[ Solo Shows | Group Exhibitions | Lectures | Publications | Distinctions ]
1961
Born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
1978-1982
Studied Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
1981-1982
Worked at Juan Sevilla Law Office
1983-1998
Worked in construction in San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles, CA
SOLO SHOWS
2003
The Multiplication of Bread & Garden of Angels, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Garden of Angels/Jardin de Angeles, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
La muliplicacionde los panes/The Multiplication of Bread, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2000
Oro por espejos/Gold for Mirrors, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Hay mitos que envejecen / Aging Myths, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Play Station, INOVA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Amor Como primer idioma / Love as First Language, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1997
187 Pares de Manos, VI Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
1996
187 Pairs of Hands, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
187 Pares de Manos, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
1993
Cuando las ideas se escapan, El Lugar del Juglar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Platicando de Bulto, Galería del Mar, Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2003
Away from Home, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2002
Generos en tránsito/Passenger in Transit, Centre Cultural du Mexique, Paris, France.
Mixed Feelings: Art and Culture in the Postborder Metropolis. Fisher Gallery, University of Southern.
Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires – Colección Constantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ex. cat.
Here/There. Flux Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Mexico. Casa de la Culturas del Mundo, Berlin, Germany.
Territorios X, Foro Internacionalde Arte Contemporaneo, Leon Gto.
2001
Politica de la Diferencia: Arte Iberoamericano de fin de siglo. Pinoteca Recife Brasil. MALBA, Museo Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Ex. cat.
Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990’s. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA.
Interstate Five: Five Decades of Contemporary Art in California. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA.
2000
Cinco Continentes y Una Ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City.
VII Bienal de la Havana. Havana, Cuba
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Bienal Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Six Degrees of Inspiration, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Made in California. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Permanent Collection – Works from the 90’s, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1998
The Comeback Highway/El Camino de Regreso. Route: Mexico City, Tijuana, Zòcalo, Mexico City, Mexico.
1997
inSITE ‘97, San Diego-Tijuana. Installation, San Ysidro Border Crossing.
Stripes and Fence Forever. Homage to Jasper Johns. Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Se Instala La Muerte III, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Aguascalientes, México
VI Havana Biennial. By invitation. 187 Pairs of Hands, Museo de La Habana, Cuba
1996
Salón Internacional de Estandartes, ES 96, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
1995
V Bienal del Noroeste, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
X Bienal de Baja California.. Installation. Esquina de Bodegas, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
All Americans, Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA
Tiempo. Sculpture/Art-Object. Intersection Gallery, San Diego and Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
XV Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven.. Painting. Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Casa de La Cultura de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
1994
inSITE ‘94 San Diego-Tijuana. Installation. Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
XIV Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven. Painting. Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Casa de La Cultura de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
2 en 1. Binational Exhibiton, Centro Cultural Tijuana and Casa de La Cultura de Mexicali, Mexico
Artistas de Tijuana. Intersection Gallery, San Diego, CA
Heroes and Sheroes. Intersection Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993
IX Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Biblioteca Central de Mexicali and Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
U.B.A. Unidos por el Arte. Robert Freeman Gallery, Escondido, CA
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2001
Vernacular Art of the San Diego/Tijuana Border. Center for Latin American Studies and the Latin American student Organization, San Diego, CA.
Lecture series 2001. Woodbury School of Architecture, San Diego, CA
VII Encuentro Regional de Arquitectura. Asociacion de Colegios de Arquitectos de Baja California. Baja, Mexico.
2000
LA-LA Latinoamerica-Los Angeles, CA. Southern California Institute of Architecture Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA.
Seminario de Arquitectura Fronteriza. Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Campus Mexicali, Mexicali, Mexico.
Jurors Lecture. Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA.
Juror, Biennial 2000, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Juried exhibition. Newport News, VA
1999
Odyssey. A.C.S.A. American Collegiate schools of Architecture, Midway Regional Conference. Georgia Tech University
1998
LA-LA Latinoamerica-Los Angeles. Southern California Institute of Architecture Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA.
LA-LA Latinoamerica-Los Angeles. Southern California Institute of Architecture Lecture Series, Los Angeles, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2002
Cheng, Scarlet, “As the Border Blurs and the Cultures Become One,” Los Angeles Times, August 25, Calendar, p. 50+.
“Mixed Feelings: Art in the Postborder Metropolis,” USC Magazine.
Pagel, David, “This Glittery Lawn Mower Cuts to the Tough Questions,” The Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2002, F6.
Pincus, Robert. “Confianza y Juventud” Ciudad de Arte, Enlace, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2002.
