Background
Rachel Ramirez is an artist who lives in Portugal where she produces two and three dimensional works. These incorporate a wide variety of materials and printmaking techniques including digital, relief, mono, screen and Gyotaku printmaking, a traditional japanese technique (Gyo = fish, taku = rubbing).
Rachel is a member of the Nature Printing Society.
Links
Most recent exhibitions
2008
- Gyotaku, (solo show) Galeria do Conservatório Regional do Algarve Maria Campina, Fundação Pedro Ruivo, Faro, Portugal
- Re: Artists Books, Artworks Milton Keynes, Herefordshire Art College & Portsmouth University, UK
- Draw-in International Drawing Exhibition, 00130 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
- Gyotaku (solo show) Galeria Rua de Feira Nş 34, Junta de Freguesia de Olhão, Portugal
- International Mini Print Show, Naestved Roennebaeksholm Arts & Culture Centre, Denmark
2007
- Rich & Strange Altered Books, Flock Gallery University of Wales & Newport Central Library , UK
- Gyotaku solo exhibition at the Biblioteca Central de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
- Regenerator, Altered Books, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- Prints Tokyo 2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Ueno & Saitama Museum of Arts, Okinawa, Japan
- Rich & Strange Altered Books, Newport Central Library, Wales, UK
2006
- 13th Annual Gyotaku Exhibition, Higashimatsuyama gallery, Saitama, Japan
- Babylon Lexicon, Artists Book Exhibition, Barrister's gallery, New Orleans, USA
- BookBlast Artists Book Exhibition, Lonnstrom Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
- 2006 The Year of the Dog, ELP group show, Vestry House Museum, London
- 9th Contemporary Artist Book Fair, Dean Clough gallery, Halifax, England
- International Print Show, Croquis Publishing House, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Gracefields Art Centre, Dumfries, Scotland (Touring the UK - 2007)
- Travel in Print, ELP Group Show, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London
Private collections
Belgium, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA
Public collections
- Fundação Pedro Ruivo, Faro, Portugal
- Camara Municipal, Barreiro, Portugal
- Cornell College, Mount Vernon, USA
- British Library, London
Education
MA Fine Art, 1992-1994
Royal College of Art
BA Hons Fine Art, 1989-1992
Central St Martins College of Art
