Lillianne (Lilly) Ruiz Truque (b. 1977 in Fairfax, VA) is an interdisciplinary contemporary visual artist and environmentalist. She is of Costa Rican and American nationality. Her artistic training has been outside the academy with artists and historians such as Sonia Lira, Andrés Zafra, Flor Gallardo, Max Rojas, Jorge Crespo, John Juric, Iris Lam, Xiomara Zúñiga, Gladys Turner, Patricio Majano, Juan Diego Roldán, María José Terán , Guillermo Tovar and Guido Chinchilla. She has a bachelor's degree in International Administration from American University, Washington DC, and MBA from Georgetown University, Washington D.C and a diploma in History of Western Art from the Academia Aurica in Mexico City, Mexico.
Lillianne has participated in numerous solo and group exhibits throughout Costa Rica, the United States, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates and other international venues.
Among her outstanding exhibitions, it is worth mentioning her most recent exhibition in May 2024 “Jardín de Sombras” at the National Gallery of Costa Rica. In 2020, her works titled “Covid” (a painting and an Installation / interactive performance) participated in the VI Annual ACAV Exhibition “Appropriations in Art” at the Municipal Museum of Cartago. Participating with the first art work created for her Happiness project, Lillianne was among the 42 artists selected for the 2019 Salón Nacional in the National Art Museum, San José, Costa Rica. She was also invited to represent Costa Rica during Art All Night, Washington D.C. in 2016 at the Embassy of Costa Rica.
She is an active member of the Art and Culture Committee of the Costa Rica Country Club from 2022 to the present and of the Costa Rican Association of Visual Artists (ACAV), of which she was part of its board of directors in the 2012-2013 administration. Her works can be found in many national and international collections.
Individual Exhibits:
2024 - Jardín de Sombras (Garden of Shadows), Galería Nacional (National Art Gallery), San José, Costa Rica
2019 - Escapes Oníricos (Surreal Escapes), Galeria Art Café, San José, Costa Rica
2017 - Ser y no Ser (On Being and Not Being), Galería Matices, Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2016 - The Duality of Dreams, (La Dualidad de los Sueños) Costa Rican Embassy in Washington D.C., USA
2013 - Between Memories and Dreams, Galería Matices, Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Dancing Trees & Framed thoughts, Italian Bar Lounge La Piola, Bell’Italia, San José, Costa Rica
Collective Exhibits
2023- CASINO 2024, Citiplace, Santa Ana, San José, Costa Rica
2022- La Huella de Da Vinci de RELAC/AIAP/ACAV
2021- Certamen de Arte Cazadoras & Recolectores, San José, Costa Rica
2021- VII Salón Anual ACAV “Patrimonio Cultural de Costa Rica”, Centro de Investigación y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud.
2020- Latinoamérica, lo que nos une. Regional AIAP Project
2020- Apropiaciones en el Arte, VI Salón Anual ACAV, Museo Municipal de Cartago, Costa Rica
2020- Biennal Internacional Art for Change, Celaya, Mexico
2019 - SuperEllo, URBN, San José, Costa Rica
2019 - Diálogo en Clave de Arte, Galería Matices, San José, Costa Rica
2019 - Salon Nacional, National Art Museum, San José, Costa Rica
2018 - International Art Day Exhibit 2018, Jardín Else Kienzler, Sarchí, Costa Rica
2018 - RIZOMAS, Talentum Gallery, San José, Costa Rica
2018 - Emocionarte, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
2018 - Exposición Allan Mauricio Valverde - Gigantografías, Estadio Nacional – Valla Perimetral, San José, Costa Rica
2017 - Art for Aleppo, Catalyst Gallery in Beacon, NY. U.S.A.
2016 - Art All Night DC, Washington D.C. U.S.A.
2016 - Expresiones, Kroma Galery, San José, Costa Rica
2016 - Galería Matices, Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2016 - Vaiven Arte Convergente, Colegio Dominicano de Artistas Plásticos (CODAP), República Dominicana
2016 - International Art Day Exhibit 2016, Jardín Botánico Else Kientzler, Sarchí, Costa Rica
2014 - Derechos Humanos, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, San José, Costa Rica
2014 - En-tendidos, Museo de Arte Costarricense, San José, Costa Rica
2013 - Memoria Pertinente, Embajada de Costa Rica en Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
2013 - RIZOMAS, Casa del Artista, San José, Costa Rica
2013 - CASINO 2013, Plaza Tempo, San José, Costa Rica
2013 - XIV Muestra Internacional de Arte Libre Hernán Hidalgo, Colegio Universitario de Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
2013 - Derechos Humanos, Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Espacio en Momentum Lindora, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Grano de Oro Sintercafé, Hotel Intercontinental, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - A Night at the Museum: Sensational Chair Auction Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Abierto Nacional de Pintura 2012 Casa de Cuño y Antigua Aduana, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - Art Takes Time Square Broadway Plaza Btw 42nd & 44 Str, New York, New York, EUA
2012 - CASINO 2012 Avenida Escazú, San José, Costa Rica
2012 - The Sketchbook Project 2012 Gira Mundial - #157.12-10.