____, “Day of the Dead: ‘Garden of Angels,’ A meditiation on the ways Mexicans remember their children,” San Diego Union Tribune, August 1, p. 34.
Schinto, Jean, “Weird Things,” San Diego Reader, July 11, p. 72.
2001
Amarante, Leonor. “VII Bienal de Havana,” ArteZero, Brazil, 2001.
Israel, Nico. “VII Bienal de la Habana,” Artforum, 2001.
Pincus, Robert. “Ciudad de Arte: Marcos Ramirez, Raul Cordero, Raul Cardenas Osuna, Daniel Ruanova, Pincus, Melly Barragan.” San Diego Union-Tribune 2001.
2000
Blas Galindo, Carlos. “Artes Conceptuales y post conceptuales,” Tierra Adentro, February/March 2000.
Canclini, Nestor Garcia. La Globalizacion Imaginada, Paidos, 2000.
Gonzales-Day, Ken. “Marcos Ramirez ‘Erre.’” Art Issues Magazine. September, 2000.
Lorenzo, Muñoz. “Sculptor Holds Up a Mirror to his Mexico.” Los Angeles Times, May, 2000.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Marcos Ramirez.” National Reviews, ArtNews, Summer, 2000.
Pincus, Robert. “Two for the show, local artists shine in New York.” San Diego Union-Tribune, 2000.
Tibol, Raquel. “Marcos Ramirez en la Bienal del Museo Whitney,” Proceso, February 20, 2000.
Zamudio Taylor, Victor. “El paisaje y sus ecos: Pintura, no pintura.” Cinco Continentes y una Ciudad. Ex. Cat., 2000.
1999
“Art at the U.S. – Mexico Border”, au l la, Spring 1999, pg. 81-91.
Chattopadhyay, Colette. “Marcos Ramírez (ERRE).” Sculpture Magazine. July/August 1999, 63-64.
Gómez Haro, Germaine. “Love as a first language.” Art Nexus, No. 33, Aug. – Oct. 1999, 30.
--- “Marcos ‘Erre’ Ramírez Hay Mitos Que Envejecen.” Artvance, August/September 1999, 66-67.
Knight, Christopher. “Galleries: In the Age of Celebrity.” Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1999.
“Marcos Ramírez ERRE: Amor como primer idioma.” ArtNexus, July/September 1999, 30.
Ollman, Leah. “Ramírez’s Poignant Sculptures Cut Straight to Heart of Matters.” Los Angeles Times, March 12, 1999.
Pincus, Robert. “A heart divided / Tijuana’s Marcos Ramírez builds large-scale sculptures that leap many borders.” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 14, 1999.
--- “Two local artist among 97 chosen for Whitney’s Biennial exhibition.” San Diego Union-Tribune, December 10, 1999, E-7.
--- “inSITE on the Border.” Southwest Art, September 21, 1999 E1.
Ramirez, Marcos ‘ERRE.’ Love as First Language/ Amor como primer idioma. Ex. cat. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego: 1999.
--- “Hay mitos que envejecen”, Artvance, Aug. – Sep. 1999, pg. 66-67.
Rivermar, Guadalupe. “187 Pares de manos.” Bitacora, August, 14, 1999.
--- “Insite, en la vanguardia artîstica de fin de Siglo.” El Mexicano, July 22, 1999, Sec. Escenario, 1.
1998
Arriola, Magalì. “in SITE ’97 San –Diego-Tijuana.” Art Nexus, January, 1998, 88-89.
---“50 People to Watch in 1998.” San Diego Magazine. January, 54-62.
---“inSITE ’97, Ambicioso proyecto artístico en el escenario de Tijuana y San Diego.” Visual Art Magazine, December 1997-January 1998, 6-7.
Chaidez Bonila, Jaime. “El Caballo de Erre.” El Mexicano, October 4, 1998, 3.
Costa, Eduardo. “Report from Havana-The Installation Biennial.” Art in America, March1998, 52-55.
Del Conde, Teresa. “El Primer Salon de Estandartes.” Ex. cat., ES96, 1998.
Ehrenberg, Felipe. “La novedad de ayer, el servicio del presente.” El Financiero, April 9, 1998, 60.
---. “El Camino de Regreso.” Reforma, April 17, 1998, 4C.
---. “La Jornada.” Ruta Tijuas-DEFE, April 16, 1998, 16.
Hollander, Kurt. “Crossover Dreams.” Art in America, May 1998, 47.
Nolan, Timothy. “Onview: inSITE ’97 San Diego-Tijuana.” New Art Examiner, February, 1998.
