SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Mexico International Photography Festival, Fotosetiembre, Female Resonances: Time, Memory and Place, Curated by Karla Guerrero,
Aug 19 - Oct 4
Biennale della Fotografia Femminile, La Ciudad en las Nubes, Curated by Alessia Locatelli, Mar 8 - Apr 14, Mantua, Italy
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Photolucida Critical Mass 2023 Top 50, Curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith, Feb 23 - Apr 13, Denver, CO
2023
Houston Center for Photography, 2022 Fellowship Exhibition: La Ciudad en las Nubes, Solo Show, Juried by Elizabeth Ferrer, Houston, TX
Somerville Arts Council, BIPOC Pop up Space, Las Chicas Artistas, Small Group Show, Curated by Iaritza Menjivar, Somerville, MA
2022
Danforth Art Museum, Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition 2022, Juried by Jessica Roscio, Juliet Feibel and Brian Bishop, HONORABLE MENTION, Framingham, MA
The Print Center, 96th Annual International Competition, Juried by Ana Casas Broda and Dr. Kelli Morgan, Philadelphia, PA
Danforth Art Museum, 5 Years of Aspect Initiative at the Danforth, Invited Group Show, Curated by Jessica Roscio and Steven Duede, Framingham, MA
A.P.E. Arts Gallery, Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement, Small Group Show, Curated by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Northampton, MA
2021
Griffin Museum of Photography, Historias fragmentadas, Solo Show, Curated by Paula Tognarelli, Winchester, MA
Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Traces of Existence, Invited 2-Person Show, Concord, MA
Project B Gallery at The Mills Contemporary Art, Under the Same Flag, Juried by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson and Angela Ackerman, and Framingham: City of Dreams, Curated by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Framingham, MA
Fort Point Arts Gallery, Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement, Small Group Show, Curated by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Juried by Jessica Hong, Boston, MA
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement, Small Group Show, Curated by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Providence, RI
2020
Photographic Resource Center, EXPOSURE 2020, Juried by Makeda Best, Curator of Photography at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Bokeh Bokeh Photo, Juried by Julia Dean, David Garnick, Hamidah Glasgow, Michael Itkoff, Molly Newgard and Laura Sackett, SILVER AWARD, San Francisco, CA
Filter Photo, Filter Space, we like small things v.3, Juried by Roula Seikaly, Chicago, IL
Danforth Art Museum, Family Circle, Invited Small Group Show, Curated by Jessica Roscio, Framingham, MA
Multicultural Arts Center, Historias de Tierra y Mar (Stories of Land and Sea), Solo Show, Cambridge, MA
Griffin Museum of Photography, 26th Juried Exhibition, Juried by Alexa Dilworth, Winchester, MA
LoosenArt, Millepiani Gallery, Mirrors and Reflections, Rome, Italy
New York Center for Photographic Art, Jadite Gallery, Patterns and Shadows, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, JUROR'S SELECTION, New York, NY
Newport Art Museum, Newport Annual 2020, Juried by Dr. Sharon Matt Atkins, Newport, RI
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Director's Choice, Invited Small Group Show, Curated by David DeMelim, Providence, RI
SELECTED AWARDS + HONORS:
PhMuseum 2023 Women Photographers Grant, Shortlisted
Fellowship, La ciudad en las nubes, Houston Center for Photography, given by Elizabeth Ferrer, 2022
Massachusetts Cultural Council Photography Fellowship, 2021
Grant Award, Framingham Cultural Council, 2020
Artist of the Year Award, Cambridge Art Association, Members Prize Show, given by Ben Sloat, Assistant Professor, Director, MFA in Visual Arts, Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA, 2021
Photolucida Critical Mass 200 Finalist, Maria, 2020
Juror's Choice, Cambridge Art Association, RED, given by Layla Bermeo, Associate Curator of American Paintings, MFA, Boston, 2020
Top 20 Summer 2020 Finalist, Focus Photo L.A., given by Elizabeth Houston, Eve Schillo and Scarlet Cheng
Silver Award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, given by Julia Dean, David Garnick, Hamidah Glasgow, Michael Itkoff, Molly Newgard and Laura Sackett, 2020
Juror's Selection, The New York Center for Photographic Art, Patterns and Shadows, given by Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator at Griffin Museum, 2020
Best Series, L.A. Photo Curator, Dreams, given by Emma Powell, Assistant Professor of Art at Colorado College, 2019
Director's Honorable Mention, A Smith Gallery, She, given by Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully, Gallery Directors, 2019
Single Image Award Winner in Mindscape/Surrealism Category, Black & White Magazine, 2019
Honorable Mention in Fine Art Series PRO Category, 12th Pollux Awards, given by Philip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2019
INTERVIEWS:
Lenscratch: Claudia Ruiz Gustafson: La Ciudad en Las Nubes, interview with Daniel George, 2021
Griffin Museum of Photography: Suspended World, interview with Crista Dix, 2020
Lenscratch: Photographers on Photographers: Claudia Ruiz Gustafson in Conversation with Ana De Orbegoso, 2020
Shades Collective: Peruvian Born, American Based Claudia Ruiz Gustafson Speaks on the Value of the Family Archive as an Immigrant, Symbolism, and the Power of Words, interview with Akea Brionne, 2019
Cambridge Art Association: Member Spotlight, 2019
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Fraction Media, Issue 156 - Guest Curator: Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, 2022
Fraction Media, Issue 152 - Critical Mass 2021 Special Issue: La Ciudad en las Nubes, 2021
Foto Femme United: Votes for Women by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, written by Jessica Parry, 2021
A Yellow Rose Project: founded by Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths, 2020
Float Photo Magazine: Portfolio Feature, edited by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander, 2020
Aspect Initiative: Feature Artist, written by Jessica Roscio, 2020
Fraction Media, Issue 133: Maria by Claudia Ruiz Gustafson edited by Leo Hsu, 2020
Black & White Magazine, Issue 139: Spotlight Feature written by George Slade, 2020
PRESS:
The Boston Globe: At the Griffin, layerings of meaning, memory, and family, by Mark Feeney, 2021
Metrowest Daily News: Framingham gallery spotlights residents and contemporary issues with new art exhibit, by Lillian Eden, 2021
What Will You Remember: Life Interrupted, by By Suzanne Révy and Elin Spring, 2021
Artscope Magazine: A Visual Memoir: Ruiz Gustafson's Peruvian Love Letter, by Beth Neville, 2020
Bay State Banner: Photographer grapples with family history and immigrant identity by Celina Colby, 2020
Metrowest Daily News: Ties that bind: Two rewarding new exhibits at the Danforth explore family dynamics by Chris Bergeron, 2020
Newport Daily News: Ponder reality at Newport Annual exhibition by Alexander Castro, 2020
What Will You Remember: Crossing Cultures: Family, Memory and Displacement by Suzanne Révy, 2019
Artscope Magazine: Emerging Themes: Year of the Woman Continues in CAA Members Show view print version here, by Leah Hamilton French, 2019
Metrowest Daily News: Framingham Photographer's Photo Earns Director's Prize in Cambridge Show by Chris Bergeron, 2015