Gustavo Ramos (artist)
{{Short description|Brazilian-American Artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox artist
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| name = Gustavo Ramos
| birth_date = 18 November 1993
| birth_place = Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
| nationality = Brazilian-American
| education = Southern Virginia University
| style = Contemporary Realism
| website = https://www.gustavoramos.art/
}}
Gustavo Ramos (born 1993) is a Brazilian-American fine artist and oil painter. He initially gained recognition for painting a series of realistic portraits that went on to receive national and international awards. In 2020, he was a featured artist at the Springville Museum of Art, where one of his paintings was acquired for the museum's permanent collection.{{Cite web |date=22 February 2020 |title=Gustavo Ramos: Nostalgia - Museum Purchase |url=https://webkiosk.springville.org/objects-1/info/8862?sort=0 |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Springville Museum of Art}} In 2022, he was selected as a winner of Royal Talens' The Year of Rembrandt Award, when his work was displayed in the Rijksmuseum.{{Cite web |date=29 September 2022 |title=The Rembrandt Experience |url=https://www.royaltalens.com/en/news/the-rembrandt-experience/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Royal Talens}}
Early life and education
Gustavo Ramos was born in 1993{{Cite news |last=Malafronte |first=Allison |date=13 September 2020 |title=Three to Watch - Gustavo Ramos |pages=91–93 |work=Fine Art Connoisseur |url=https://issuu.com/thomaselmo/docs/facsepoct2020_issu/92 |access-date=2 December 2022}} in the country of Brazil. At the age of 15, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona.{{Cite news |last=Agricola |first=Kim |date=19 February 2020 |title=Emerging Artist {{!}} Gustavo Ramos |pages=18 |work=Southwest Art |url=https://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/emerging-artists/emerging-artists-gustavo-ramos |access-date=2 December 2022}} Not being fluent in the English language, he turned his attention to facial expressions and bodily gestures which precipitated his interest in portrait drawing and painting.{{Cite news |last=Parks |first=John |date=24 April 2022 |title=Illuminated Form: The Paintings of Gustavo Ramos |pages=42–49 |work=The Artist's Magazine |url=https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-subjects/portrait-figure/8-gustavo-ramos-paintings/ |access-date=2 December 2022}} He went on to study oil painting at Southern Virginia University where he earned his bachelor's degree in 2017. In that same year, he was the recipient of the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Foundation Fine Art Award.{{Cite news |last=Fly |first=Amanda |date=14 April 2017 |title=Senior Art Major Gustavo Ramos Awarded 2017 Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship |pages= |work=Southern Virginia University News |url=https://news.svu.edu/2017/senior-art-major-gustavo-ramos-awarded-2017-anna-lee-stacey-scholarship/ |access-date=2 December 2022}} He later attended the Florence Academy of Art.
Career
While Ramos was still in college, he created several self-portrait drawings as he studied the techniques of the old masters.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Hannah |date=2 February 2016 |title=Students to Exhibit Artwork at Lexington's Nelson Gallery |url=https://news.svu.edu/2016/students-to-exhibit-artwork-at-lexingtons-nelson-gallery/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Southern Virginia University News}} In 2020, one of his self-portraits from this period was featured on the cover of The Artist's Magazine's "The Best of Drawing,"{{Cite book |title=The Best of Drawing |publisher=Artist's Magazine |year=2020 |isbn= |location=United States |pages=Front Cover}} earning him nationwide recognition. File:Self Portrait in Black - Gustavo Ramos.jpgAfter finishing his studies in 2018, Ramos created a series of realistic portrait paintings with a focus on psychological narratives that would go on to be featured in publications like The Artist's Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, BuzzFeed{{Cite web |last=Stopera |first=Dave |date=28 November 2023 |title=Interesting Pictures |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/interesting-pictures-nov-28-2023 |access-date=3 December 2023 |website=BuzzFeed}} and Southwest Art which included him in "21 Under 31: Young Artists to Buy Now".{{Cite news |last=Agricola |first=Kim |date=15 August 2018 |title=21 Under 31: Young Artists to Buy Now |pages=18 |work=Southwest Art |url=https://www.southwestart.com/featured/21-under-31-young-artists-to-watch-in-2018-gustavo-ramos |access-date=2 December 2022}} In 2019, Ramos was accepted into the Art Renewal Center 13th Annual Salon, with his selected painting receiving a Staff Award{{Cite web |date=28 February 2018 |title=Art Renewal Center 13th International Salon - Gustavo Ramos |url=https://www.artrenewal.org/14thARCSalon/Artwork/Index/20535 |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Art Renewal Center}} and travelling to Sotheby's and the European Museum of Modern Art.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Kara |date=1 February 2018 |title=13th Annual ARC Salon |url=https://www.artrenewal.org/13thARCSalon/Home/Index |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Art Renewal Center}} In 2021, Ramos earned his place as a finalist in the Boynes Emerging Artist Award.{{Cite web |last=Boynes |first=Chantal |date=9 July 2021 |title=Artist Gustavo Ramos |url=https://boynesartistaward.com/interviews/artist-gustavo-ramos |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Boynes Emerging Artist Award}}
File:"Woman in Red" Gustavo Ramos.jpg
In 2022, Ramos was selected by Royal Talens as the artist to represent North America in The Year of Rembrandt, where he was awarded a trip to the Netherlands and the opportunity to display his work at the Rijksmuseum alongside the 6 other winning artists.
In 2024, Ramos was included into the Lunar Codex,{{Cite web |last=Codex |first=Lunar |date=27 March 2024 |title=The Lunar Codex, A Project of Incandence |url=https://www.lunarcodex.com/art-catalogs |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=Lunar Codex}} a time capsule launched to the Moon named the most expansive, international, and diverse collection of contemporary culture launched into space.{{Cite web |last=Peralta |first=Samuel |date=27 March 2024 |title=The Lunar Codex |url=https://www.lunarcodex.com/story |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=Lunar Codex}} His selected painting "Winter" was published in Veja Magazine,{{Cite web |last=Pirino |first=Arthur |date=24 August 2023 |title=O projeto que vai levar ao espaço mais de 30 mil obras artísticas. |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/?attachment_id=4343395 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=Veja}} Brazil's most influential outlet of printed media, as part of an article covering the Lunar Codex.{{Cite web |last=Pirino |first=Arthur |date=24 August 2023 |title=O projeto que vai levar ao espaço mais de 30 mil obras artísticas. |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/ciencia/o-projeto-que-vai-levar-ao-espaco-mais-de-30-mil-obras-artisticas/mobile |access-date=27 March 2023 |website=Veja}}
Ramos has most recently stepped into educational roles, including teaching workshops at the Scottsdale Artists School,{{Cite web |date=13 August 2022 |title=Instructor Gustavo Ramos |url=https://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/artists/135-gustavo-ramos/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Scottsdale Artists School}} Art Fest Mesa,{{Cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=Art Fest Mesa Instructors |url=https://www.artistsnetwork.com/artfest/mesa/instructors/ |website=Artists Network}} being a guest lecturer for Artists Magazine,{{Cite web |last=Maier |first=Scott |date=24 May 2022 |title=Think Big by Painting Small with Gustavo Ramos |url=https://www.artistsnetwork.com/illuminate-think-big-by-painting-small-with-gustavo-ramos/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=Artists Network}} and releasing an online drawing course with Domestika.{{Cite web |title=Self-Portrait in Graphite and Pastel, Techniques of Light and Form |url=https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/5050-self-portrait-in-graphite-and-pastel-techniques-of-light-and-form/course |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=Domestika}}