Ollman, Leah. “San Diego and Tijuana, inSITE’97.” Sculpture Magazine, February, 1998, 73-74.
Tibol, Raquel. “Artistas de baja California.” Proceso. September 6, 1998, 64.
Tuer, Dot. “The Border.” Canadian Art. Spring, 1998, 72-78.
Wagner, Sandra. “Artists Explore the Tijuana-San Diego Border.” Sculpture Magazine, February, 1998, 32-37.
1997
Annette, Dorothy and Janet jenkins. “Marcos ‘Erre’ Ramirez.” San Diego Arts, October 1997,12-13.
Berdeja, Jorge Luis. “inSITE ’97, La impronta de la frontera en las obras de Tijuana.” El Universal, September 30, 1997.
---“inSITE ’97: batalla de permisos’ por el espacio publico.” El Universal, September 29, 1997,1-4.
Bradley Jessica, Olivier, Debriose, Ivo Mesquita, Sally Yard. “Private Time in Public Space: A Dialogue.” Private Time in Public Space, Ex. Cat. inSITE ’97, 50-63.
Buck-Morss, Susan. “What is Political Art.” Private Time in Public Space, Ex. Cat. inSITE ’97, 14-27.
Canclini, Nestor Garcia. “Arte en la frontera norte Mexico-EE, UU.” La Jornada, 1997, 8-9.
--- “De-Urbanized Art, Border De-Installations.” Private Time in Public Space, inSITE ’97, Ex. Cat.
Chattopadhyay, Colette. “Crossing borders in inSITE ’97.” Artweek, November 1997, 22-23.
--- “The Many Faces of Public Spaces.” World Sculpture News, Autumn 1997, 22-27.
---“Grounds for Serendipity.” World Sculpture News, Autumn1997, 28-29.
--- “Tracing Currents.” World Sculpture News, Autumn1997, 27.
Dávila, Olga Margarita. “Entrandole al espacio publico de pechito.” Bitacora, October 31, 1997, 6.
Doe, John. “Marcos Ramirez ERRE Toy an Horse.” Private Time in Public Space, inSITE ’97, 108-109.
Dominguez, Juan Carlos. “El Trajin de marcos Ramirez.” Semenario Zeta, April 4, 1997, 20B.
Escutia, Manolo. “Por Los Umbrales de la Plastica.” Tijuana Metro, January/February 1997, 22.
“’…Erre.’” Geomundo, November 1997, 8-9.
Jarmusch, Ann. “Boldest inSITE art doesn’t sit on fence.” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 19,1997.
Knight, Christopher. “inSITE, Outta Sight.” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1997, F1.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Marcos Ramírez - 187 Pairs of Hands.” ArtNews, April, 1997, Reviews
Olivares, Gabriela. “A New Frame for the Border.” Los Angeles Times. Sept 21, 1997, Calendar, 4+.
Pincus, Robert. “inSITE ’97 Public Spectacles.” San Diego Union-Tribune, September 21,1997, E1.
--- “187 pares de manos.” Fotoseptiembre, Ex. Cat., 1997.
--- “inSITE ’97: Exhibition engages with Whimsical Sublime Art.” La Prensa, September 5,1997.
--- “From Formidable to Forgettable.” San Diego Union-Tribune. December 7, 1997.
Ruiz, Alma. “187 pares de manos.” Catalogo VI Bienal de La Habana. Ex. cat., 1997, 260.
Ruiz, Blanca. “Cabalga el arte la frontera.” Reforma, September 26, 1997, Cultura.
Sahagun, Miguel Cervantes. “Fotocolumna, La invasión.” Semanario Sietedias, September 28,1997.
---“Instalacion de inSITE’97.” La Jornada, September 27, 1997, Cultura, 24.
---“Conmienza Hoy inSITE ’97 en Tijuana.” Periodico Cambio, September 27, 1997, Cultura, 18.
Terrazas, Ana Cecilia. “Un grupo de artistas pintará, en un mural de más de un kilómetro de largo, el paisaje tapado por los estudios de cine.” Proceso, February 9, 1997, 59.
Tibol, Raquel. “inSITE ’97 abierto y organico.” Proceso Magazine. November 30, 1997, 61.Valenzuela Arce, Jose Manuel. “Arte en Situ.” La Jornada, Mexico City, 1997, 10-11.
“187 Pares de Manos.” Guadalupe Rivermar, Tijuana, August, 1997.
1996
Crosthwaite, Luis Humberto. “El Gran Corazón.” Artes Visuales, May 28-June 3, 5.
