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contact name: Deborah Ramos
phone: 612.388.5415
email: zipactli13@hotmail.com

Pseudonym: Zipa'Ehekayoni

Related Organizations:
Artist/Founder, Zenteotl Project: Art and Community Outreach in Defense of Corn and Oral Tradition.

Artista/Fundadora del Proyecto Zenteotl: arte y accion comunitaria en defensa del maiz y de la tradicion oral.

(Biografía traducida al español abajo.)

Deborah Ramos is a multi-media artist. She creates ceramic sculpture, photographs, installation art, mosaic murals and recently, Mexihca (Aztec)-inspired paintings on bark-paper.

Deborah received her B.F.A. degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and has exhibited work at various galleries that include: the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, the C.N. Gorman Gallery, and also performs with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater.

In 2001, Deborah collaborated with Mexican and local artists on the creation of the Mosaic of Americas mural in Minneapolis. In the Fall of 2010, Deborah's "masked dance" multi-media performance, Zenteotl: First Corn Energy, in collaboration with In the Heart of the Beast Theater, will premiere. The performance will highlight the origins of corn and its profound relationship on Ixachilanka (the "American" Continent). Please contact the artist to learn how you can collaborate and join the Zenteotl community outreach project.

Deborah worked as coordinator (2006-07) of the "Espejos" mentorship program for emerging Chicano/a, Latino/a and Mexicano/a artists at Intermedia Arts. Currently, she is a Family Liaison and after-school program instructor at a Minneapolis public school. Deborah has recently been awarded a Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Jerome Fellowship (2008-09).

Deborah is a Mexihca (Aztec) dancer, and is originally from El Paso, Texas and has lived in the Twin Cities, Minnesota since 1993.

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Deborah Ramos es una artista multi-media. Ella crea esculturas de cerámica, fotografías, “installation art,” murales de mosaico y recientemente, pinturas en amate.

Deborah recibió su Bachillerato de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Minnesota y há exhibido su obra artistica en algunas galerias que incluyen: el Instituto de Artes de Minneapolis, el Museo de Bellas Artes Mexicanas, el Centro Misión Cultural de Arte Latino, la Galeria C.N. Gorman, y se presenta con el Teatro de Marionetas y Máscaras- In the Heart of the Beast.

En el 2001, ella colaboró con artistas locales y de México en la creación del Mosaico de las Americas en Minneapolis. En el otoño del 2010, Deborah estrenará la producción, Zenteotl: Primera Energia Maíz, con el teatro In the Heart of the Beast. La producción enmascarada multi-media iluminará el origen y nuestra conección al maíz en nuestro continente, Ixachílanka.

Deborah trabajó, del 2006-07, como coordinadora de “Espejos,” programa de aprendizaje para artistas Chicanos/as, Latinos/as y Mexicanos/as en el centro de artes Intermedia en Minneapolis. Actualmente, Deborah es la coordinadora de enlaces familiares e instructora del programa de educación comunitaria en una escuela pública en Minneapolis. Recientemente, la seleccionaron para recibir una beca del Centro del Arte del Libro/Fundación Jerome, 2008-09.

Deborah es danzante Mexihca, y es originalmente de El Paso, Téxas; vive en Minneapolis-San Pablo, Minnesota desde el 1993.

2008
Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Jerome Foundation
Book Arts Fellowship

2006
Minnesota State Arts Board, Cultural Community Partnership Grant -
Cocone Amoxtli Children's Book Project

Ehecailacozcatl Granite Paver
Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul

2004-2005
Northside Smoke-Free Homes Mosaic Bench Project
Minneapolis

Metamorphosis Mosaic Project
Westside Youthfarm, St. Paul

2001
Mosaic of the Americas
Resource Center of the Americas, Minneapolis

1995
The Loft Literary Center Inroads Program
Minneapolis

2005-07
Espejos Mentorship Program and Exhibition
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis

2006-08
La Natividad
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theater

2001-2005
Offerings from the Heart
Holter Museum of Art, Helena
Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis
C.N. Gorman Gallery, University of California-Davis

2005
Mujeres Visionarias/Visionary Women: 18th Annual Exhibition
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco

2004
Discovering Common Ground
Minneapolis Foundation, Crystal Court, IDS Center

Minnesota State Fair: Fine Arts Juried Exhibition
Fine Arts Center, St. Paul

2003
Las Malhechas, Latina Art Show
Mira Gallery, Instituto de Arte y Cultura, Minneapolis

Corazonada/Quinceanera: 15 Years of Latina Art
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco

2002
Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

WARM’s Women Imaging Peace and Freedom
College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul
(Honorable Mention)

1998
Illuminations
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
Women of Substance Series, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul

Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago

1997
Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
CreArte, Minneapolis

The Hunt
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Minneapolis

Solo Exhibition

2001
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
CreArte, El Colegio/Instituto de Arte y Cultura, Minneapolis

Carl N. Gorman Museum, University of California-Davis
College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul
CreArte, Minneapolis
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco
pArts (MN Center for Photography) Gallery, Minneapolis
Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis

2000
Poems, “home” and “the Open Veins of Aztlan,” My Home As I Remember

1996
Poem, “the Open Veins of Aztlan,” Beaver Tail Native American Journal

Poem, “home,” Beaver Tail Native American Journal

1995
Poem, “home,” A Woman’s Place

Poem, “the giant,” A Woman’s Place

1994
Poem, “the isle of color green,” A Woman’s Place

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
El Paso, Texas

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Artist

http://www.mnartists.org/Deborah_Ramos 

2004 Fine Arts Exhibition (Photography)
Benches
Stars Series