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Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo
Biography
Biography
Né en 1978 au El Salvador, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo a été formé au Ontario College of Art and Design, puis a obtenu sa maîtrise de l’Université Concordia en 2007. Il a participé à plusieurs expositions de groupe à travers le Canada et à l’international, dans des galeries reconnues telles le Print Center à New York, la Galerie Kuma à Berlin, la galerie nationale Casa de Las Americas à Cuba et tout récemment à la Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Ramirez Castillo est le récipiendaire de nombreuses bourses de production et de voyage du Conseil des Arts du Canada, du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec ainsi que des subventions de la fondation Ludwig Vogelstein et, depuis peu, de la prestigieuse fondation Pollock-Krasner aux États-Unis. Son travail fait partie de plusieurs collections privées canadiennes prestigieuses.
Artist CV
ÉDUCATION
2007 MFA, Université Concordia.
2001 Ontario College of Art and Design.
SÉLECTION D’EXPOSITIONS SOLOS
2011 Push Gallery. “mad soldiers.” Montreal, Canada.
2011 Southern Alberta Art Gallery. “Mad soldiers”, Lethbridge, Canada.
2010 Gallery 101. “Bestiaries”, Ottawa, Canada.
2009 Gallery Push. “Bestiaries”, Montreal, Canada.
2009 Stride Gallery + 15 window project. “Carnivalissimo drawings.” Calgary, Canada.
2008 FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, “Carnivalissimo drawings.” Montreal, Canada.
2008 Centre Clark. “Legends, Myths and Icons, Montreal, Canada.
2003 A Space Windows. Toronto, Canada.
SÉLECTION D’EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
2012
Mclaren Art Center. (tba) Barrie, Canada.
MAI. “Personal Mythologies.” Marigold Santos & Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, Montreal, Canada.
PAPIER 12, AGAC, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art, Montreal, QC, Canada
2010
Artlexis. “Dead Cat Bounce” New York, U.S.A
Maison de la Culture Frontenac. “La peinture dans la peau”, Montreal, Canada.
Maison de la Culture Villeray-Parc Extension. “Territoire Autonomes” Montreal, Canada.
Trajector Art Fair. Represented by Kuma Galerie. Brussels. Belgium.
Maison de La Culture Cote-des-Neiges. “Les objets secrets de l’atelier” Montreal, Canada.
Papier 2010, Foire d’art contemporain. Headbones Gallery. Montreal, Canada.
Headbones Gallery. “Pulled”, Toronto, Canada.
Headbones Gallery. “Neobeast”, Toronto, Canada.
Kentler International Drawing Space. “War and Peace”. New York. USA
Kuma Galerie. Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo & markus Merkle. Berlin, Germany.
2009
IDB cultural Center. “Being Here” Canada. Washington D.C. U.S.A.
Galeria Animal. “Pilgrimage of Wanderers” Santiago de Chile, Chile
Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Canada.
Definitely Superior Art Gallery. “Neopriests”, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Bridge Art Fair. Headbones Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Headbones gallery. “NeoPriests”, Toronto, Canada.
Galerie Pangee, “En Masse”, Montreal, Canada
2008
A Space Gallery. “Pilgrimage of Wanderers”, Toronto, Canada.
International Print Center New York, “New Prints 2008”, New York. U.S.A. (juried)
Art Now Fair. Headbones Gallery. Miami Beach, U.S.A.
Papier 2008, Galerie St. Ambroise, Montreal, Canada.
Galerie Espace Robert Poulin. “Cent Papiers”, Montreal, Canada.
Toronto International Art Fair. Headbones Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
Randall Bryan Gallery. “New Prints 2008”, Conway. U.S.A. (juried)
La Maison de la culture Cote-des-Neiges. “Ojos del Huracan’’, Montreal, Canada.
Art Mur. Art Matters Festival. “Imaginary Space”. Montreal. Canada.
Headbones Gallery, “Work’n it”, Toronto, Canada.
The Print Studio. “Les silences dans la forêt” , MFA group exhibition. Hamilton, Canada.
2007
Beyond/in Western New York Biennial, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, U.S.A (juried)
Toronto International Art Fair. Headbones Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
Limner Gallery. “Strange figurations”, New York, U.S.A. (juried)
Atelier Circulare Gallery. “Les silences dans la forêt” , Montreal, Canada.
The 8th Annual Drawing Exhibition. John B Aird gallery. Toronto, Canada. (juried)
2006
The 5th Egyptian International Print Triennale. Travelling exhibitions in Cairo and Alexandria. Egypt. (juried)
La Maison de la Culture Villeray-Parc Extension. “Voir grand” 3e Biennale d’estampes grand format. Montreal, Canada. (juried)
Thinking through silence.” Installation project in collaboration with Concordia’s MFA students. Montreal,
Canada.
Headbones Gallery. “Independent curator’s picks”. Toronto, Canada.
Trisc Cultural Heritage Site. “El Mozote”installation project, Art residency exhibition. Trisc. Serbia and
Montenegro.
John B. Aird Gallery. “The Print Show.” Toronto, Canada. (juried)
Atellier Circulaire Gallery. “Rotary blue”, Montreal. Canada.
Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery. “3rd Latino America’’. Toronto, Canada. (juried)
The 7th Annual Drawing Exhibition. John B. Aird Gallery. Toronto, Canada. (juried)
2005
Centro Cultural de España. “Adapes”, San Salvador, El Salvador.
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