"...Celma's painting shows a pure technique that many describe as "hyperrealistic"; however, when people approach Celma's paintings, they get the feeling that the work at the same time reflects a place that goes beyond the mere physical, and that that gives the painting a nature of different realism…"
El Universal, April 2002, Mexico

"...Celma is a very young painter; nevertheless his style is closer to the classics. He has exhibited his work around the world and his oils, drawings and graphics are delightful…"
Ocho Columnas, April 2002, Mexico

"… This young genius will leave mute and deaf anyone who dares to pass by, such will be the astonishment that this art wizard will cause in their senses… To know Celma is to realize that the beautiful art of painting is not dead… Long live Celma and long live the heroes that still believe in culture!"
El Occidental, April 2002, Mexico

"His chronological age does not match his physical one, as he already is Bachelor of Arts and also National Professor of Drawing and Painting. His work shows the vision of a committed, strong, critic and young hand…"
Mural, April 2002, Mexico

"… He is the creator of a truthful hyperrealism, where time freezes religious motifs, everyday events, mystery and irony, periods and idiosyncrasies; today, the well-educated hand of this Argentine portrays the face of the crisis that has come to take his country's dreams away…"
El Informador, August 2001, Mexico

"… His works show a great technique and exhibit a conceptual hyperrealism and a remarkable creative clarity…"
La Nación, August 2001, Buenos Aires

"… He is one the new important figures of Argentine Painting, Celma's brushstrokes become elated with time and take us to another dimension… Celma is a premature painter who showed as a child virtuosity in figurative painting, which he never abandoned…"
El Comercio, January 2001, Perú

"… he works with classic techniques which he puts at the service of a contemporary perception, an excellent narrative proposal, thanks to which the public has easy access to his work…"
El Comercio, January 2001, Perú

"… It is not surprising that Ricardo Celma, being one of the youngest exhibitors at the Exhibition of Galleries of Buenos Aires, has been one the revelations in repercussion and sales…"
Journal of the Argentine Society of Plastic artists, July 2001, Buenos Aires