Art and journalism are an essential part of the life of Ricardo Trotti, the professional duality that shapes his motto: "Art as a message and the message as art”.
Providing a unique, relevant message through artistic as well as intellectual expression defines his purpose and mission.

Much of Trotti´s work feeds on this professional duality, inspiring him to portray, in a contemporary style, major events of humanity and themes related to the freedom of expression.

A self-taught artist, Trotti who was born in 1958 in San Francisco, province of Cordoba, Argentina, works at his studio in Miami, where he lives since 1993.

Trotti took his first steps in painting in Paris, together with his brother, Gerardo, a well-known scenographer and painter who now lives in Madrid.

Trotti’s passion for art-message led him to create “The Spirit of America” in 2001, a series of 20 paintings honoring the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

Laberintos de Impunidad is the title of another series of paintings in which the artist conceptualizes on the lack of justice and interest surrounding the attacks against journalists and the freedom of press and expression, a concept that Trotti had already expressed in written form in his book “La Dolorosa Libertad de Prensa, en búsqueda de la ética perdida”, published by Editorial Atlántida in Buenos Aires in 1993.

One of the paintings of the Laberintos de Impunidad series illustrates the book “Nunca Más” published by the Interamerican Press Association and prefaced by the famous Argentine writer Jorge Sábato.

Trotti is passionately attached to Latin America, a region he knows well and visits often. The characteristics, customs and manners of ancient Latin-American cultures are reflected in some of his paintings.

Trotti is currently working on a new series called Puertas al Dorado Pasado Americano recapturing the art and heritage amalgamated by the great American indigenous civilizations.

In recent years, Trotti has exhibited his work both individually and collectively in South Florida and the Dominican Republic.

Trotti is assistant executive director of the Interamerican Press Association, based in Miami, where he directs various projects dealing with the freedom of press and the training of journalists and media executives. He was an assistant for the director of the El Nuevo Herald (Miami), editor-in-chief of El Liberal de Santiago del Estero, Argentina, and writer and photographer for The Catholic Standard and El Pregonero in Washington.

He has received many national and international awards for his work as a journalist, including those granted by the National Association of Newspapers of Argentina, Diario Clarín, the Italian agency ANSA and the 1991 Freedom of Press Award from the Inter American Press Association.

Trotti writes for several specialized international publications and lectures on freedom of press and journalism. He studied journalism in Argentina and the United States and is a professor at the College of Journalism in Cordoba, Argentina.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

May – July 2003
-University of Miami Public Space at the James L. Knight International Center.
July-October, 2002
-Centro Internacional James L. Knight – University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
April, 2002
-Private Law Firm & i-media-international, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida.
January-February 2002
-Gallery Vincent, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.
November, 2001
-Arting Together, La Pequena Habana, Miami, Florida.
March, 2000
-Domingo Padron Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Feb.27 – March 3, 2003
-Art New York, The New Contemporary Fair, New York.
January, 2003
-Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center.
October-November, 2002
-ArtServe, Fourt Lauderdale, Florida.
March, 2002
Artemira Galería de Arte, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.
November, 2001
One Ear Society, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida.