Salt, 2016, mixed media on board, 8 x 5 1/2 in 20
Joe Ramiro <strong>Garcia</strong> b. 1966, Houston, TX EDUCATION 1985-86 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1982-85 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Optimist, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2014 Transference, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2012 Look Into the Sun, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM But Seriously..., Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2010 Urban Reconnaissance, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Karaoke, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2007 Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX 2006 True Grit, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2005 Davis & Cline Galleries, Ashland, OR Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX Cress Gallery, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN 2004 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM MainSite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK 2003 Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; also 1998-2002 2002 MainSite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK; also 1999-2001 2001 Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, CO 2000 Sloane Jordan Gallery, Austin, TX 1999 Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, CO 1995 Taos Mosaic Gallery, Taos, NM, also 1993 The Courtyard Collection, Los Angeles, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Visualizing a Presence, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Bronxville, NY Summer Group Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ 2009 Summer Group Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, CA Scope Basel, Pan American Art Projects, Basel, Switzerland Group Exhibition, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX 2008 Selected Works, Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK 2007 Deconstructions, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL Check Out, 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, Santa Fe, NM 2005 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA Interpreting the Sacred, Owings Dewey North, Santa Fe, NM Small Works, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Modes and Methods, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX Loose Ends, Second Street Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2003 Winter Show, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO Dog Head Stew, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM; and Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 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 Monothon, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; also 1997-2002 2002 Western States Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA Rocky Mountain Biennial 2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO Ravens in Winter, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Postcard Love Notes to the Land, Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; also 2000-2001 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, Oklahoma Millennium Show, Deloney Newkirk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1998 Monotype Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 1997 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 1993-99 Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, NM 1993 Voyeur—A Show of the Erotic, Rod Goebel Gallery, Taos, NM 1992 Quincentennial Perspective: Artists Discover Columbus, Castillo Cultural Center, New York, NY 1984 Surfaces III—Man Made Surfaces, Art League of Houston, TX 21
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