Dávila, Olga Margarita. “Proposiciones Esteticas ES 96.” El Mexicano, April 7, 1996.
Dávila, Olga Margarita. “Cultura de Resistencia.” Bitacora Artes Plasticas, August, 1996.
Del Conde, Teresa. “Los Estandartes de Tijuana.” La Jornada, June 4, 1996, 28.
Dibble, Sandra. “Latino Runs into a Bit of Bother at the Border.” San Diego Union-Tribune, December 13, 1996.
Dominguez, Juan Carlos. “El racismo en instalacíon.” Semanario Zeta, August, 1996.
Galindo, Carlos Glas. “Salon Internacional de Estandartes.” Excelsior, July 7, 1996.
Garza, Noema. “Monterrey Biennial.” Art Nexus, July/September, 113-114.
Magdaleno, Victor. “La exposicion de los colgados.” Periodico Cambio, March 31, 1996, Cultura, 1.
Moncada, Adriana. “En el norte los artistas pretendemos lograr un lenguaje universal: Erre,
Marcos ramirez recibío mencíon especial en el Salón Internacional Estandartes ES ’96.” UnoMás Uno, April, 1996, 23.
Pagel, David. “A Paean to Workers in Savvy, Productive ‘Hands.’” Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1996.
Reyes Palma, Francisco. “ES96: Primer Salón Internacional de Estandartes.” Curare, July/September 1996, 35-37.
Tibol, Raquel. “La Biennal Monterrey se Consolida.” Tercera Bienal Monterrey-PinturaEscultura Instalacion 1996, Ex. cat., 1996, 107.
Vega, Patricia. “Mi Estandarte, dividido por una frontera artificial EU-Mexico.” La Jornada, April 4, 1996.
Wagner, Sandra. “Dossier: Border Art.” Sculpture Magazine. January 1996, 8-9.
1995
Duncan, Michael. “Straddling the Great Divide.” Art in America, March 1995, 51-53.
Gage, Diane Burdick. “Living on the edge.” Fiber Arts, Summer, 43-47.
Gutierrez, Vidal, Carlos Adolfo. “Erre, se escribe con Erre.” Lumbre. January/February, 7-8.
Klausner, Betty. “Border Tones.” The Independent. October 30, 35.
Olivares, Gabriela. “Marcos Ramirez.” 30 Plastic Artists from Baja California, Ex. cat., 44.
1994
Coronado, Marcia. “Tres Personalidades dentro del Arte.” Semanario Zeta, December 16, 1994, 22B.
Debroise, Oliver. “By the Night Tide/inSITE ’94: The Archipelago.” InSITE ’94, Ex. cat., 14+.
Kendricks, Neal. “Artists who Cross Metaphoric Borders.” Artweek, October 20, 1994, Sec. F, 1-8.
Knight, Christopher. “New Border Customs.” Los Angeles Times, October 1, 1994, F1-8.
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. “A Line is a Central Point with Two Sides…” inSITE ’94, Ex. cat., 54+.
Pincus, Robert. “Tijuana Social Clash: Artists Reflect Reality.” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 16, 1994, E 1-6.
Plagens Peter. “Sculpture Made to Border.” Newsweek, October 31, 1994, 64.
Springer, José Manuel. “Arte en los tiempos de cólera.” Excelsior, December 4, 1994, 39.
--- “Veamonos en la frontera de cristal: Fuentes.” Reforma, September 26, 1994, 28.
Vega, Patricia. “Veámonos como amigos en una frontera como un especjo.” La Jornada, September 26, 1994, 28.
Yard, Sally. “Tagged Turf in the Public Sphere.” In SITE ’94, Ex. cat., 34+.
DISTINCTIONS
2000
Public Art Project. Ventura place entryway, San Diego, CA.
Public Art Project. Pump station #4. San Diego, CA.
VII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art.
1997
VI Havana Biennial. By invitation. 187 Pairs of Hands, Museo de La Habana, Cuba
inSITE ‘97. By Invitation. San Diego-Tijuana
Hombre del Año en la Cultura. Semanario Zeta, Tijuana, Baja California, México.
Beca de Fideicomiso Mexico-USA, Fundaciòn Rockefeler-Bancomer.
1996
Honorable Mention, Salón Internacional de Estandartes, ES 96, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
1995
Grant given by the Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y Las Artes (FONCA), Mexico
1994
Second Prize in Sculpture, IX Bienal de Baja California.
inSITE ‘94. By invitation. San Diego, CA Tijuana, México
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