Luis Fernando Ramirez Colombian, b. 1969

Applied Studies
2011 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, SUNY Stony Brook University, New York, USA
2004 Specialization in Multimedia, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
2002 Master in Museology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
1997 Course, the function of the museum in the 20th century, UPC, Barcelona, ​​Spain
1997 Specialization, Interior Interiors (interior architecture), UPC, Barcelona, ​​Spain
1992 Architecture, University of the Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
 
Individual Exhibitions
2017. Cannon Ball, specific intervention, Baluarte de Santa Catalina, Cartagena de Indias
2017. CN70 about the collaboration between Celis and Nova, Nominated for the IX Luis Caballero Award, MAMBO, Bogotá (October 2017)
2016. Infrastructure, French Alliance, Cali, Colombia
2015. Curatorship, Espacio Odeón, Bogotá, Colombia
2012. Superblocks, LA Contemporary Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2011. Circa 1954, LA Contemporary Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2010. Closer Than We Think, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
2009. 35° Centigrade, Nominated V Luis Caballero Award, Santa Fe Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2006. Ornamental Canon, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
2004. Locative Compositions, Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia
 
Collective Exhibitions
2022
Caribbean Utopias, Photo Library of Cuba. Havana Cuba.
2021
Languages ​​on paper, El Museo Gallery. Bogota Colombia
2018
Beehave, curated by Martina Milla, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Beehave, curated by Martina Milla, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, ​​Spain
Improbable Transits, curated by Solange Farkas, Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Space, Auckland, New Zealand
Arte Faktos, inaugural exhibition, Paris, France
2017
RESIST, (RE) EXIST, curated by Solange Farkas and Gabriel Bogossian, Galpão VB, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Learning to see, Rincón Projects, Bogotá, Colombia
2016
Nectar, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan, NY. Curated by Berta Sichel
Chromatic Architectures, Rincón Projects, Bogotá, Colombia
2015
Invited project, Odeón Art Fair, Bogotá Colombia
Readymakers, Uniandinos Gallery, Curated by Cristian Padilla, Bogotá, Colombia
Closer Than We Think, KB space, Bogotá, Colombia
2014
Transits and joints, exhibition of Fulbright alumni, curated by Ana María Lozano, El Nogal Gallery, Bogotá Colombia
International Biennial of Cartagena de Indias BIACI, curated by Berta Sichel – international selection–, Cartagena, Colombia
2013
No form of Life is inevitable, Flora Ars-Natura, curated by Jose Roca, Bogotá, Colombia
2012
FUSO – Lisbon International Video Art Annual, curated by Solange Farkas, Natural History Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Modern inventions, Chapinero Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá, Colombia
Joan Mitchel Foundation MFA grant award, Cue Art Foundation, New York, USA
2011
Videobrasil, Panoramas of the South, curator: Solange Farkas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Documents for an Imperfect Future II, Banco de la Republica Art Museum, Bogotá, Colombia
CAA NY Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, work Sleep is a Bad Habit, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2010
It Could Have Been, LA Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Folds, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Biennial of Arts Award 2010, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
Documents for an Imperfect Future, National Endowment for the Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maieutics, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2008
Sin Corona, VII Performance Festival, Cali, Colombia
From Bogotá, 2007 Medellin International Meeting Fellows, Santafé Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Fellows, Medellín International Meeting 2007, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
BBVA Room, Place of Doubt; MAM Barranquilla; Luis angel arango library; Museum of Antioch
2007
Bidimensional Art Hall, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
Photography, Leopoldo Rother Museum, National University, Bogotá, Colombia
2006
Art and Nature, Quinta de Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia
Painting whatever it is, Fourth Level Gallery, Curated by Natalia Gutierrez and Jaime Cerón, Bogotá, Colombia
Hall of Fire, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
National Hall of Artists, Teatro Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
2005
Regional Salon of Artists, Convent of San Agustín, Tunja, Colombia
Fotología 4, Bogotá International Photography Festival, Colombia
2004
BBVA Hall, Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá, Colombia
2003
VI Salon CANTV Youth with FIA, Ateneo, Caracas, Venezuela
2002
Entrecasa, Santafé Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
some publications
2020
Files in reserve, 2015-2020, Luz de luna editores, Pereira, Colombia
2012
Cerón, Betancourt, Roca, Ramírez, Poveda, Edited by Carolina Muñoz. Production and assembly manual for visual arts. Ministry of Culture of Colombia
2018
Luis F. Ramírez Celis, Catalogue, Celestial Bodies and Other Aberrations, Ricardo Muñoz Izquierdo, Banco de la República, Manizales
2006
Luis F. Ramírez Celis, Catalogue, Place/No Place or the space between things. New Names, Bank of the Republic, Bogotá
2003
Luis F. Ramírez Celis, Catalogue, Technology of disappointment, New Names, Banco de la República, Bogotá
 
