Ric Garcia (born 1968 Miami, Florida)[1] is an American fine arts painter, digital printmaker,[2] and curator[3] of Cuban ancestry[4] currently working and residing in the Greater Washington, DC area.
[4] He was born in Miami, where he was raised "surrounded by a close-knit Cuban American community who shared old-world values and traditions.
"[4] In 2018, The Voice of America quoted him (in a review of an art show demonstrating "the richness and complexity of U.S. culture" as explaining that his parents "chose to come to this country that was offering asylum.
"[7] Garcia's artwork has been described as being "on the traditions of pop art …eliciting emotional reactions, introspective questions and celebrating Latino culture”,[9][10] and even "Warhol-esque.
"[11][12] Picking up on that description, The Washington Post art critic Mark Jenkins, in a review of an immigration-themed show at the American University Museum, wrote "Ric Garcia updates Warhol by crisply and colorfully portraying edible products for the Latin market, with labels far funkier than any designed for Brillo or Campbell's.