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contact name: Deborah Ramos
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.

www.Zenteotl.org

Deborah Ramos is a multi-media artist. She creates ceramic and handmade corn-fiber sculpture, installation art, mosaics and illustrations on amatl-bark-paper. Deborah is a Mexica (Aztec) dancer.

Deborah received her B.F.A. degree from the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities and has exhibited work at venues that include the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (Chicago), the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (San Francisco), the C.N. Gorman Gallery (Davis, CA), and has performed with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater. Deborah is currently pursuing an AAS degree at Northwestern Health Sciences University.

In 2001, Deborah collaborated with Mexican and local artists
on the creation of the Mosaic of Americas mural in Minneapolis. In 2013-14, Deborah's multi-media performance, Zenteotl First Corn Energy, will premiere. The performance will highlight the origins of corn and its profound relationship on Ixachilan (the "American" Continent) and its people.

Deborah is director and founder of the Zenteotl Project, a community project dedicated to the recovery of our ancestral oral traditions, creativity, traditional dance, and gardening methods, for the promotion of community action on issues related to urban agriculture, equitable access to healthy food, and climate justice.
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Deborah Ramos es una artista multi-media. Ella crea esculturas de cerámica y papel de maiz hecho a mano, "installation art," mosaicos e ilustraciones en amatl. Deborah es danzante Mexica.

Deborah recibió su Bachillerato de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Minnesota y há exhibido su obra artística en galerías que incluyen el Instituto de Artes de Minneapolis, el Museo de Bellas Artes Mexicanas (Chicago), el Centro Cultural "Mission" de Arte Latino (San Francisco), la Galería C.N. Gorman (California) y se ha presentado con el Teatro de Marionetas y Máscaras- In the Heart of the Beast. Actualmente, Deborah esta cursando su Licenciatura en Ciencias Aplicadas en la Universidad Northwestern de Ciencias de Salud.

En el 2001, ella colaboró con artistas locales y de México en la creación del mural Mosaico de las Americas en Minneapolis. En el 2013-14, Deborah presentará la obra multi-media, Zenteotl Primera Energia Maíz. La obra se basa en la tradición oral sobre el origen y nuestra conección profunda con zentli-maíz-en nuestro continente Ixachílan.

Deborah es la fundadora y directora del Proyecto Zenteotl, un proyecto comunitario dedicado a la recuperación de nuestras tradiciones ancestrales, creatividad, danza tradicional Mexica y métodos de jardinería para promover acción comunitaria en temas relacionadas a la agricultura urbana, el acceso equitativo a los alimentos saludables y la justicia climática.

2012
Mascaras y Milagros
Lila Downs Concert and Latino Art Exhibition
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Saint Paul, MN

2011
National Endowment for the Arts
Staged Presentation/Work In-Progress
Zenteotl First Corn Energy
Avalon Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
Honey Locust Bench
Annandale, MN

2010
Blacklock Nature Sanctuary
Artist Fellowship
Silver Bay, MN

2008-09
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 Saint Paul, MN

2004-2005
Northside Smoke-Free Homes Mosaic Bench Project
Minneapolis, MN
Metamorphosis Mosaic Project
Westside Youthfarm
Saint Paul, MN

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

1995
The Loft Literary Center Inroads Program
Minneapolis, MN

2012

Mascaras y Milagros

Lila Downs Concert and Latino Art Exhibition

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Saint Paul, MN



2011
Staged Presentation
Work In Progress: Zenteotl First Corn Energy
Avalon Theatre

Minneapolis, MN



Honey Locust Bench

City of Annandale Arts Group Commission

Annandale, MN


2010
Cultural Perspectives: "Home"
Burnsville Performing Arts Center

Burnsville, MN

2009
Cultural Perspectives
Burnsville Performing Arts Center

Burnsville, MN

2005-07
Espejos Mentorship Program and Exhibition
Intermedia Arts

Minneapolis, MN

2006-09
La Natividad
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theater

Minneapolis, MN

2001-2005
Offerings from the Heart (touring show)
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, CA



Papalotl

Dia de los Niños/Amantes de la Ciencia

Science Museum of MN Commission

Saint Paul, MN



Smoke Free Homes Benches (8)

Our Neighborhood Works Commission

Northside Minneapolis, MN

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

Minneapolis, MN


Minnesota State Fair: Fine Arts Juried Exhibition
Fine Arts Center

Saint Paul, MN

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

Minneapolis, MN


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

San Francisco, CA

2002
Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis, MN

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

Saint Paul, MN



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

Minneapolis, MN

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

Saint Paul, MN

Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

Chicago, IL

1997
Day of the Dead Ofrenda Exhibition
CreArte

Minneapolis, MN

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

Minneapolis, MN

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