email: kariganoungruiz@gmail.com
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Kari Ganoung Ruiz
Landscapes En Plein Air
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Selected Awards
2025 Best Seascape, Cape Ann Plein Air, Gloucester, Massachusetts (Judge Hiu Lai Chong)
2025 First Place and Artist’s Choice, Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Saranac Lake, New York (Judge Beth Bathe)
2025 Artist’s Choice, Keeseville Plein Air, Keeseville, New York
2025 Second Place, New Iberia Plein Air, New Iberia, Louisiana (Beth Bathe)
2024 Best In Architecture and Art, Cape Ann Plein Air, Gloucester, Massachusetts (Judge Lori Putnam)
2024 Artist’s Choice and VIC Award, Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Saranac Lake, New York (Judge Eric Rhoads)
2024 Best Use Of Light, Wayne Plein Air, Wayne, Pennsylvania (Judge Jill Carver)
2024 Artist’s Choice, Teche Plein Air, New Iberia, Louisiana
2024 Best In Show, Lighthouse Plein Air, Tequesta, Florida (Judge Michele Usibelli)
2023 Best In Show, Teche Plein Air, Louisiana (Judge Dawn Whitelaw)
2023 Best Architecture, Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air, Florida (Judge Morgan Samuel Price)
2022 Best In Architecture and Art, Cape Ann Plein Air, Gloucester, Massachusetts (Judge Patrick Saunders)
2022 Grand Prize, Paint Grand Traverse, Traverse City, Michigan (Judge Ken Cadwallader)
2022 3rd Place Quick Draw, Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, Florida (Judge Patrick Saunders)
2021 Honorable Mention Quick Draw and Main Competition, Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona, Arizona
2021 Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice, Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Festival, Grand Junction, Colorado
2021 Artist’s Choice, Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Saranac Lake, New York
2021 3rd Place and Artist’s Choice, Mountain Maryland Plein Air Festival, Cumberland, Maryland (Judge Nancie King Mertz)
2020 First Place and Artist’s Choice, Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Saranac Lake, New York (Judge Richard Lindenberg)
2020 Best Nocturne, Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, Florida
2019 3rd Place, Castine Plein Air Festival, Castine, Maine
2019 Honorable Mention, Capitola Plein Air Festival, Capitola, California (Judge Paul Kratter)
2019 2nd Place, Keeseville Plein Air Festival, Keeseville, New York
2019 1st Place, Two Rivers Plein Air Festival, New Braunfels, Texas (Judge Ron Rencher)
2019 People’s Choice Award Quick Draw, Two River Plein Air Festival, New Braunfels, Texas
2018 3rd Place, Harford Plein Air, Bel Air, Maryland
2018 1st Place Quick Draw, Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival, Canandaigua, New York
2018 1st Place Quick Draw, Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival, Tequesta, Florida (Judge Nancy Tankersley)
2017 3rd Place and Best Nocturne, Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, New York
2017 2nd Place, Quick Draw, Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, New York
2017 1st Place, Quick Draw, Ohio Plein Air Society Annual Competition, Cleveland, Ohio (Judge Dawn Whitelaw)
2017 Best In Show, Keeseville Plein Air, Keeseville, New York
2017 Artists Choice and 3rd Place Quick Draw, Mountain Maryland Plein Air, Cumberland, Maryland (Judge Barbara Jaenicke)
2017 Best Architectural Scene, Mountain Maryland Plein Air, Cumberland, Maryland (Judge Barbara Jaenicke)
2017 Best In Show, Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival, Canandaigua, New York (Judge Sara Linda Polly)
2016 Emerging Artist Best In Show, Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, New York (Judge Bob Bahr)
Plein Air Painting Competitions And Exhibitions
2025 American Impressionist Society National Exhibit, Cassens Fine Art, Hamilton, Montana
2023,24,25 Shadows On The Teche Plein Air Festival, Louisiana
2022 Door County Plein Air Invitational, Wisconsin
2024 Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Georgia
2022,23,24,25 Cape Ann Plein Air Festival, Massachusetts
2021,22,23,24,25 Paint Grand Traverse, Michigan
2020,21 Grand Canyon Celebration Of Art, Arizona
2019 Capitola Plein Air Festival, California
2019,20,21 Monuments And Canyons Plein Air Festival, Colorado
2019 Castine Plein Air, Maine
2019 Two Rivers Plein Air, Texas
2018,20,21 Sedona Plein Air Festival, Arizona
2018,19,23,24 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival, Pennsylvania
2018,20,22,23,24,25 Lighthouse ArtCenter Plein Air Festival, Florida
2017,18 Harford Plein Air Festival, Maryland
2017,18,19,21,22,23,24,25 Keeseville Plein Air Festival, New York
2017,21 Mountain Maryland Plein Air Festival, Maryland
2016,17,22 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, New York
2014,15,16,17,18,19 Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival, New York
2014,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 Adirondack Plein Air Festival, New York
2015,16,17,23 Ohio Plein Air Society Annual Painting Competition, Ohio
2024,25 North Carolina Plein Air Festival, North Carolina
Gallery Representation
Gallery 46, Lake Placid, New York
Maya Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Salmon Pottery Gallery, Trumansburg, New York