Hernando José Ruíz Daza shakes hands with a festival visitor after an insightful conversation about recycling and art.
Photo by Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Smithsonian Institution
Hernando José Ruíz Daza talks to festival visitors about the reuse and transformation of trash into arts.
Photo by Marguerite Quirey, Smithsonian Institution
Hernando José Ruíz Daza Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Hernando José Ruíz Daza, leader and director of Reciclarte Colombia.
Photo by Marguerite Quirey, Smithsonian Institution
Hernando José Ruíz Daza, director
Hernando Ruíz specializes in creating new arts forms from recycled materials. His art is concerned with how society can reuse and transform trash. He is also the leader of Reciclarte Colombia, an organization that encourages urban, disadvantaged youth to create art from the things that people discard
