Ramón Miranda
San Juan, PR, 1982
Biography Details
Photographer. In 2008 he obtained his BA with a major in photography from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 2012 he was awarded the Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where currently he is pursuing his graduate studies. His work has been exhibited, both individually and collectively, in different cities across America, of which, Signos Vitales: Nuevas Adquisiciones del MAC 2009-2011, held at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico in 2011, and his participation at the 7th Biennial of Museo del Barrio in New York, in 2013, stand out. He is known by his photographic fresco technique of printing images on concrete.
Artist Statement
What is the status of a change-oriented politics in a society that already considers itself to be progressive? My work addresses two groups of people: the first, an incidental audience within the current system of contemporary art, those in the art-as-luxury-goods business, and the second, a public I hope to cultivate and in whom I hope to foster a critical consciousness around questions such as those above. Thus, as a consumable object, my work confounds and withholds, yet for the second group, my work is more generous. My own knowledge, however, develops through the production of the work. By foregrounding this research process, I upset the hierarchy associated with traditional notions of didacticism and “go beyond” representation, as is frequently proclaimed by many contemporary practices, not for its own sake, but beyond to a space where a truly progressive politics might be enacted.
Ramón Miranda Beltrán
Formation
Education
2012
- Master Degree of Fine Arts. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2008
- Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts, major in Photography. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2013
- No Tenemos los Números, Walter Otero Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
- Chicago is My Kind of Town, Julius Caesar, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2008
- Recent Work, Viota Gallery with Walter Otero, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2013
- Art Lima 2013, Lima, Perú
- This is Where We Jump, 7th Biennial, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- The Armory Show, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, New York, United States
- Impresiones, relieves y resonancias, Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus, Cayey, Puerto Rico
2012
- Pinta New York 2012, New York, United States
- MFA Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2011
- Signos Vitales: Nuevas Adquisiciones del MAC 2009-2011, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Lo que trajo el Barco, Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010
- Muestra Nacional de Arte, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009
- Circa 09, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Re- velar la Estampa, Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico
2008
- Certamen de Arte Joven, Oriental Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Publica2, Área de Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2012
- Fellowship. Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2011
- Honorable Mention. Visual Arts Competition, Civic and Arts Foundation, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2008
- Humanities Faculty Medal for high distinction in photography. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Mention. Certamen de Arte Joven, Oriental Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Institute for Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus, Cayey, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Books
Nogueras, Celina. Frescos: 50 artistas puertorriqueños menores de 35. San Juan, PR: Muuaaa, 2010. pp. 350
Catalogues
“Ramón Miranda Beltrán”, Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008.
Newspapers
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Los 50 'frescos'”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 18 de diciembre de 2010, pp. 80-81.