Awards
2017 First prize, Escape tunnel, Ministry of Culture, Workshop School of Cartagena de Indias
2017 Mention, Nominated for the IX Luis Caballero Award 2016 - 2017
2016 Nominated for the IX Luis Caballero Award 2016 - 2017, grant, IDARTES, Bogotá.
2013 Artistic Residency Scholarship Min Cultura- Baff Center, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
2011 Joan Mitchell Award, MFA Grant Program, USA
2010 Biennale of Arts Award, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
Interior Architecture Award, Gold Museum project, SCA, Bogotá, Colombia (with Banco de la República)
2009_2011
Fulbright Scholarship - Mincultura for Artists, MFA in Studio Art, SUNY, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Banco de la República Scholarship, MFA, SUNY in Studio Art, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Tuition Waiver Scholarship, MFA, SUNY in Studio Art, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Credit Scholarship, Colfuturo, MFA, SUNY in Studio Art, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
2008 Nominated V Luis Caballero Award 2008 - 2009, grant, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá
Subsidy VII Performance Festival, Helena Producciones, Cali, Colombia
Artistic Residency Scholarship, Medellín International Meeting MDE07, Ministry of Culture, Medellín, Colombia
2007 Subsidy, BBVA Hall, Medellín, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cali, Colombia
2006 Artistic Residency Scholarship, Lugar a Dudas – Capacete Residence, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
First prize, Art and Nature, IDCT, Bogotá, Colombia
Subsidy National Hall of Arts, Teatro Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
2005 Subsidy, Regional Hall of Arts, Convent of San Agustín, Tunja, Colombia
2003 Banco de la República Scholarship, Specialization in Multimedia, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
2001 Carolina Foundation Scholarship, Master in Museology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
 
Bibliography
2018 Martina Milla, Beehave, Miró Foundation Barcelona, ​​Spain
2016 Berta Sichel, Nectar, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
2014 Transits and joints, exhibition Fulbright scholars, curated by Ana María Lozano, Fulbright, Colombia
2014 International Biennial of Cartagena de Indias Bicaci, exhibition catalogue, Cartagena
2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation 2011 MFA, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY.
2011 Panoramas Do Sul, 17th international contemporary art festival Sesc-Videobrasil, SESCSP editions, Sao Paulo
2011 Esteban Álvarez, Documents for an imperfect world, work published: Circa 1954 / Closer Than We Think, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá
2011 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, published work: Sleep is Just a Bad Habit, Stony Brook University, NY
2010 Esteban Álvarez, Documents for an imperfect world, work published: Circa 1954, National Endowment for the Arts, Buenos Aires
2009 Luis F. Ramírez Celis, 35°C, V Luis Caballero Award, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá
2008 Carlos Betancourt, XV BBVA Art Salon, Work published: Colmena, Banco BBVA, Bogotá
2006 Cerón Jaime, Places of Young Art, Arteria Magazine No. 5, Bogotá
Natalia Gutiérrez, 40th National Salon of Artists, published work: Cosme y Damián / Canon Ornamental Min. Cultura, Bogotá
2003 Luis F. Ramírez Celis, Technology of disappointment, New Names, Luis Ramírez, Curator, Banco de la República, Bogotá
 
Teaching
2019 Professor, Master's Degree in Museology and Heritage Management, UNAL Colombia, Bogotá
2017 Professor, Master in Museology and Heritage Management, UNAL Colombia, Bogotá
2015 Professor, Master in Museology and Heritage Management, UNAL Colombia, Bogotá
2013 -2014
Professor, Space Practices 1, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá
2013 Professor, Museography seminar, Master in Museology and Heritage Management, UNAL Colombia, Bogotá
2012 Professor, Advanced Plastic Arts Workshop, Department of Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
2011 Instructor of Record, Introductory Digital Art, Department of Art, Stony Brook University, NY, United States
2010 Teaching assistantship, Foundations: Idea and Form, Art Department, Stony Brook University, NY, United States
 
Selected Presentations, workshops, talks.  
2016 "Museology" Workshop, Banco de la República, Pereira, May 11, 12
2015 ARCO MADRID Forum, Cartagena de Indias Biennial, Arco Colombia.
2013 Museography workshop, Between the arts - Ministry of Culture, Tunja, August 3, 4 and 17, 18
2011 Museography Workshop, II Meeting of Curators of the 14 SRA, Medellín, August 8
2010 Guest Critic, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Dialogues on Public Space Finals,
Professor Antoni Muntadas, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 19
2008 Talk "Recent work", AECID, Cartagena, September 23
Workshop "Museology", Bank of the Republic, Cartagena, September 23 -24
Talk "Conversation -Colmena-" Lugar a Dudas, Cali, March
Talk "Curatorship and museography", Master of Photography, U Nacional de Colombia, March
2007 Workshop "Montage, production of exhibitions", Museo de Antioquia, April 21-23
2006 Talk "Recent work" Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, December 13
Talk "Place not Place", Luis Ángel Arango Library, December 7
2005 Talk "Contemporary Museography", Faculty of Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, April 6
Talk "Curatorship and Museography" Faculty of Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, October 24
2003 Talk "Technology of disappointment", Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá, October 5