Also Ruiz exhibit at Rolls Gallery in the city of Highland Park and at International Galleries and the Rolls Gallery in Chicago. A few months later, Ruiz also travelled and exhibited in Las Vegas and in other parts of America.
That summer of 1971, Ruiz opened 2 of his own Ruiz Galleries on the North Shore of Chicago, one at 463 Central Avenue in Highland Park with a second entrance in Number 1 Sheridan Court and open the other Ruiz Gallery at 800 Elm Street in Winnetka, Illinois, with about 200 sq. meters in a lower floor and the main entrance on the lobby of Lakeside, manage them by Archi Goodroe. In 1971, Ruiz was interviewed by the main newspapers of both the North Shore and Chicago. He was also featured on the news on channel 5 TV and was presented on television at national level by various TV Channels. At the same time, in 1971, Ruiz travels throughout all America. In Las Vegas, Ruiz was presented in TV by the marvelous Hellen Estrada where he met some of the starts of the moment. In one of her TV programs, Ruiz was invited with Mell Brooks and Dean Martin. Ruiz remembers, ‌�On those times, I did not know anybody by name, even though some of them were the most well-known artists like Dean Martin or Mel Brooks who were sitting down as guest on this TV program.