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Willy Ramos

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Willy Ramos was born in Colombia in 1954. He currently resides and paints in Valencia, Spain. Though he immigrated to San Carlos from his hometown of Pueblo Bello, at the age of fourteen, the lush colour of his homeland remains a strong influence in his paintings and drawings.

Willy's large-scale paintings, with their exuberant colour, expressionistic mark-making and active surfaces, recall the paintings of such twentieth century masters as Kandinsky and Matisse. Though representational in terms of their subject matter, Ramos' paintings function as abstract rhythms of light and colour, organized in harmonious compositions that are both balanced and energized.

Willy Ramos paints an idea about nature, rather than a literal depiction of the flowers, landscape or figures before him. He renders form in a reductive, simplified manner reminiscent of the Fauves in France.

Ramos studied at the Escuela Bellas Artes in San Carlos, where he now teaches and paints.

Public Collections

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Elche, Spain

Museo Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Museo Popular de Arte Contemporaneo de Villafames, Spain

Museo de Valledupar, Colombia

Caja Rural, Murcia, Spain

Diputacion Provincial de Alicante, Spain

Caja Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Museo de Arte Moderno de Pedralba, Valencia, Spain

Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Spain

Fundacion Cultural CAM, Murcia, Spain

Casa de Cultura de Pego, Spain

Casa de Cultura de Belrreguart, Spain

Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Canals

Fundacion de Arte, L'Oreal, Madrid, Spain

Casa de Cultura de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain

Casa de Cultura de Puzol, Valencia, Spain

Fundacion BanCaja, Valencia, Spain

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico

Museo del Grabado Espanol Contemporaneo, Marbella, Spain

Museo de Bellas Artes, Murcia, Spain

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012	"Celebracion del Mundo" Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto
2010	“Encuentros” Bisel Gallery, Cartagena, Spain
2009	“Pura vida” SE7 Gallery ART HALL, Alicante, Spain
	“El color de los días” Grupo Forja & Galería 9, Valencia, Spain
2008	“El río” Quinta Galeria, Bogota, Colombia
	“El color en la memoria” Chys Gallery, Murcia, Spain
	“El color o el calor del sexo” Galería 9, Valencia, Spain
	“El siroco de la tarde” Muvim, Valencia, Spain
	“El siroco de la tarde” Ramón Gaya Museum, Murcia, Spain
2007	Pintura y escultura, Am Schweizer Platz Gallery, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
	Pintura y escultura,Kunsthaus Schöne, Andernach, Germany
	“El Siroco de la Tarde” Colombia Embassy, Madrid, Spain
2006	Painting as Offering, Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Los colores de musica, Galería 9, Valencia, Spain
	Malerei als Opfergabe, Galería Zangbieri, Basel, Switzerland
2005	Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
	Casa de America, Madrid, Spain
2004	Museo de la Ciudad, Valencia, Spain
	Galeria CC 22, Madrid, Spain
	San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain
	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
2002	Fundacion Caja Murcia, Madrid, Spain
	Casa de Cultura Pucol, Valencia, Spain
	Galeria Bisel, Cartagena, Spain
	Casa de Cultura San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain
2001	Galeria CC 22, Madrid, Spain
2000	La Ribera, Galeria de Arte, Murcia, Spain
	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
1999	Galeria Rosalia Sender, Valencia, Spain
	Galeria CC 22, Madrid, Spain
	Karagato, Javea, Spain
	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Galeria Art al Rec, Barcelona, Spain
1998	Galeria CC 22, Madrid, Spain
	Iglesia de San Estaban, Murcia, Spain
	Centro Cultural de la CAM Alicante, Alicante, Spain
	Centro Cultural del Ayuntamiento, Castellon, Spain
1997	Galeria Rosalia Sender, Valencia, Spain
	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Alexander's Metro Art Gallery, Tampa, U.S.A.
1996	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Casa de Cultura Ceuti, Murcia, Spain
1995	Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
	Galeria Chys, Murcia, Spain
	Alexander's Fine Art Gallery, Tampa, U.S.A.
1994	Arte Xerea Gallery, Valencia, Spain
	Casa de Cultura Pucol, Valencia, Spain
1993	Galeria Calder, Barcelona, Spain
1992	Galeria Chys, Murcia, Spain

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005-15	Art Toronto, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2010	Encuentros, Cuba – Spain, Retiro, Madrid, Art Madrid
	International Art Fair, Vanrell Gallery, Mallorca
	Sianoja, International Artists Symposium in Noja, Santander, Spain
	Colombia Bicentury, La Petxina Cultural Exhibition, Valencia, Spain
2009	Art Madrid – International Art Fair, Madrid,. Quinta Gallery, Bogota
	Colombia. Marte, 2009 Contemporary Sculpture Proyect in El Maritimo, Valencia, Spain.
	6 Visiones, Contemporary Colombian Art, La Petxina Cultural Exhibition, Valencia, Spain
2008	Madrid International Art Fair, Lazar Vujic Gallery, Lujblina, Slovenia
2007	ARTBO. International Art Fair, Quita Gallery. Bogota, Colombia
	Art Madrid – International Art Fair, Quinta Galería, Bogota, Colombia
2006	ARTBO. International Art Fair. Quinta Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2005	Miami International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON
	Cabanilles Botanic Garden, Valencia, Spain
2004	International Art Fair, Milan, Italy, Vaandermal Gallery
	Galeria Argenta, Valencia, Spain
	Spai d'Art, Javea, Spain
2003	International Art Fair, Parma, Spain, Vaandermal Gallery
2001-02	International Art Fair, Marbella, Spain, Galeria CC 22
2001	Santander Art Fair, Santander, Spain: Galeria CC 22
	Feria Arcale Salamanca, Spain, Galeria CC 22
2000	Feria Arcale Salamanca, Spain, Galeria CC 22
	International Art Fair, Santander, Spain, Galeria CC 22
1999	International Art Fair, Valencia, Spain, Galeria Rosalia Sender
	Feria Internacional del Grabado. Museo Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain
1998	International Art Fair, Galeria Rosalia Sender, Valencia, Spain
1997	International Art Fair, Bologna, Italy, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	International Art Fair, Strasbourg, France, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	International Art Fair, Milan, Italy, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	International Art Fair, Gante, Belgium: Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	Espai d'Art La Llotgeta. Valencia, Spain
	Peter Bartlow Gallery. Chicago, USA
1996	International Art Fair, Bologna, Italy, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	International Art Fair, Strasbourg, France, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	International Art Fair, Milano, Italy, Kass Meridiam and Peter Bartlow Gallery
	Palacio de la Cultura de Aman, Aman, Jordan
	Casa de Cultura Veronicas, Murcia, Spain
	International Art Fair, Valencia, Spain, Galleria Chys
1995	International Art Fair, Toulouse, France
	National Art Fair, Galleria Chys, Torrepacheco, Spain
	Alexander's Fine Arts Gallery, Tampa, U.S.A.
	Bienal Internacional de Dibujo y Grafica. Tuzla, Bosnia
1994	Museo de Valledupar, Colombia
	National Art Fair, Factoria Nacional, Torrepacheco, Spain
	Fondos de la Universidad Politicnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
	Museo del IVAM Centro del Carmen, Valencia, Spain
1993	Casa de Cultura, Villar del Arzobispo. Valencia, Spain
	Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, UNAM, Mexico.
	Universidad Politicnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
	Southampton Institue of High Education, Southampton, England
1992	Factoria Nacional, Murcia, Spain
	International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

Education

Escuela Bellas Artes, San Carlos