Froylán Ruiz born in 1944. He studied at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas. He has had solo and collective exhibitions in Mexico and the United States. He participated in 1993 in the X Bienal de Grabado Latino in Puerto Rico. He is recognized as a great engraver. He uses elements of Mexican mythology in his work to create a particular vision. His paintings reflect his great drawing skills, showed also in the sacred objects that he depicts. Religious imagery is another favorite subject. The Virgin of Guadalupe occupies pride of place in Ruiz symbolic vocabulary. The wide range of saints populating Ruiz’ works attests to his fervent interest in the potent forces of the spiritual world. During that decade many younger artists, such as Julio Galán, Rocío Maldonado, and Dulce María Núñez, were returning to traditional Mexican themes, often examined in a skeptical or satirical fashion. The large group of painters and printmakers known as the "Neo-Mexicanists" reasserted a national sensibility. Ruiz’ unique appropriation of traditional Mexican signs and symbols places him in the current of this movement.
