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Joe Ramiro Garcia Bio  

1966
Born Houston, TX
Currently lives and works in Santa Fe, NM

EDUCATION

2002
Painting's Edge Workshop with David Pagel, Thomas Nozkowski, and Roland Reis, Idyllwild, CA

1999
Workshop with Squeak Carnwath, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

1985-1986
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1985
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
Childish Things, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX

2006
True Grit, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2005
Paintings & Monotypes, Cress Gallery, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
New Paintings, Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004
Drawn from Life, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Between the Lines, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

2003
Above & Below the Surface, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2002
Room to Move, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Monkeys & Flowers, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

2001
New Small Paintings, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
Looking Forward Looking Back, Handsel Gallery, Norman, OK
It's Spring Again, Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, CO

2000
Explorations, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Works, Sloane Jordan Gallery, Austin, TX
Tangible Worlds, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

1999
Paintings, Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, CO
Landscapes and Flowers, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1998
Landscapes and Nudes, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1995
New Oils and Monotypes, Taos Mosaic Gallery, Taos, NM
Innuendo, The Courtyard Collection, Los Angeles, CA

1993
One Man Show, Taos Mosaic Gallery, Taos, NM

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Cool, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
Check Out: Art with a View, Belmont Hotel with Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX

2006
Artistas Contemporaneos del Rio Grande, Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Diptychs, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2005
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Interpreting the Sacred, Owings Dewey North, Santa Fe, NM
BLOC BUSTA, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Small Works, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Modes and Methods, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
Outpost, No Man's Land Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Loose Ends, Second Street Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2003
Print Show Invitational, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
"The Show" Southwest Juried Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Art In Embassies Program, Exhibition for the United States Chief of Mission to Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Peace Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
First Impressions and the Comic Book, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM

2002
Rocky Mountain Biennial 2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Ravens in Winter, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2001
Site Unseen, James Kelly Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
White Show, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2000
The Element Show, Helix Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Show Heart, Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, CO
The American Landscape: A Contemporary Perspective, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
Millenium Show, Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1998
Monotype Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

1997
Arte Americas, Miami, FL
Master Printer Invitational, Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR

1996
Art With Heart, Horwitch/LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Arte Contemporaneo por Hispanos, Gallery Plaza Real, Santa Fe, NM

1993
Voyeur - A Show of the Erotic, Roe Goebel Gallery, Taos, NM

1992
Quincentennial Perspective: Artists Discover Columbus, Castillo Cultural Center, New York, NY

1991
Juror's Choice, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1984
Surfaces III - Man Made Surfaces, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX

AWARDS

2005
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Award, New York City, NY

2003
Honorable Merit, The Show, Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, NM

1990
Award of Distinction, Selections '90, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1985
Renewable Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1984
Honorable Merit, National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
The Reporter, Santa Fe, NM
The Santa Fean Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
The Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
Journal Santa Fe, NM
Bullis, Douglas, 100 Artists of the Southwest, 2006

2005
Bloc-Busta, catalogue, Santa Fe, NM
Ashland Tidings, Ashland, OR
Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga, TN

2004
Catalogue for Exhibition for the United States Chief of Mission to Cuba
Art Now Gallery Guide, Clinton, NJ
The Oklahoma Daily, Norman, OK
The New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM
The Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
The Alpine Weekly, Alpine, TX

2003
Art & Antiques
The Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
Southern Accents, Birmingham, AL

2002
The Denver Post, CO
Art News, New York, NY
Southern Accents, Birmingham, AL
Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma City, OK

2001
Art & Antiques

2000
Art News, New York, NY
Southwest Art Magazine, Palm Coast, FL
New Mexico Millenium Collection, Tesuque, NM
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK

1995
Art Now, June