Ramiro Gomez
RAMIRO GOMEZ
b. 1986 San Bernadino, CA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 | Here, For A Moment, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2018 | In NYC, PPOW, New York, NY |
2017 | In West Hollywood, Getty PST-related Solo Show, West Hollywood Public Library, West Hollywood, CA |
2016 | On Melrose, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2015 | Cut-Outs, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Cut-Outs, University of Michigan, Los Angeles, CA |
2014 | Domestic Scenes, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2013 | Luxury, Interrupted, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, CA |
2012 | Rose Gardens, Pehrspace, CA |
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | - LXS ANGELINS -, Galeria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain 2021L.A. Billboard Project, The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles, CA Parallels & Peripheries: Practice + Presence, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. |
2020
2019 | Alien vs. Citizen, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL 2020 Vision, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY Sorry for the Mess, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV With a Little Help from my Friends, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Tell Me a Story and I’ll Sing You a Song, Curated by Bianca Moran, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2017 | Sweat of Their Brow, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. Home - So Different, So Appealing, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX We Hold These Truths, No Longer Empty, Washington DC My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County, Chapman University, Orange, CA Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO You Belong Here: Reimaging the Blanton, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX Cuidado! - The Help, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA Occupancy, curated by Lynn Cooney, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY Cuenca Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, Cuenca, Ecuador |
2016 | Domestic Seen, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS S/Election, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Gildless Age, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA Southland, curated by Patrick Martinez, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Ha ha! Business!, Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2015 | Paris Photo Los Angeles, Charlie James Gallery, Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, CA Zona Maco, Charlie James Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico PULSE Miami Beach, Charlie James Gallery, Miami, FL |
2014 | EXPO Chicago, Charlie James Gallery, Chicago, IL ArtMRKT San Francisco, Charlie James Gallery, Fort Mason Center, CA Recent Acquisitions, Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, FL LA Weekly Presents: Artopia, Grand Central Market, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Latin American Art Presents: Distant Parallels, The Collaborative, Long Beach, CA Secrets & Lies, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA Dallas Art Fair, Charlie James Gallery, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX In(Visible) & (dis)Embodied, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington DC Prospect 2014, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA Aqua Art Miami, Charlie James Gallery, Aqua Hotel, FL Art San Diego, Charlie James Gallery, Balboa Park, SD |
2013 | TJ Martell Foundation Artworks for the Cure Barker Hangar, CA AFL-CIO National Convention, CA Divested Interest, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Los Angeles, CA Meet Me at Metro, East LA Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA Install: WEHO, West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, CA |
2012 | Global Cardboard Challenge, Imagination Foundation, CA L.A Road Concert: Mulholland Dr., CA Bang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2011 | LA Road Concert: Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA |
SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA Chapman University, Orange, CA Escalette Permanent Collection of Chapman University, Orange, CA Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, Austin, TX Estee Lauder Foundation JP Morgan Chase Art Collection Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego, San Diego, CA Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 | Jasmin Hernandez, “We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World,” New York, NY: Abrams, 2021. |
2020
2016 | “Contemporary Artists (a publication during a pandemic),” The Department of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2020. Lawrence Weschler, “Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez,” Abrams Publishing, 2016. Carolina A. Miranda, “From Nanny to International Art Star: Ramiro Gomez on how his paintings reveal labor that makes California Cool possible,” Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2016 Christopher Knight, “Review: Ramiro Gomez, On Melrose at Charlie James Gallery,” Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2016 Katharine Schwab, “Documenting Los Angeles’ Near-Invisible Workers,” The Atlantic, April 20, 2016 Susan Stamberg, “Gardens Don’t Tend Themselves: Portraits of the People Behind LA’s Luxury,” NPR Morning Edition, April 11, 2016 |
2015 | Lawrence Weschler, “Ramiro Gomez’s Domestic Disturbances,” New York Times, August 15th, 2015 |
2014 | Leah Ollman, “Review: Rendering the Invisible Visible,” Los Angeles Times, January 16th, 2014 |
2013 | David Montgomery, “Protest artist’s cardboard cutouts draw attention to immigration issue,” The Washington Post, February 14, 2013 Brian De Los Santos, “Artist works to keep immigrants in the picture,” NPR, February 14, 2013 Hrag Vartanian, “The people behind your images of luxury,” Hyperallergic, December 18, 2013 Brian De Los Santos, “Artist works to keep immigrants in the picture,” NPR, February 14, 2013 |
2012 | Esmeralda Bermudez, “Artist pays homage to LA’s unseen workers,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2012 Sarah Goodyear, “An LA artist makes immigrant workers impossible to ignore,” The Atlantic, July 12, 2012 |
TEACHING
2014 | Guest Lecturer, UCLA Guest Lecturer, Art & Social Justice, Congregation Kol Ami, CA |
2013 | Guest Lecturer, AFL-CIO National Convention, Los Angeles, CA Guest Lecturer, UCLA Guest Lecturer, Stanford University Guest Lecturer, “Aqui se respire lucha” UC San Diego |
2012 | Guest Lecturer, Race Matters Series, “Quiet is the new loud” UC Santa Barbara Guest Lecturer, “Sing the real” UC Santa Barbra |
RESIDENCIES
2015 | University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities, Ann Arbor, MI |
2013 | City of West Hollywood Park Artist in Residence CSUF Grand Central Art Center, CA |
MURAL
2013 | The Caretakers/Los Cuidadores, City of West Hollywood Park, CA |
AWARDS
2014 | L.A. Weekly People |
2013 | 25 Artist to Watch, Artvoices Magazine 100 Green Leaders in Art, Poder Magazine |