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Biography

EDUCATION
MFA Drawing and Printmaking. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Certificate of Printmaking. California State University Stanislaus
BA Studio Art. California State University Stanislaus

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 EXHIBTIONS
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
     "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 Gearge Sugarman Foundation Grant, San Rafael


RESIDENCIES
2008 Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte


COLLECTIONS
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco
Public Policy Institute of California, Sacramento
City of Oakland
Keever Vineyards, Yountville
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte
City of Richmond Civic Center


PUBLICATIONS
2008 The Business Journal of Hispanic Research
     Somos Medicina
     Xochiquetzalli

2007 Other Investigations

2005 Wines and Vines

1997 Mungo Vs Ranger

1993 Penumbra


PRESS
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

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