Enrique Ramírez

Born in: 1979
From: Santiago, Chile
Lives and works: Paris, France
Represented by: Michel Rein
Website: http://www.enriqueramirez.net/

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Biography

Enrique Ramírez is a Chilean artist and alumnus of Le Fresnoy. His films, installations, and photographs are steeped in poetry, exploring themes of history and the contemporary world, with the sea as a recurring motif. His works represent a delicate glow that reflects the current state of the world, inviting us to confront the challenges facing humanity. The immediacy of his images—whether it's a radiant figure or a sail adrift on the water, or a drifting cross reaching for the sky—creates a tactile, almost touchable quality. Ramírez captures elements of his environment, drawing us into the beauty of his imagery, where emotion, sensation, and presence converge to enhance the space.

Career highlights

Solo shows

2023, Michel Rein, Paris, France: El lento clamor del viento
2018, Centro nacional de arte contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile: Estamos aquí, sobre la tierra y bajo el cielo
2018, MAVI, Santiago, Chile: Un hombre que camina
2014, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France: Los durmientes

Group shows

2024, Oceanside Museum of Art, California, USA: Transformative currents
2022, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France: Incertains
2019, Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden: Remembering What Is: Chile’s Recent History in Film and Art
2017, 57th Venice Biennale, Italy: Viva Arte Viva
2017, Centre Pompidou Málaga, Spain: Travesías marítimas