Carlos Ramirez

Working Conditions at SoEx

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More to come soon!

MFA Show

2011-05-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

Wave Monument, 2011
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H80" x W 130" x D50"

alt. view

Wave Monument (detail)

Big Yellow, 2010
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H30" x W 20" x D40"

alt. view

Wee Three, 2011
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H30" x W 30" x D40"

alt. view

detail

Little Blue and Little Yellow, 2011
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H30" x W 55" x D20"

alt. view

Little Blue (detail)

Red Tab, 2010
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H20" x W 20" x D40"

alt. view

Lone-Lee-Oh, 2011
Ceramic
H22" x W20" x D18"

installation view

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Untitled (Monument #1), 2010
Ceramic, MDF, Acrylic Paint
H15" x W24" x D20"

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In Crushing Nickels Into Quarters, I draw from 1980s video games, Meso-American architecture, and Minimalism to make sculpture that refers to times of transition and change. I give material to the immaterial by using clay, creating monuments to the signposts in my life. Through this work, I seek to connect to others who have had similar experiences of great upheaval and change.

in-progress shots

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Installation Shots-

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Orange Crush, 2010
Ceramic, Acryilc Paint
22 x 20 x 5 inches

Cracking the Code (#1), 2010
Ceramic, Acrylic Paint
21 x 16 x 6 inches

detail

Cracking the Code (#2), 2010
Ceramic, Acrylic Paint
19 x 16 x 4 inches

Grey Zone, 2010
Ceramic, Primer, LED lights
15 x 13 x 8 inches

A Black Hole, 2010
Ceramic
15 x 13 x 3 inches

In Progress-Mock Up
Polystyrene, Primer
Dimensions Variable

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Don't Touch Me, 2010
MDF, Paint
33 x 25 x 11 inches

alt. view

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Good and Bad, 2010
MDF, Paint, Plexiglass, Paper, Vinyl
7 x 3 x 3 feet

Detail
Alt. View
Detail

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100 points, 2010
Plywood, Paint, Mirror
28 x 28 x 28 x inches

100 points (alternate version), 2010
Plywood, Paint, Vinyl
28 x 28 x 28 x inches

2010-05-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Mario, 2009
MDF, Paint
15 x 12 x 12 inches

Alt. View

Mario, Coins, and Pipes, 2009
MDF, Paint
16 x 16 x 16 inches

Project at Anderson Ranch-Summer 2010

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Thrown Projects

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The organic nature of clay has inspired physiological forms that suggest body parts and atomic structures. Through the use of basic units and cross-referencing ceramic history I use thrown cylinders, basic units of pottery, as a starting point for unfired, temporary installations to explore production, material process and interconnectedness.

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Thrown Corner, 2009
Clay
10 x 6 x 1 feet
Detail

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Thrown Graph, 2009
Clay
10 x 15 x 1 feet
Alt. View
Detail

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Yellow Strike, 2008
Ceramic and Acrylic Paint
20 x 12 x 5 inches

Detail

2008-09-28T15:05:00.000-07:00

Fuzzy Blue, 2008
Ceramic
24 x 12 x 6 inches

Detail

2008-05-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

Crackle Blue, 2008
Ceramic and Acrylic Paint
24 x 11 x 5 inches
Crackle Blue, Alt. Veiw

Detail

Untitled, 2008 Ceramic and Acrylic Paint
24 x 12 x 4 inches

You and Me

2008-05-06T18:14:00.000-07:00

In this series of work titled You and Me, I utilize broken and discarded pieces of others. In the collection and amalgamation of these parts, I am interested in using unwanted pieces to transcend their original use. In working with many unknown collaborators, and the always evolving process, I am examining relationships and the way we affect and influence each other.

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You and Me (#2), 2009
Ceramic
15 X 15 X 6 inches

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You and Me (#1), 2009
Ceramic
14 X 14 X 5 inches

Detail

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Over and Over (wbo), 2008

Ceramic

15 x 40 x 3 inches

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Over and Over (knwy), 2008

Ceramic

15 x 40 x 3 inches

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Over and Over (wbten), 2008

Ceramic

15 x 40 x 3 inches

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Over And Over (k9sh), 2008
Ceramic
15 x 40 x 3 inches

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Crusty White, 2008
Ceramic
14 x 14 x 5 inches

