1.

8. ^See note 1.

9. ^See note 1.

10.^See note 2.

11. ^See note 2.

12.^“Desaparecidos En El Rio Bravo (Disappeared in the Rio bravo) by Ruth Leonela Buentello.” ''The Outwin: American Portraiture Today | Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/desaparecidos-en-el-rio-bravo-disappeared-rio-brav?lang=eng''.

13.^See note 12.

14.^See note 1.

15.^See note 1.

16.^See note 1.

17.^“About Ruth.” Ruthlbuentello.com, 19 Sept. 2021, ruthlbuentello.com/about-3/.

External links

·       https://ruthlbuentello.com/about-3/

·       https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/desaparecidos-en-el-rio-bravo-disappeared- rio-brav?lang=eng

·       https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/journal/in-the-studio-ruth-leonela-buentello