2011 - Galeria Valanti's Art Café, CRCC, San José, Costa Rica
2011 - Grano de Oro, Sintercafé, Casa Galeria 947, San José, Costa Rica
2011 - Grano de Oro, Sintercafé, Hotel Marriott Los Sueños, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2011 - Pintando por la Vida, San José, Costa Rica
2011 - Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2011 - Art Takes London
Art Fairs
2023 Viva el Arte, Plaza del Sol, Curridabat , Costa Rica.
2022 World Art Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Arabes Unidos.
2021 ArtExpo, New York, Pier 36
2019 Viva el Arte, Plaza del Sol, Curridabat , Costa Rica.
2018 Viva el Arte, Plaza del Sol, Curridabat , Costa Rica.
2013 Viva el Arte, Plaza del Sol, Curridabat , Costa Rica.
2012 Embrujarte, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.
2011 Embrujarte, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.
Awards:
2021- Best International Exhibitor 2021 en Artexpo New York (collective).
2011 - Grand Prize Winner, “Grano de Oro”, Sintercafé
2012 - Finalist, “Grano de Oro”, Sintercafé
Gallery Representation:
Represented by: Galería Matiz (Trejos Montealegre)
Activities:
2022 – presente Comité de Arte y Cultura Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica
2021 – presente Grupo All She Makes
2017 - 2018 Plein Air Group
2012 – present ACAV (Asociación Costarricense de Artistas Visuales)
2012 - 2013 ACAV Board Member (Asociación Costarricense de Artistas Visuales).
Education:
2022 Talleres Centro Cultural de España en San José, Costa Rica, con los curadores Gladys Turner Bosso, Maya Juracán,
Blanca de la Torre, Adonay Bermúdez, Patricio Majano y Natalia Dominguez
2021 – 2022 Seguimiento Curatorial, M.L. Xiomara Zuñiga, San José, Costa Rica
2021 - ¿Qué nos hace contemporáneos? with Marta Rosa Cardoso & Ernesto Calvo, San José, Costa Rica
2020 - 2021 Art History Certification at Centro Aurica, Toluca, México
2020 - 2021 Strategic Art Marketing with Iris Lam Chen, San José, Costa Rica
2020- Del taller al Proyecto with Juan Diego Roldán, San José, Costa Rica
2020 - Art History with Maria Antonia Lossada, Venezuela
2013 -present Art History with Flor Gallardo, San José, Costa Rica
2018 - 2020 Oil and Acrylic Workshop with John Juric
2018 - Printing Workshop with Jorge Crespo
2018 - Modern Art & Ideas by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on Coursera. Certificate earned at April 24, 2018 10:05 PM.
2018 - Printing Workshop with Jorge Crespo
2017 - Human Figure Workshop with Carlos Arroyo
2017 - Intensive Landscape Painting Workshop with Guillermo Tovar
2011- 2017 Art and Painting Workshop with Max Rojas, San José, Costa Rica
2016 - Monotype Workshop with Marcia Salas and Fernando Rudín
2013 - Art History Class “Reinventando a Leonardo” Flor Gallardo, San José, Costa Rica
2013 - Seminar: “La Función del Artista en la Costa Rica de Hoy”, San José, Costa Rica
2012- 2013 Mixed Technique and Drawing Workshop "Estudiando a los Grandes Maestros" with Claudia Botero, San José, Costa Rica
2011 - Mixed Technique and Drawing Workshop with Marijose Terán, San José, Costa Rica
2009 - Seminar: “Apreciación y Comprensión del Lenguaje del Arte”, Dra. Bélgica Rodríguez
2003-2010 Oil Painting and Art Workshop with Guido Chinchilla, San José, Costa Rica
2001 - Photography Workshop, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington D.C, EUA
2000-2002 Individual Art Investigation Project Virginia, EUA
2000-2001 Georgetown University, Washington D.C., EUA Georgetown Executive Program. Certification: Managing Global Business
1999 - Université Paris Dauphine, Magister de Gestión Program, Paris, Francia
1998 - Oil Painting Workshop, Department of Art, American University, Washington D.C., EUA
1997-2000 American University, Washington D.C., EUA B.Sc. International Business, majoring in Marketing and Computer Information Systems
1996 - Watercolor Workshop with Max Rojas, San José, Costa Rica