Diego Ramirez (artist)

Diego Ramírez (born 1989) is a Mexican/Australian artist and writer working across different mediums. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico he relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 2008.

Career

He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Media Arts) from RMIT University and an Honours degree of Fine Arts from Monash University.[1]

In 2018, he screened a selection of his video works in a partnership between ACCA and Australian Centre for the Moving Image, as part of their ART+FILM program curated by Anabelle Lacroix. [2] He has shown in Australia at Gertrude Glasshouse,[3] Westspace,[4] Blakdot[5] and internationally at Deslave (Mexico), Human Resources (US), Torrance Art Museum (US),[6] Art Central (HK),[7] and Careof (IT).[8] Ramírez has written locally for Art Gallery of Western Australia,[9] Art and Australia,[10] Disclaimer,[11] MEMO,[12] un Projects and internationally with NECSUS[13] (NL) and BLUE journal[14] (US x FR).

He writes cultural commentary in the area of creative nonfiction, often using a performative voice inspired by the comedic traits of the antihero.[15]

Ramirez is represented in Melbourne by [MARS] Gallery.[16]

References
  1. "MADA | 2013 MADA Now". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ACCA. "ART+FILM Diego Ramirez: Towards the Umbral". ACCA. ACCA.
  3. "Performance Review and Gertrude Present: Contact High". gertrude.org.au. 20 December 2022.
  4. "Ventriloquy: Lifenessless". Liquid Architecture.
  5. "ANCESTRAL MAGIK". Blak Dot Gallery.
  6. "Unco" (PDF).
  7. "Art Central Hong Kong 2017".
  8. "Nervous Tensions | Careof Milano - Anabelle Lacroix". cargocollective.com.
  9. "Speech Patterns: Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell | The Art Gallery of Western Australia". Art Gallery WA.
  10. "Art + Australia. Issue 7 (56.1): Event Horizon".
  11. "Thorns and Prickles, Shine like Gold: Towards a Sonic Marian Apparition on Disclaimer". disclaimer.org.au.
  12. Ramírez, Diego (21 August 2021). "Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum". Memo Review.
  13. DeCuir, Greg (23 November 2018). "Racial phantasmagoria: The demonisation of the other in Richard Mosse's 'Incoming' - NECSUS". necsus-ejms.org.
  14. "BLUE".
  15. O'Brien, Kerrie (28 January 2023). "Your guide to the best art exhibitions not to miss this year". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  16. "Diego Ramirez Artist Page - MARS Gallery Melbourne".
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