Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010), one of San Antonio’s most beloved artists, was a major force in the San Antonio art community before his untimely death in a 2010 cycling accident. A 2002 Artpace resident, Ramirez’ work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. As an artist and graphic designer, Ramirez employed the visual and conceptual techniques found in contemporary advertising and package design, isolating and re-contextualizing familiar objects to explore cultural identity, mortality, and consumerism through his photographs and installations.
His work is in numerous permanent museum collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; The Pérez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami, FL; The San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; The European Museum of Photography, Paris, France; The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY; The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; The New México Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN; Ruby City, San Antonio, TX; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD.
As the exclusive representative for the estate of Chuck Ramirez, Ruiz-Healy Art is proud to keep the artist's memory and archives preserved for future generations.
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Dust Collections and other Tchotchke 1995
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Santos 1996
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Coconut 1997
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Trash Bags 1998
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Long-Term Survivor 1999
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Quarantine 2000
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Water by Air 2001
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Candy Trays 2002
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Fruit Cocktail 2002
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Ingredients 2002
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Meat 2002
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Peas 2002
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Whatacup 2002
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Piñata 2002-3
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Seven Days 2003-4
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Acenar 2004
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Still Lifes 2004
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Words 2004
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Purse Portraits 2005
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Wading Pool 2005
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Brooms 2007
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Careyes 2007
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Lost and Found 2008
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Euro Bags 2009
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In a New Exhibit, Artists Find the Sublime at Whataburger and the Supreme Court
Laura Mallonee, Texas Monthly, April 25, 2023 -
How Artists’ Day Jobs Shape Their Craft
Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, March 10, 2023 -
'Day Jobs' brings Andy Warhol and Whataburger to the Blanton
Kelsey Bradshaw, Austin-American Statesman, February 24, 2023 -
Patricia Ruiz-Healy champions Latinx and South Texas artists in both San Antonio and Manhattan
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, November 4, 2022 -
Chuck Ramirez’s Visual Interpretations of Latino Culture
Ricardo Romo, Ph.D, Latinos in America, October 5, 2022 -
The Armory Show, 'New York's art fair', is an increasingly global juggernaut
Daniel Cassady, The Art Newspaper, September 9, 2022 -
An Insider Guide to New York’s Art Fair —The Standouts, Discoveries, and Texas’ Best
Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City, September 8, 2022 -
San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez's work chosen for Armory Show in New York 12 years after his death
Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express News, August 9, 2022 -
Chuck Ramirez, the Heartfelt Photographer of Trash and Banal Throwaways
Lauren Moya Ford, Hyperallergic, November 19, 2020 -
A Tale of Two Cities: Texas Mother-Daughter Art Duo Patricia and Patti Ruiz-Healy on their Decision to Open a Second Gal
Barbara Purcell, Glasstire , January 6, 2020 -
A New Museum Seeks to Make Texas a Centre of Contemporary Art
Chris Wiley, Frieze, November 5, 2019 -
San Antonio art dealer breaks into NYC market
Gregg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, April 30, 2019 -
San Antonio’s Ruiz-Healy Art Opens New Gallery Space in New York City
Glasstire, April 28, 2019 -
Art Destination: Why San Antonio Deserves More Attention
Claudia Arozqueta, ArtSlant Magazine, September 7, 2015 -
New Digs, New Collaborations Change Things Up for Ruiz-Healy Art
Devon Britt-Darby, Arts and Culture Texas, May 3, 2014 -
Ruiz-Healy Takes Big Steps toward Becoming Olmos Park’s ‘It’ Gallery
Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Current, March 11, 2014 -
Chuck Ramirez Breakfast Tacos at the Smithsonian
Bill Davenport, Glasstire, July 18, 2012 -
Chuck Ramirez in Memoriam
Frances Colpitt, Art Lies, March 1, 2011 -
Katy Siegel on Chuck Ramirez
Katy Siegel, Artforum, January 1, 2003
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McNay Print Fair
