Bio
Karlito Miller Espinosa (Mata Ruda) is a Costa Rican-American artist who creates paintings, public murals, and sculptural installations informed by the inherent contradictions embedded within the contemporary landscapes and cultural structures of society.
Karlito participated in the 2020 Whitney Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. He earned his MFA from the University of Arizona in 2019 and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012. He has painted murals across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and his paintings have been exhibited internationally, including at the United Nations in Geneva, Art Basel in Miami, El Museo del Barrio in New York, and at the Arizona Biennial. His work is a part of the permanent collections of the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art.
He is currently living and working in Scotland where he is a visiting lecturer for the Painting & Printmaking department at the Glasgow School of Art.