Chuck Ramirez American, 1962-2010
Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010)
Ramirez was a Conceptual Latino artist and a major force in the San Antonio art community before his untimely death in a 2010 cycling accident. As an artist and art director, Ramirez processed and deconstructed the media world in which he lived. Using typography and digital imaging technology, Ramirez isolates and recontextualizes familiar objects and texts to explore the human condition. Always personally relevant, Ramirez explored cultural identity, mortality, and consumerism through his photographs and installations; his work subverted stereotypes of those who cross cultural boundaries. Ramirez resurrects waste—photographing filled garbage bags, dying flowers, and battered, empty piñatas—reflecting on the fleeting nature of human existence. Working with materials and images that were part of his daily life—a life impacted by being HIV positive—he transformed the language and power of advertising into a call for action and compassion, expression, and self-actualization.
A 2002 Artpace, San Antonio artist in residence, Ramirez’ work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2012, The Smithsonian American Art Museum purchased Ramirez’ limited edition large-format photograph, Seven Days: Breakfast Tacos, for the institution’s permanent collection. During the winter of 2017, the McNay Art Museum exhibited the first significant survey of his work in the exhibition Chuck Ramirez: All This and Heaven Too. Ramirez’ work has been recently acquired by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY and the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
His work is in numerous permanent museum collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; 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.
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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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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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Long-Term Survivor 1999
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Other Works
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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 -
San Antonio’s arts community reflects on the milestones of another challenging year
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, December 29, 2021 -
Ruiz-Healy Art Celebrates its Quinceañera
Kathleen Petty, San Antonio Magazine, November 19, 2021 -
Chuck Ramirez, the Heartfelt Photographer of Trash and Banal Throwaways
Lauren Moya Ford, Hyperallergic, November 19, 2020 -
A New Museum Seeks to Make Texas a Centre of Contemporary Art
Chris Wiley, Frieze, November 5, 2019 -
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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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 -
Aesthetic Encounters
December 10, 2014 - January 10, 2015 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents a group exhibition with works by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Jesse Amado, Nate Cassie, Andrés Ferrandis, Nicolás Leiva, Leigh Anne Lester, Rodolfo Morales, and Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
IFPDA Ink Miami Art Fair
Miami December 3 - 7, 2014Ruiz-Healy Art participates in Ink Miami with the work of Graciela Iturbide, Leigh Anne Lester, Connie Lowe, Cecilia Paredes, Ethel Shipton, Cecilia Biagini and Julie Speed, among others. As well as Francisco Toledo, Pedro Friedeberg, Jesse Amado, Ricky Armendariz, Nate Cassie, Vincent Valdez and the late Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
Oscuro Corazón: Chuck Ramirez
Madrid September 11 - November 15, 2014Ruiz-Healy Art presents a Chuck Ramirez solo exhibition at Blanca Berlín Galería in Madrid, Spain.Read more -
Collective Reflection
December 12, 2013 - January 30, 2014 San AntonioEnd of the year exhibit featuring the work of Chuck Ramirez, Nate Cassie, Constance Lowe, NicolasRead more
Leiva, Ethel Shipton, Cecilia Paredes and Andrés Ferrandis. -
Continuous Change
October 9 - November 9, 2013 San AntonioA thoughtful gathering of cultures and media are presented in Ruiz-Healy Art's Continuous Change. Featuring artists: Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Benjamin Dominguez, Andres Ferrandis, Nicolas Leiva, Constance Lowe, Cecilia Paredes, and Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
Chuck Ramirez at Dina Mitrani Gallery