San Antonio May 6 - 7, 2023Ruiz-Healy Art is thrilled to participate in the 27th edition of the McNay Print Fair, the only major print fair in the Southwestern United States.Read more -
The Armory Show
September 8 - 11, 2022 New York CityRuiz-Healy Art is thrilled to present the work of Chuck Ramirez at the 2022 edition of The Armory Show in New York City. This year the fair will focus its special programming on Latinx and Latin American art. Selected by Carla Acevedo-Yates, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Ramirez’ exhibition “Long-Term Survivor” will be recreated for the first time in its entirety since the original 1999 exhibition at Artpace in San Antonio, Texas.Read more
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McNay Print Fair
San Antonio April 29 - May 1, 2022 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is thrilled to participate in the 26th edition of the McNay Print Fair, the only major print fair in the Southwestern United States. Ruiz-Healy Art is delighted to feature prints by Marta Sánchez, Richard Armendariz, Juan de Dios Mora, Ethel Shipton, and Celia Álvarez Muñoz, among others.Read more -
Expo Chicago
Chicago April 7 - 10, 2022Ruiz-Healy Art is thrilled to present the work of Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Cecilia Paredes, and Chuck Ramirez to the 2022 Edition of EXPO CHICAGO. This is the Gallery’s first time attending the fair and exhibiting in Chicago, Illinois. Datchuk, Paredes, and Ramirez use photography to explore themes of identity, transformation, and consumer culture. Together the artists intersect in their fascination with the natural world and cultural artifacts.Read more -
Ruiz-Healy Art: Quinceañera
November 18, 2021 - January 29, 2022 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to announce Ruiz-Healy Art: Quinceañera, an exhibition commemorating the fifteen-year anniversary of Ruiz-Healy Art in San Antonio, Texas. The exhibition features work by artists that have...Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits
November 12, 2020 - January 30, 2021 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is proud to present Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits at our San Antonio gallery featuring works by Chuck Ramirez. Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010), one of San Antonio’s most beloved artists, was a major force in the San Antonio art community before his untimely death in a 2010 cycling accident.Read more -
Zonamaco: Chuck Ramirez
Mexico City February 5 - 9, 2020Ruiz-Healy Art is thrilled to participate in the 2020 edition of Zonamaco, the largest art fair in Latin America, from February 5th to 9th in Mexico City with the work of the late Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
Cecilia Paredes & Chuck Ramirez: Photographing Identity
May 3 - June 15, 2019 New York CityRuiz-Healy Art presents Cecilia Paredes & Chuck Ramirez: Photographing Identity as the inaugural exhibition of the gallery's New York City location. Working within issues of identity, both artists use photography to confront fundamental questions regarding the human condition.Read more -
Latinx Art: Transcending Borders
Houston April 3 - May 11, 2019Collaborating with Octavia Art Gallery (Houston, Texas), Latinx Art: Transcending Borders celebrates Latinx visual arts in the United States, predominantly Texas. Featuring artists: Jesse Amado, Richard Armendariz, Margarita Cabrera, Michael Menchaca, Cecilia Paredes, Chuck Ramirez, and Ethel ShiptonRead more -
23rd Annual McNay Print Fair
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio March 2 - 3, 2019 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents works at the McNay's 23rd annual Print Fair.Artists featured at the McNay Print Fair will include: Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ethel Shipton, Rufino Tamayo, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Mark Schlesinger, and Richard Armendariz.Read more -
22nd Annual McNay Print Fair
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio March 3 - 4, 2018 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art participates in the McNay's 22nd annual print fair. Artists featured include: Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ethel Shipton, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Mark Schlesinger, Richard Armendariz, among others.Read more -
Chuck in Context
September 14 - October 14, 2017 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Chuck in Context, a special exhibition focusing on text-based works, which honors the significant survey of Chuck Ramirez’s works opening at the McNay Art Museum, Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too.Read more -
21st Annual McNay Print Fair
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio March 4 - 5, 2017 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art participates in the McNay's 21st Annual Print Fair. Featured artists include: César A. Martínez, Ethel Shipton, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Jesse Amado, and Richard Armendariz, among others.Read more -
20th Annual McNay Print Fair
March 5 - 6, 2016 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to participate at the Annual McNay Print Fair showcasing works on paper from; Laura Anderson Barbata, Ricky Armendariz, Pedro Friedeberg, Daniel Guerrero, César Martínez, Cecilia Paredes, and Julie Speed, among othersRead more -
Why is the Sky Blue?