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Runny, 2008

Ceramic

14 x 14 x 3 inches

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Greenstripe, 2008

Ceramic

15 x 15x 3 inches

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A Self-Portrait, 2007
Ceramic
72 x 15 x 3 inches
(Installation View)

A Self-Portrait, Detail

A Self-Portrait, Detail

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The War, 2007
12 x 65 x 3 inches
Ceramic
(Installation View)

The War, Detail

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Phil's Dots, 2007
Ceramic
12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Green Claw, 2007

Ceramic

12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Crackle Clouds, 2007
Ceramic

12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Comet Stripes, 2007
Ceramic
12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Cherry Drops, 2007

Ceramic

12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Drip Drop, 2007

Ceramic

12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Yellow Crust, 2007
Ceramic
12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Blue Crush, 2007

Ceramic

12 x 12 x 3 inches

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Cal's Bones, 2007
Ceramic
12 x 12 x 3 inches

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The Graduate Program in Fine Arts is proud to present the 2011 MFA Exhibition. The program has an interdisciplinary orientation that supports both the crossing and merging of mediums as well as the investigation and use of content from diverse areas of thought. Our program stimulates students to hone their skills and expand their ideas through a critically engaged artistic practice while providing them with a greater awareness of the global context within which contemporary art is made and circulated. This exciting exhibition is the culmination of a demanding course of study, production, and review. We welcome you to witness the results and join us in congratulating the graduating class of 2011.

Frederick Alvarado
Natalia Anciso
Simone Bailey
Mark Benson
Marissa Botelho
Marylene Camacho
Jillian Clark
Serena Cole
Daniel Dallabrida
C. Wright Daniel
Rachel Dawson
Crystal De la Torre
Victoria Deblassie
Katherine Dorame
Elizabeth Dorbad
Emily Eifler
Rachel Foster
Mik Gaspay
Bean Gilsdorf
Angus Haller
Julie Henson
Sarah Hotchkiss
Courtney Johnson
Waheguru Khalsa
Brian King
Carol Koffel
Noah Krell
Neil Ledoux
Maysha Mohamedi
Vanessa Nava
Nancy Nowacek
Radka Pulliam
Carlos Ramirez
Ida Roden
Allison Rowe
Jonathan Runcio
David Sandoval
Amber Stucke
Mark Taylor
Sarah Thibault
Natasha Wheat

MFA Exhibition
May 12 - 21
San Francisco campus
10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Opening reception: May 12, 6-10 p.m.
415.551.9213

Selected Exhibition Announcement

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Worth Ryder Gallery

UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice

Selected Exhibition Announcements

2007-08-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

December 10-18, 2010

BOOM!
Juror: Astria Suparak, Director, Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Exhibition Dates: December 10 - December 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, December 10, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Announcing BOOM! Artists:
Steven Barich
David Bayus
Andrew Benson
Mark Benson
Bryan Boyce
Iris Charabi-Berggren
Tedd Colt
Taylor Crawley
Robert Donald
Rives Granade
Julie Henson
Chris Hood
Mike Kimball
Erin Klenow, Nick Sung & Najeeb Tarazi
Vicky Knoop
Noah Krell
Ace Lehner
Niana Liu
Lindsey Lyons
Martin Machado
Pablo Manga
Nining Muir
Colleen Mulvey
billy ocallaghan
Raoul Ollman
Brandon Walls Olsen
Meryl Pataky
Hilary Pecis
Monica Jane Peck
Laura Plageman
Tiffany Quach
Michelle Ramin
Carlos Ramirez
Kit Rosenberg
Yoram Savion
Alphonzo Solorzano
Adam Wier
Doug Garth Williams

Southern Exposure’s juried exhibition has become the premiere showcase of cutting-edge contemporary artwork by promising local talent. Each year a different theme is selected to inspire and encourage a broad level of artistic expression. By leaving the theme and media open to the artists' interpretation, the work is conceptually and aesthetically diverse, drawing from as many insights and forms of expression as possible.
Unlike many open calls for work that charge a submission fee, Southern Exposure's juried exhibition does not require artists to pay to enter their work. The exhibition is open to any artist living in Northern California north of King City and south of the Oregon border. Over the course of two days, over 500 Northern Californian artists entered their work, attesting to the extreme popularity of the show. The final pieces were selected by juror, Astria Suparak, who made her decisions by blind process. For many of the artists selected, this is their first major exhibition and an important step in advancing their career.

