Diego Ramirez (artist) explained

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]

External links

• Diego Ramirez Artist Page - MARS Gallery Melbourne
• Official website
• Mountain/Happiness
• South. David Corbet
• 6th Cairo Video Festival Catalouge by Medrar - Issuu
• Sao Paulo
• Unco
• Redlands Konica Minolta
• Space: Around the galleries
• Diego Ramirez Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions | Ocula Artist

Notes and References

1. Web site: MADA | 2013 MADA Now . 26 July 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035732/http://artdes.monash.edu/non-cms/gradshow2013/ . dead .
2. Web site: ACCA . ART+FILM Diego Ramirez: Towards the Umbral . ACCA .
3. Web site: Performance Review and Gertrude Present: Contact High. 20 December 2022. gertrude.org.au.
4. Web site: Ventriloquy: Lifenessless . Liquid Architecture.
5. Web site: ANCESTRAL MAGIK. Blak Dot Gallery. 27 October 2022 .
6. Web site: Unco. 22 March 2024.
7. Web site: Art Central Hong Kong 2017. 22 March 2024.
8. Web site: Nervous Tensions | Careof Milano - Anabelle Lacroix. cargocollective.com.
9. Web site: Speech Patterns: Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell | The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Art Gallery WA. 19 April 2019 .
10. Web site: Art + Australia. Issue 7 (56.1): Event Horizon. 22 March 2024.
11. Web site: Thorns and Prickles, Shine like Gold: Towards a Sonic Marian Apparition on Disclaimer. disclaimer.org.au.
12. Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum. Diego. Ramírez. 21 August 2021. Memo Review.
13. Web site: Racial phantasmagoria: The demonisation of the other in Richard Mosse's 'Incoming' - NECSUS. Greg. DeCuir. 23 November 2018. necsus-ejms.org.
14. Web site: BLUE. 22 March 2024.
15. Web site: Your guide to the best art exhibitions not to miss this year. Kerrie. O'Brien. 28 January 2023. The Sydney Morning Herald.
16. Web site: Diego Ramirez Artist Page - MARS Gallery Melbourne.