Miami November 12, 2011 - January 20, 2012Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present Chuck Ramirez (1962 – 2010): Minimally Baroque, an exhibition curated in collaboration with Ruiz-Healy Art from San Antonio Texas. Chuck Ramirez, who tragically...Read more -
Pinta Art Fair
New York City November 10 - 13, 2011 New York CityRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to participate in the fifth edition of Pinta New York City Art Fair with the work of Cecilia Biagini, Andrés Ferrandis, and Chuck Ramirez. The...Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque
Blue Star Contemporary September 1 - November 6, 2011 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Minimally Baroque, a tribute to Chuck Ramirez and his practice as well as the first posthumous exhibit of his work. Featuring Ramirez’s celebrated series like: Candy Tray, Pinatas, Seven Day, Purse Portrait and Acenar.Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque
Ruiz-Healy Art August 31 - October 13, 2011 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Minimally Baroque, a tribute to Chuck Ramirez and his practice as well as the first posthumous exhibit of his work. Featuring Ramirez’s celebrated series like: Candy Tray, Pinatas, Seven Day, Purse Portrait and Acenar.Read more -
Dallas Art Fair
Dallas April 8 - 10, 2011Ruiz-Healy Art present at the 2011 Dallas Art Fair from April 8 to April 10, 2011. Featuring artists: Chuck Ramirez, Andrés Ferrandis, Constance Lowe, and George Schroeder.Read more -
Photographic Dialogues
September 9 - October 30, 2010 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Photographic Dialogues. Featuring work by Arturo Almeida, Carlos Betancourt, Rodolfo Choperena, Cecilia Paredes, and Chuck Ramirez.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, 2008 Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595340394
Dimensions: 8.75 x 1 x 10.25 in Read more -
Chuck in Context: Reminiscing About Chuck Ramirez
Conversation between Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph.D. and Ethel Shipton 2017 Read more -
Chuck Ramirez
Texas Artists Today Catherine D. Anspon, 2010 Hardcover, 276 pages
Publisher: Marquand Books
ISBN: 0615390161
Dimensions: 17.25 x 10.75 x 1.25" Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: All This And Heaven Too
Curators: Rene Paul Barilleaux and Hilary Schroeder I Essays by Elizabeth Ferrer and Edward Hayes 2017 Hardcover, 82 Pages pages
Publisher: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Art Works: Money
By Katy Siegel & Paul Mattick Jr. Katy Siegel, Paul Mattick Jr., 2004 Papercover, 208 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 050093004X
Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.9 x 8.5 in Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Latinx Photography in the United States
A Visual History Elizabeth Ferrer, 2021 Hardcover, 280 pages
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295747625
Dimensions: 7.25 x 9 in Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Metaphorical Portraits
Essay by Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph.D. & Bryan Rindfuss 2020 Hardcover, 48 pages
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 9781715964016
Dimensions: 8 x 10" Read more -
Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque
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 -
Chuck Ramirez: Políticas de la Diferencia
Arte Iberoamericano fin de siglo I Politics of Difference: Ibero-American Art at the End of the Century Curators and writers: Virginia Pérez Ratton, Costa Rica; Víctor Zamudio Taylor, USA; Aracy Amaral, Brasil; Cuauhtémoc Medina, México; Cecilia Fajardo Hill, Venezuela, et al, 2001 Soft Cover, 686 pages
Publisher: Valencia: Generalitat Valencia
ISBN: 8448230035 9788448230036
Dimensions: 11 x 2 x 9.5" Read more -
Hare & Hound Press + Artpace: The Art of Collaboration
Jesse Amado, Richard 'Ricky' Armendariz, Chuck Ramirez, Nate Cassie. Cesar A Martinez Amada Cruz, 2014 Paperback, 120 pages
Publisher: Hare & Hound Press
ISBN: 1888302070
Dimensions: 9 x 11 x 0.5" Read more -
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, 2014 Hard Cover, 368 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum
ISBN: 978-0-937311-94-1
Dimensions: 10 x 12" Read more -
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, 2018 Hardcover, 115 pages pages
Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
ISBN: 978-1-933619-72-9
Dimensions: 7.5 X 10 in Read more -
Why is the Sky Blue?
Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Cisco Jiménez, Hills Snyder Essay by Octavio Avendaño Trujillo, 2015 Paperback, 42 pages
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 1364513900
Dimensions: 8 x 10 in Read more