• City Wide Art Award 1974
  Theodore Roosevelt High School
• Graduating Artist Award 1974
  Theodore Roosevelt High School
• Graduating Photography Award 1974

• Group showing - 2003 Gelabert Studios Gallery NYC
• Reflections– 2002 Group Showing at West Side Art Coalition
• Jewels of the Lost Artist II – 2002 Second Solo Show Presented by: Gelabert Studio Gallery
• Second Avenue Street Exhibition – 2002 Solo Show - Presented by: Jose Rios
• Viva America! 2001 Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibit - Presented by Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and the West Side Art Coalition
• Jewels of the Lost Artist – 2001 First Solo Show - Presented by: Gelabert Studio Gallery
• A Salute To The Hispanic Heritage – 2000 A Multicultural, Multi-Media Art Exhibition - Presented by: Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and the West Side Art Coalition
• Latino Artist Exhibit – 2000 Hispanic Heritage Month at J.P. Morgan Delaware - Presented by Adelante – DE Employee Network
• Latinas Unidas - 1999 Conference Reception – Presented by: SUNY New Paltz Latinas Unidas

• Center for Community Alternatives – 2003, Youth Advocacy Program – Criminal Justice Agency, Taught Art class to juveniles – Theme: Self-portraits
• Odyssey House – 2002, Facilitated Seminar: Presentation of Artwork and Biography

• Not Alone: The windows of Jose Rios
  by Nellie Escalante-Dumberger
  Puerto Rican/Latino arts educator and writer
• Somos Vecinos - Book cover, Intermediate Spanish through U.S. latino culture
• Gallery & Studio – 2002, Managing Editor Ed McCormack
• Phoenix House Newsletter – 2001, Art at Phoenix House – By Ben Benari
• Gallery & Studio – 2001, Managing Editor Ed McCormack
• New York Press – 2001, Painting in a Box - By Jim Knipfel
• Bronx Times – 2001, Art Talent Guides Former Drug Abuser – By Sondra Levin
• Noticias del Mundo – 2001, El Nuevo Mundo de Jose Rios – By Phillip V. Sanchez, Presidente de Noticias del Mundo
• Westside Art Coalition Newsletter – 2000, Artist Profile - By Marianne McNamara, Editor of the WSAC

Sandra Lansky
Juanita Beltran
Echeveria Family
Mario Figueroa
Nelida Santos Rios
Emanuel U Rios
Sebastián Ríos-Rodríguez
Janet Sepulveda
Albert U Rios
Myrna R Rios

• Designed Latinas Unidas 1999 Conference T-Shirt
• Diamante TV Show, 2000

Artist Website:
www.JoseRios.com

New Giclee Reproductions on JoseRios.com