Ricardo Levins MoralesRicardo describes himself as a "healer and trickster organizer disguised as an artist." When his family moved to Chicago

from Puerto Rico in 1967, he left high school and began supporting the Black Panthers and Young Lords. Since then, he has

participated and acted in solidarity with farmers, labor, environmental, racial justice and abolitionist movements. He was a

founding member of Northland Poster Collective in 1979, and has operated his own Minneapolis studio/store since 2009.

In 2024, Ricardo was named the McKnight Artist of the Year, awarded to one Minnesota artist annually for their significant

lifelong contributions to MN communities. He has received numerous other awards for his art and organizing, however, his

greatest affirmation is the uses to which his work has been put to use by grassroots movements for social justice. Read More Read Less