Without is a themed exhibition of works by California MFA students curated by Meleko Mokgosi, graduate student in the UCLA Department of Art. This exhibition begins with the stipulation that all featured artists are either from or descendants of "non-Western" regions and cultures. As there is no trenchant division between "Western" and "non-Western," especially given today's transcultural context, we apply these terms in the loosest sense. Our definition of "non-Western" includes countries—specifically those in Africa, Asia and Latin/Central America—whose cultural and material histories have often been excluded within the Western canon of art history.
Observing individual artistic practices will re-locate the need for specificity in the gallery context; a need that has been lost within many contemporary trends that ignore differences in order to produce a more uniformed, global (and arguably more digestible) culture. Biographical details—where someone is from, receives an education and currently resides—are inescapable factors contributing to one's creative production. This exhibition will not only further engage viewers' sensitivities to geographical and cultural diversity but also examine how "non-Western" art is displayed and historicized.

Past Work

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The following are images of previous selected work.

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Everything in-between us, 2003
Ceramic and acrylic paint
site adjusted installation for space 10 x 14 x 20 feet

In this installation each of these separate forms are affected by the piece preceding and succeeding it, like a chain reaction. The organic shapes and colors are meant to recall those found inside the body. Through the interactions of these forms I am investigating how people affect each other and produce the reactions that make us who we are.

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Untiled, 2003

Ceramic

36 x 36 x 4 inches

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Carlos Ramirez

Education-
MFA California College of the Arts, 2011
BFA California State University, Chico, 2003

Selected Exhibitions-
2011
Working Conditions, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Materiality, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Craft Forward Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
At Bay II, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Ouroboros, CCA Writers Studio, San Francisco, CA
2010
Boom, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
-ennial, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
CRV: Collaborative Re-creation Vehicles w/ Abraham Cruzvillegas, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Without, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Conveyances, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Latino Ceramists, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
Diversity in Clay, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Anything Goes, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
2007
Don’t Fence Me In, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Call LA, LA Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
The Cornerstone, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2003
everything in-between us, BFA Gallery, Chico, CA
Coming and Going: Portraits, Cal Java, Chico, CA
Trial by Fire, Humanities Center Gallery, Chico, CA
CSU Summer Arts Student Culmination, Conley Gallery, Fresno, CA
CSU Chico Ceramics: Now, Davis, CA
8th Annual Student Printmakers Invitational, Janet Turner Print Gallery. Chico, CA
Divergence, Atlas Clayworks, Chico, CA

Experience-
Preparator, 2011, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant, 2010, Ceramics, California College of the Arts, CA
Project Assistant, 2010, Ano Neuvo Restoration Project, Rebar and California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Artist Assistant, 2010, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Volunteer-Exhibition Installation, 2010, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Lab Technician, 2005-2009, Ceramics Dept., Pasadena City College, CA
Teaching Assistant, 2004, Photography, CSU Chico, CA
Student Lab Technician, 2001-2004, Ceramics Dept., CSU Chico, CA
Staff Photographer, 1999-2003, Synthesis Magazine, Chico, CA
Student Lab Technician, 2002, Photography Dept., CSU Chico, CA
Teaching Assistant, 2002, Ceramics, CSU Chico, CA

Workshops-
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO, 2010
Harrell Fletcher and Micheal Bravo, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, CA, 2010
CSU Summer Arts, CSU Fresno, CA, 2003

Events/Misc-
Auction Artist, "MEGA MEGA MEGA", Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction, 2011
Presenter, "Student Pecha Kucha", Craft Forward Symposium, California College of the Arts, 2011
Presenter, "Post Nature", Mark Thompson's Sculpture class, California College of the Arts, 2011

Awards-
Dennis Leon and Christin Lelson Scholarship, California College of the Arts, CA, 2011
Murhpy and Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation, CA 2010
Brooks Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO, 2010
Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts, CA, 2009
Diversity Scholarship, California College of the Arts, CA, 2009
CCA Scholarship, California College of the Arts, CA, 2009
Jeanie Ward Grant, Pasadena City College, CA, 2007
Janet Turner Print Collection, CSU Chico, CA
Ellice T. Johnston Memorial Scholarship, Clayfolk, OR, 2003
CSU Summer Arts Scholarship, 2003
Mary Ahlquist Memorial Scholarship, CSU Chico, CA, 2003
Marion Epting Purchase Prize, CSU Chico, CA, 2003
Shimpo Scholarship, 2003
Sara Frisbee Hamilton Scholarship, CSU Chico, CA, 2002