Daniel Lind-Ramos (born 1953) is an
African-Puerto Rican painter and sculptor who lives and works in
Puerto Rico.
Life
Lind-Ramos was born in 1953 in
LoÃza, a coastal town in Puerto Rico. He studied painting at the
University of Puerto Rico in 1975 and in 1980 he graduated from
NYU with a master’s of art degree.
In addition to his studio practice, Lind-Ramos also currently teaches in the Humanities Department at the
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao.
Artistic practice
Lind-Ramos paints on canvas with oil using traditional and uncommon applications techniques from brushes to spatulas.
He also works with recycled or reused materials such as cardboard, wire screen, discarded appliances, car parts, the foliage of coconut palm trees, broken musical instruments and other used items.
He was described as the "breakout star" or highlight of the
2019 Whitney Biennial
This is an incomplete list of Whitney Biennial artists selected for the Whitney Biennial exhibitions of contemporary American art, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The event began as an annual exhibition in 193 ...
by multiple reviewers, with the ''New York Times'' writing that his sculpture ''Maria Maria'' exemplified the pieces in the Biennial that "reassert the power of spirituality."
Critic
Holland Cotter elaborated on the sculpture, explaining how Lind-Ramos "creat
dfrom wood, beads, coconuts and a blue
FEMA tarp, a figure that is both the
Virgin Mary and personification of the
hurricane that devastated the island in 2017 ... the piece looks presidingly majestic."
His works are in the permanent collections of the
Museum of Latin American Art
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California, United States and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemp ...
,
El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the Cit ...
, and the
Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art.
Exhibitions
Some of Lind-Ramos' exhibitions include:
* Fundación Arana Scholarship (1989) - funded Lind-Ramos to study in
Paris, France for one year with
Antonio SeguÃ
Antonio Hugo Seguà (; 11 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was an Argentine cartoonist, painter, engraver, book illustrator, and sculptor, who lived and worked in Paris. SeguÃ's work has been collected and exhibited worldwide in and by art in ...
’s Studio at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts
* Salon International Val D’or at Hyères (1990) - First Prize
* Salón Internacional de Plástica Latina at Meillant, France (2000) - Delegation Prize
* World Festival of Black Culture and Arts in Dakar, Senegal, Africa (2010) - Invitation
* Second Gran Bienal Tropical (2016) at Piñones, Puerto Rico - Piña de oro
*
Whitney Biennial 2019,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY - curated by
Rujeko Hockley and
Jane Panetta
Jane Panetta is a New York-based curator and art historian. Panetta is currently an Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Career Curating
Before working at the Whitney, Panetta spent five years in the Painting and Sculpture Dep ...
Awards
In 2021, Lind-Ramos was awarded the
MacArthur Fellowship.
References
External links
Artist's Web SiteDaniel Lind Ramos and the Visual Politics of Race in Puerto Rican ArtDANIEL LIND RAMOS - Enciclopedia Puerto RicoDaniel Lind Ramos - Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican painters
Puerto Rican artists
Puerto Rican sculptors
People of Afro–Puerto Rican descent
African-American painters
People from LoÃza, Puerto Rico
Living people
1953 births
University of Puerto Rico alumni
New York University alumni
African-American sculptors
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people