Enrique Ramírez is a Chilean artist born in 1979 in Santiago de
Chile
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.
Photographer, filmmaker, sculptor and musician, his work is well known for his films and installations around the sea, a perpetually moving memory space, a space of narrative projections where the destiny of Chile is linked to travels, conquests and migratory flows.
Biography
Enrique Ramírez studied music and cinema in Chile before going at the Studio National des Arts Contemporains-Le Fresnoy (Tourcoing, France) in 2007.
His father is a sailboat manufacturer in Chile. He appears in several of his films and some of his sculptures are made with sails of boats made by his father.
Enrique Ramírez is interested in poetry and electronic music.
Works
Enrique Ramírez' work is focus on the sea, both as a historical and fictional setting.
Exhibitions and awards
In 2013, he won the prix découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
In 2014, he won the Loop fair prize, Barcelona, Spain. In 2019 he is shortlisted in the
Marcel Duchamp Prize
The Marcel Duchamp Prize (in French : ''Prix Marcel Duchamp'') is an annual award given to a young artist by the Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français (ADIAF).
The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 ...
in France
He has exhibited at the
Palais de Tokyo
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in Paris (France), the
Centre Pompidou
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in Paris (France), the
Museo Amparo in Puebla (Mexico), the Museum of Memory in Santiago (Chile).In 2017, he was invited by
Christine Macel to be part of the exhibition "Viva Arte Viva" at the 57th International Exhibition of the
Biennale di Venezia
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His work is part of several private and public collections around the world such as
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA),
MACBA - Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Spain),
PAMM - Pérez Art Museum Miami (USA),
Kadist art foundation
KADIST is an interdisciplinary contemporary arts organization with an international contemporary art collection. KADIST hosts artist residencies and produces exhibitions, publications, and public events. Founded by Vincent Worms and Sandra Te ...
(France/USA) or
MACVAL - Musée d'Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine (France).
References
External links
Official websiteEnrique Ramírez open table at 57th Biennale di VeneziaEnrique Ramírez interview by Enar de Dios Rodríguez for Kadist art foundation San Franciscoarticle by Lillian Davies on Artforum internationalarticle by Alejandra Villasmil on artishock revista
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1979 births
Living people
Artists from Santiago, Chile