EDUCATION
| M.F.A. 2004 | Printmaking, University of Washington |
| M.A. 2000 | Education, San Francisco State University |
| C.T.C. 1999 | Spanish/English Bilingual California Single Subject Teaching Credential (Art, Social Sciences, Spanish Language), San Francisco State University |
| B.A. 1993 | History with College Honors, University of California at Santa Cruz |
SOLO EXHIBITION RECORD
| 2009 | TBA, The Telephone Room, Tacoma WA Ghosts of Commerce Past, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle WA Bridge Talks Back, Fremont Bridge residency, commissioned by the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle WA |
| 2008 | Signs of Every Stripe, ArtWorks mural, funded by Sound Transit, Seattle WA |
| 2007 | A City Makes Herself, Billboard at Union Street Electric Substation, selected by Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle, WA Ballard Charms, Portalis Wine Bar, Seattle WA |
| 2006 | Everywhere/Nowhere, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA |
| 2005 | Irrational Exuberance, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA |
GROUP EXHIBITION RECORD
| 2008 | Salo(o)n, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle WA A to Z: Text and Art, Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle WA Printmakers’ Showcase, Some Space Gallery, Seattle WA King County Public Art Collection Showcase, Sammamish City Hall, Sammamish WA Faculty Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA Are We There Yet?, print portfolio exhibited at Southern Graphics Council, Virginia Commonwealth University Artist Trust 2008 Benefit Auction, Seattle WA Pratt Fine Arts Center 2008 Benefit Auction, Seattle WA |
| 2007 | Site Specific, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA Bumbershoot Art & Music Festival, Peddling Art, Seattle WA Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Instructor Exhibition, Seattle WA City Light/City Art, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle WA Urban, Part Two, Alexis Hotel, Seattle WA Henry Bash, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA Drawing No Conclusions, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids MI Here and Now, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle WA Charting Maps, Lee Center for the Arts, Seattle WA |
| 2006 | Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, Miami FL Works on Paper, Davidson Contemporary Gallery, Seattle WA Painting Marathon, CoCA, Seattle WA Defined and Undefined, ArtsWest Gallery, West Seattle, WA Shard, CoCA, Seattle WA Seattle Printmaking Association Group Invitational, CoCA, Seattle WA Personally Public, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA |
| 2005 | SOIL Art Gallery Art Auction, Western Bridge Gallery, Seattle WA Rivet Magazine Art Auction, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA PONCHO Scholarship Awards Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA Greenwood Art Council’s ArtWalk, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle WA |
| 2004 | Members Only, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA Prints, BallardWorks, Seattle WA Staff Lounge, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, University House, Seattle WA |
| 2003 | Works on Paper and 3-D, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of WA, Seattle WA No-Tell Motel, CMA Gallery, UW Anything Everything, CMA Gallery, University of Washington Who’s Your Valley, Rainier Beach Community Center, Seattle WA Disorientation, Richard Hugo House, Seattle WA Coupling, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA M.F.A. Works in Progress, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of WA, Seattle WA |
| 2002 | Dia de los Muertos Exhibit, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin CA Box Fever, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station CA Post-Postcard 6: Small Format Multiples Invitational, Southern Exposure, SF, CA |
| 2001 | Introductions in Print, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Gallery, SF CA Post-Postcard 5: Small Format Multiples Invitational, Southern Exposure, SF CA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kim Murphy, “Artist Ponders Sights and Sounds of Seattle’s Fremont Bridge,” Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2009 Jen Graves, “Taking It Back To The Bridge,” SLOG (the Stranger blog), June 9, 2009 Nancy Guppy, featured on the Seattle Channel’s ArtZone, June 4, 2009 Dave Ross, interview featured on The Dave Ross Show, KIRO Radio, Seattle, June 9, 2009 Nicole Brodeur, “Odes to the Fremont Bridge Abound,” Seattle Times, June 5, 2009 Gayle Clemans, Notions of Place and Space,” Seattle Times, March 9, 2007 Nate Lippens, “Works on Paper”, Visual Codec, August 2006 Adriana Grant, “Seattle Weekly’s Guide to Ultrapersonal Fall Fashion,” Seattle Weekly, Sept. 26, 2006 Regina Hackett, “Sneaky Public Art Coming Your Way at Crawlspace,” Seattle P-I, April 28, 2006 Sue Peters, “Personally Public,” Seattle Weekly, April 26, 2006 Regina Hackett, “In Seattle Galleries” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 24, 2006 Regina Hackett, “’Catalog’ artists chart their experiences,” Seattle P-I, December 23, 2005 Regina Hackett, “Artist Ramirez embraces the happy cacophony that is America,” Seattle P-I, Feb 3, 2005 Regina Hackett, “UW Master of Fine Arts students deserve a shot in the spotlight,” Seattle P-I, June 11, 2004 Perri Lynch, “Place & Permanence in Contemporary Art,” Southern Graphics Conference, Boston MA, October 2002 Terri Cohn, “Art and Tragedy: Reflections on September 11,” Artweek, Feb. 2002, Vol. 33, Issue 1 |
GRANTS & AWARDS