November 18, 2015 - February 13, 2016 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Why is the Sky Blue? A group exhibition with Jesse Amado, Laura Anderson Barbata, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Aníbal Delgado, Hersúa, Cisco Jimenez, Magali Lara, Chuck Ramirez, Guillermo Santamarina, Hills Snyder, and Pilar Villela. Including works that date back to the 1970's, this exhibition uses abstract works to focus on issues over looked in the modern tradition of abstract art.Read more -
More than Words: Text-Based Artworks
March 5 - April 25, 2015 San AntonioMore than Words: Text Based Artworks features works by the artists: Andrés Ferrandis, Ethel Shipton, Ricky Armendariz, Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Julie Speed, Nate Cassie, Alejandro Diaz, Marifer Barrero. Text based artwork is a recurring hallmart of modern art. The artists in More than Words: Text Based Artworks create works that run the gamut from subversive social comment to rapturous meditation. Each will give you an unexpected occasion to pause.Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Prematurely Discarded
Octavia Art Gallery Houston January 22 - February 25, 2015Octavia Art Gallery, in collaboration with Ruiz-Healy Art, is pleased to present Prematurely Discarded, an exhibition featuring a selection of works by photographer Chuck Ramirez (1962- 2010).Read more
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Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists
Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Nate Cassie, Constance Lowe, Ethel Shipton, and others Editors: Riley Robinson and Nan Cuba, 2008Hardcover, 224 pagesRead more
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595340394
Dimensions: 8.75 x 1 x 10.25 in -
Chuck Ramirez
Texas Artists Today Catherine D. Anspon, 2010Hardcover, 276 pagesRead more
Publisher: Marquand Books
ISBN: 0615390161
Dimensions: 17.25 x 10.75 x 1.25" -
Chuck Ramirez: All This And Heaven Too I McNay Art Museum
Curators: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder I Essays by Elizabeth Ferrer and Edward Hayes 2017Hardcover, 82 Pages pagesRead more
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Chuck Ramirez: Chuck in Context I Ruiz-Healy Art
Conversation between Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph.D. and Ethel Shipton 2017 Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Latinx Photography in the United States
A Visual History Elizabeth Ferrer, 2021Hardcover, 280 pagesRead more
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295747625
Dimensions: 7.25 x 9 in -
Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits I Ruiz-Healy Art
Essay by Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph.D. & Bryan Rindfuss Essay by Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph.D. & Bryan Rindfuss, 2020Hardcover, 48 pagesRead more
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 9781715964016
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Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque I Ruiz-Healy Art
Essays by Frances Colpitt, Jennifer Davy, Ariel Evans, Sarah Fisch, Anjali Gupta, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Chris Sauter, Hills Snyder, Carla Stellweg, Victor Zamudio-Taylor 2011 Read more -
Hare & Hound Press + Artpace: The Art of Collaboration
Jesse Amado, Richard 'Ricky' Armendariz, Chuck Ramirez, Nate Cassie. Cesar A Martinez Amada Cruz, 2014Paperback, 120 pagesRead more
Publisher: Hare & Hound Press
ISBN: 1888302070
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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Chuck Ramirez, Celia Álvarez Muñoz, Mel Casas, Jesse Amado Essay by E. Carmen Ramos, and introduction by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 2014Hard Cover, 368 pagesRead more
Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum
ISBN: 978-0-937311-94-1
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Richard Armendariz, César A. Martínez, Katie Pell and Chuck Ramirez.
Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio Essay by Dean Daderko with an Introduction by Bill Arning, 2018Hardcover, 115 pages pagesRead more
Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
ISBN: 978-1-933619-72-9
Dimensions: 7.5 X 10 in -
Why is the Sky Blue?
Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Cisco Jiménez, Hills Snyder Essay by Octavio Avendaño Trujillo, 2015Paperback, 42 pagesRead more
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 1364513900
Dimensions: 8 x 10 in