Jason Ramos Born 1978, San Antonio, TX
Education 2007 – MFA – Painting – California State University, Fullerton 2003 – BFA – Painting -- University of Houston 1999 -- AAS – Graphic Art – San Antonio College
Awards / Grants 2007 – Cal State Fullerton Graduate Equity Fellowship
Selected Exhibitions 2010 – “Durden and Ray Presents”, group exhibition, Durden and Ray Fine Art / Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA 2009 – “Here and Now”, group invitational, Artra Curatorial at the T-Lofts, Los Angeles, CA 2008 – “Neosapian”, group exhibition, Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2007 – “Transmundane Entities” solo exhibition, MFA thesis exhibition, West Gallery, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 2007 – “Knobturnal” group exhibition, Mountain Bar, Los Angeles, CA 2007 – “Cyborg: Robert Arieas and Jason Ramos” 2-person exhibition, Bronco Student Center, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA 2006 – “OCMA Screen Slam” juried video screening, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Employment 1/10 – Present – Outside exhibitions coordinator, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California 12/09 – Present – Freelance graphic designer, Torrance Art Museum, RAID Projects, clients 8/07 – 12/09 – Adjunct faculty, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California 6/09 – 8/09 – Writer and content curator, Art & Culture.com website, www.artandculture.com 8/07 – 10/08 – Assistant preparator, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California 8/07 – 2/08 – Operations manager, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California 8/05 – 5/07 – Adjunct faculty, California State University, Fullerton, California Life Drawing, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006 semesters. 9/03-11/03- Artist’s assistant to Robyn O’Neil, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas 8/2002-7/04- Assistant preparator, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston 1999-2000- Staff Illustrator and artist, San Antonio College Ranger newspaper
Lectures / Artist’s talks 2009 – Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA 2008 – Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA (with Robert Arieas, Ryan Ross, and Janne Larsen) 2007 – Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA (with Robert Arieas)
Publications 2010 – Durden and Ray Fine Art, catalogue, Los Angeles, CA 2009 – Here and Now:Artra Curatorial at T-Lofts, show catalogue, Los Angeles, CA 2009 – Santa Ana College Art Forum, Spring 2009 issue, Santa Ana, CA 2008 – Neosapian, show catalogue, Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008 – Follow the Hawk #1, comic book, self-published, Los Angeles, CA 2007 – Subset, show catalogue, Crussell Fine Arts, Orange, CA
Gallery affiliation 2010 – present – Durden and Ray Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 2008 – present – RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2007 – 2008 – Crusselll Fine Art, Orange, CA
References Max Presneill, Curator, Torrance Art Museum, former director of Mark Moore Gallery. Joe Biel, Assistant Professor, Cal State Fullerton. Peter Gould, Exhibition Designer & Chief Preparator, UCLA Hammer Museum. Kelly Bennett, former Head Preparator, Blaffer Gallery. Sharon Brown, co-chair, Santa Ana College Art dept. Irene Soriano, co-chair, Santa Ana College Art dept.
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