Ruben Toledo (born 1961, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American artist based in New York City.[1]
Ruben Toledo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Spouse | |
Personal life
editToledo and his wife Isabel met in high school in West New York, New Jersey.[2]
Books
editIn 1997, Toledo authored Style Dictionary, a collection of drawings and watercolors. He completed his first film, Fashionation, an animated history of French fashion, based on a book of the same name.[1] Toledo illustrated special edition book jackets for Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions of Jane Eyre, Dracula, The Scarlet Letter, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Pride and Prejudice.[1]
List of titles:
- Style Dictionary. Abbeville Press. 1997. ISBN 0789203480.
- Fashionation. Edition 7L. 2009. ISBN 3865213014.
Exhibitions
editRuben Toledo's collaboration with his fashion designer wife, Isabel Toledo, was the subject of both a book and a museum exhibition titled Toledo/Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.[3]
Awards
editRuben and Isabel Toledo were the recipient of the 2005 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for their work in fashion.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Steidl: Ruben Toledo". Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^ Grinberg, Emanuella; Weinberger, Hannah (July 6, 2012). "Partners by design: Isabel and Ruben Toledo". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ "Exhibition: Toledo/Toledo: A marriage of Art and Fashion". Contemporary Fashion Archive. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^ "Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winners of the Sixth Annual National Design Awards". Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
External links
edit- Ruben Toledo at IMDb
- "Isabel & Ruben Toledo: A Studio Visit". Studio 360. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- "Isabel & Ruben Toledo Interview". The Artist Toolbox.