Resume
COLLECTIONS
Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Acute Care Building
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco
Public Policy Institute of California, Sacramento
City of Oakland
The Greenlining Institute, Berkeley
Keever Vineyards, Yountville
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte
City of Richmond Civic Center
EDUCATION
MFA Drawing and Printmaking. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Certificate of Printmaking. California State University Stanislaus
BA Studio Art. California State University Stanislaus
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Everything Beautiful is Far Away" Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto
2009 “New Works on Paper” Rowan Morrison Gallery, Oakland
2008 "Bypasses and Intersections: Scenes from the Other California" San Leandro Museum and Art Gallery
2007 "Un Lugar Solitario" Gallery of Urban Art, Oakland
2006 "Paintings from Exile" Rowan Morrison Gallery, Oakland
2005 "Harvest" Venge Vineyards, St Helena
2002 "Re: Figuration" Ardency Gallery, Oakland
2001 "Michele Ramirez: New Works" Hey Gallery, Oakland
"Rising/Converging" Merced Cultural Arts Center
2000 "New Works from Michele Ramirez" Carnegie Art Center, Turlock
1995 "Yo Soy Americana" Greensboro Cultural Art Center, North Carolina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 “Collect”, Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley
2013 "For the Love of Print", The Hat Rac Fine Arts Gallery, Oakland
"Return to Simplicity" Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont
"Group Show" Provost and Pritchard, Fresno
2011 "Group Exhibition" Cafe 225, Visalia
2009 “6th Annual Miniatures Show”, First Street Gallery, Turlock
2008 "Views from Within a Culture" Kings Art Center, Hanford
"California Landscapes" First Street Gallery, Turlock
"Move" Greenlining Gallery, Berkeley
"9 Mujures" Womens Gallery, San Francisco
2007 "Las Mujeres"" Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista
"Sixth Annual Miniatures Show" First Street Gallery, Turlock
"Nueve Mujeres" Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco
2006 "Chicano Encounters:Local Places and Global Communities" de Young Museum, San Francisco
"Salud" Womens Cancer Resource Center, Oakland
2006 "Bay Area Celebration of the Arts" ArtSFest, San Francisco
2004 "Solo Mujeres: Women and Spirituality" Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco
"Arte Latino" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
"Ojos Indigenas" Corazon del Pueblo Gallery, Oakland
2002 "Solo Mujeres: Needles and Brushes" Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco
2001 "Obra Grafica" Carnegie Art Center, Turlock
1999 "MMM" Abstrakt Zone, Oakland
1995 "Graduate Exhibition" Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro
AWARDS
2007 George Sugarman Foundation Grant, San Rafael
RESIDENCIES
2008 Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Artists and Poets Magazine, November Issue
2008 The Business Journal of Hispanic Research
Somos Medicina
2007 Other Investigations
2005 Wines and Vines
1997 Mungo vs Ranger
1993 Penumbra
PRESS
2014 “Printmaker Michele Ramirez Celebrates Central Valley Farm Workers”, Tikkun Magazine, interview by Annie Pentilla
2008 "Rural Life Sticks with Painter" The Fresno Bee, interview by Mary Aguirre
"Latino Artists Explore Roots at Kings Art Center" The Hanford Sentinel, interview by Wendy E. Arevalo
2007 "Culture in the Galleries: Un Lugar Solitario" The East Bay Express, reviewed by Jakki Spicer
2006 "In the Galleries: Paintings from Exile" The East Bay Monthly, reviewed by Timothy Buckwalter