Ruben Toledo
Ruben Toledo (born 1961, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American artist based in New York City.[1]
Personal Life
Toledo and his wife Isabel met in high school in West New York, New Jersey.[2]
Books
In 1997, Toledo authored Style Dictionary a collection of drawings and watercolors. Ruben Toledo 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.
Exhibit
Ruben 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
Ruben and Isabel Toledo were the recipient of the 2005 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for their work in fashion.[4]
External Resources
- "Isabel & Ruben Toledo: A Studio Visit". Studio 360. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- "Isabel & Ruben Toledo Interview". The Artist Toolbox.
References
- ^ a b c "Steidl: Ruben Toledo". Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ Grinberg, Emanuella; Weinberger, Hannah (July 6, 2012). "Partners by design: Isabel and Ruben Toledo". Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ^ "Exhibition: Toledo/Toledo: A marriage of Art and Fashion". Contemporary Fashion Archive. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winners of the Sixth Annual National Design Awards". Retrieved 2012-10-20.
