18 rue Pradier – 92410 Ville d’Avray – France
Tel. : 00 33 (0)1 47 50 77 32 – alberto.ramirez@wanadoo.fr
http://monsite.orange.fr/albertoramirez
http://www.artmajeur.com/albertoramirez

Born in Oaxaca city, Mexico in 1959.
After studying in Oaxaca University of Fine Arts, he has spent a 6 months stay in New York city and left for France. He lives and works in Paris since 1983.

Alberto Ramirez has presented individual exhibitions in most European countries : France, of course, from galeries in Le Marais to Unesco siege, but also in Germany, Holland, England and Belgium. He had serveral shows in Japan, Tokyo and Nagoya, and exhibited in United States, mainly in Art Fairs (Chicago, Miami), in the «Cnetro de la Raza » in Washington D.C., and in the Mexican cultural centre in San Antonio, Texas. He has also participated in collective exhibitions in Canada and the Caribeans.
In 2005, he was awarded by the society of French Painters during the annual fair in Paris.

In Mexico, he has regularly exhibited in the Cultural Foundation of Casa Lamm and Art Museums in Mexico city, Oaxaca and Guanajuato. He was awarded in the first Art Biennale of the Contemporary Art Museum of Monterrey, Mexico.

AWARDS (selected)
2005 Premio del Jurado, Salon de los Artistas independientes de Ville d’Avray.
2004 Third Award, Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 2004.
1991 Special Award, Monterrey First Contemporary Art bienial, Mexico, 1991.

PERMANENT WORK
MACO, Museum of Fine Arts (MACO), Oaxaca, Mexico, 1999. - Cultural Foundation Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998. - Oaxaca Graphic Art Institute (IAGO), Oaxaca, Mexico, 1994. - Bielefeld University, Germany, 1991. - Installation, Jeumont Schneider Factory, St Denis, France, 1990. - Work on Paper, Mexican cultural center, Paris, 1989. - Mural, «Le Monde» Newspapers workshop, France, 1985.

LAST INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2007 “Five Mexican painters”, Mairie du 9ème arrondissement de Paris.
“Arbres de vie”, Galery “Art et Planète”, Paris.
2006 “la otra mitad de la mirada» Instituto cultural de Mexico, Paris.
«small size paintings from latin america », Saint Pierre Gallery, Limoges.
2005 recent work », Cloître des Billettes, Paris.
2004 MEXXICO », 20 Mexican Artists, Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris.
« Art Fair 2004», French Artists society, Parc Floral, Paris.
2003 Recent work », « Le Colombier », Ville d’Avray, Francia.
« De lo mineral a lo vegetal », Philosophy and literature University, Queretaro.
« De lo Mineral a lo Vegetal », Casa Lamm, Mexico.
« Itineraries Paris», Town hall, Paris 9th.
2002 Opus Latino, Paris.
« Dialogue between cultures», UNESCO, Paris.
2001 « Meyer Zafra » Gallery, Paris.
Jules Verne University of Picardy, Amiens, France.
2000 Diego Rivera Art Museum, Guanajauto, Mexico.
1999 Oaxaca Contemporary Art Museum, MACO, Oaxaca.
General Consulate of Mexico in Hamburg, Germany.
Homage to Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico.

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