| 2007 | Individual Artists Program, 4Culture Special Projects 2007 Award, Peddling Art (with artist Laura Wright), Seattle WA Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle WA ArtPatch Healthy Funding Award, Seattle WA Nominee, Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR |
| 2006 | Union Street Electric Public Art commission, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Individual Artists Program, 4Culture Special Projects 2006 Award, Peddling Art (with artist Laura Wright), Seattle WA |
| 2006 | Artist Honorarium and Solo Exhibition, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA |
| 2005 | Juror’s Pick, Greenwood Phinney Artwalk, Seattle WA |
| 2004-05 | PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA |
| 2003 | Lambda Rho Juror’s Award, Works on Paper and 3-D, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW |
| 2003 | Research and Recognition Award, UW |
| 2002 | Nordstrom Scholarship, UW |
| 2000 | Laura E. Settle Scholarship, California Retired Teachers Association, San Francisco State University |
| 1999 | Crumpton/Baxter/Bonham Memorial Scholarships, San Francisco State University |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2006-present | Adjunct Faculty, Art Foundations, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA |
| 2006-present | Instructor, Printmaking + Painting, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA |
| 2009 + 2006 | Adjunct Faculty, Fine Art Department, Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood WA |
| 2006-2008 | Instructor, Teen Summer Program, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA |
| 2005-2006 | High School Teacher, Privett Academy, Mercer Island WA |
| 2004-2006 | Assistant to the Provost, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA |
| 2003-2004 | Assistant Director, Friesen Gallery, Seattle WA |
| 2004 | Instructor of Record: Concepts in Printmaking, U of Washington, Seattle |
| 2003 | Summer Arts Fundamentals Teacher, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA |
| 2003 | Teaching Assistant: Issues and Influences in Contemporary Art, UW, Seattle WA |
| 2000-2002 | Artists in Education Program Director, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA |
| 2001-2002 | Mission Grafica Print & Poster Archivist, Mission Cultural Center, SF CA |
| 2000-2001 | Museum Teacher, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA |
| 1999-2000 | High School Teacher, Newcomer High School, SF CA |
| 1998 | Human Rights Intern, Global Exchange, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| 1997-1998 | Middle School Teacher, Everett Middle School, San Francisco, CA |
| 1996-1997 | Instructional Intern, Fine Art Classroom, Mission High School, San Francisco, CA |
| 1995-1996 | ESL Teacher, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program (J.E.T.), Miyazaki, Japan |
COLLECTIONS
| Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA 4Culture Public Art Collection, Seattle WA University of Washington, Special Collections Book Arts, Seattle WA King County Neighborhoods Council, Seattle WA |
LECTURES / RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS
| 2009 | Artist in Residency, Fremont Bridge, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs |
| 2008 | Artist Residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Arts Connect Program, Tacoma WA |
| 2007 | Artist Lecture, Whatcom Museum, Art and Career Day, Bellingham WA Artist Residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Arts Connect Program, Tacoma, WA Artist Residency, Northwest School, Seattle, WA |
| 2006 | Artist Residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Arts Connect Program, Tacoma, WA Artist Slide Lecture, Slide Crawl 3, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA Artist in Residence, Franklin High School, Seattle WA Artist Lecture, South Park Youth Arts Program, Seattle WA |
| 2005 | Artist Residency, Bitterlake Community Center, Public Art Project, Seattle WA Artist Residency, Hamilton Wood Type Museum, Two Rivers WI |
| 2004 | Artist Lecture, University House, Seattle WA |
| 2002 | Lecture, CO-LAB: Collaborations in Arts Education, San Francisco State University Teaching Media Literacy, San Francisco Art Institute |
| 2001 | Attendee, Miradas Cruzadas: Parallel Visions: Mexican Women and Mexican-American Women in the Arts, Oaxaca Mexico Artist Lecture, ArtShip Foundation’s Tuesday Art Series, Oakland CA |
| 1999 | Guest Lecture, The Untold Story of a Low-Intensity War in Loxicha: Human Rights Abuses in Oaxaca, Mexico, Global Exchange, San Francisco |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
| 2005-2006 | ArtPatch, Board Member, Secretary |
| 2004-2005 | Crawl Space Art Gallery, member |
| 2004-2005 | College Art Association, member |
| 2003-2004 | Strange Company, Co-Chair, University of Washington |
| 2002-present | Seattle Print Association |
EXHIBITIONS CURATED/JURIED/ORGANIZED
| 2005 | Catalog, visual arts exhibition at SOIL Art Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle |
| 2004 | Works on You, art auction curated by Strange Company, m:pulse Arts Space, Seattle |
| 2004 | Coupling II, juried and organized by Strange Company, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA |
| 2003 | NoTell Motel, exhibition juried by guest artist Claire Cowie, organized by Strange Company, Ceramics and Metals Arts Gallery, University of Washington |
COLLABORATIONS
| 2006-07 | Peddling Art, collaborative community art project with Laura Wright, Seattle WA |
| 2005 | The September Project, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington |
| 2004 | The September Project, Seattle Public Library |
| 2003 | Who’s Your Valley?, collaborative public art project in Rainier Valley, Seattle with Landscape Architect, Michael Espenan; King County Neighborhoods Council collection |