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CV

Gisela M Ramirez

Education
2020  BFA in Printmaking, California State University Chico, Chico, Ca
BA in Art Education (focus on Ceramics), California State University Chico, Chico, Ca 
 
Professional Experience
2022 - Present
PreFabricator at BZIPPY for large scale ceramic furniture and housewares.
2021 - 2022
          Production Potter/Studio Technician for Style Union Home, LA
2020
          Artist Talk for California Society of Printmaking’s  Roadworks Lightning Talks 
2019
          Chico Schoolhouse Art, Children’s Printmaking Workshop. (One of 3 instructors teaching a 2 day workshop with 12-13 students)
          - Teaching Assistant in Intro to Ceramics for Prof. Sue Whitmore, CSU Chico
           - Teaching Assistant in Intro to Printmaking for Prof. Eileen Macdonald, CSU Chico
2018 - 2020 
          - Printmaking Studio Technician, California State University Chico, Chico, Ca
Ceramics Studio Technician, California State University Chico, Chico, Ca
2018
         - Teaching Assistant for Northern California Arts Project, Printmaking Workshop for Art Teachers in Northern California
          -Teaching Assistant in Intro to Ceramics for Prof. Cameron Crawford, CSU Chico.
 
Awards
2021
         - Paul Feldhaus Memorial Purchase Award for Turner Print Museum 
2020
         - Student Research and Creativity Award to attend Southern Graphics Council International 
         - Lt. Robert Merton Rawlins Merit Award for outstanding academic and professional accomplishments
2019
          - Janet Turner Memorial Scholarship for excellence in printmaking
          - Jennifer Tancreto Memorial Purchase Award for Turner Print Museum
          - Jurors Award for 12th Annual Art Education Juried Show, Chico, Ca
          - Founders’ & Williams Award for 12th Annual Art Education Juried Show, Chico, Ca
          - 2018 Honorable Merit Award for 23rd Annual Ink & Clay

 
Solo Exhibitions
2020
          Avanzando (BFA Culminating Exhibition) B-So Gallery, Chico, California (the gallery changed this to a virtual exhibition due to Covid-19)
 
Group Exhibitions
2024           35 x 35, Consulado General de Mexico en Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
                     Nexo Entre Raíces, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2023           Placa Madre, Pain Sugar Gallery, Riverside, California 
                     Nexo Entre Raices (Curator: Marco Sanchez and Claudia Ley)
                    -National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
                    -Kent State University, Kent, OH
                    -UW-Platteville, Platteville, WI
2022
                   Nuestra Tierra, Marketview Arts, York, PA (Curator: Joseph Velasquez)
2021
                   25th Annual Ink & Clay, The Turner Print Museum, Chico, California (Juror: Kimiko Miyoshi) (Online Exhibition due to Covid-19)
                   Import/Export, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (Juror: Dawit L. Petros)
2020
                   Facing Forward, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico (Juror: Satpreet Kahlon)
                   We All Come from Somewhere, San Juan, Puerto Rico (canceled due to covid-19)                                       (Curator: Juana Estrada and Calliandra Hermanson) 
2019
                   64th Juried Student Exhibition, Jacki Headley University Art Gallery, Chico, California (Juror: Liv Moe)
                   24th Annual Ink & Clay, The Turner Print Museum Chico, California (Juror: Summer Ventis)
                   12th Annual Art Education Juried Show, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, Chico, Ca
                   Untitled, The Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, California
                   Moonlit Macabre, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, Chico, California
                   Untitled, Art Etc. Gallery, Chico, California
                   Introspection, BlackBird Cafe Gallery, Chico, California
                   Too Many Cooks?, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
                   Past and Present, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
                   All In, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
                   Meet your Maker, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, Chico, California
                   Mini-Print Exchange 2019, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
2018
                   23rd Annual Ink & Clay, The Turner Print Museum Chico, California. 
                   (Juror: Susan Belau)
                   Dia De Los Muertos Art & Altar Exhibition, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
                   Great Northern Mini Print Show, Great Northern Coffee Shop, Chico, California
                   Relevant Development, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
                   Mini-Print Exchange 2018, B-So Gallery, Chico, California
2017
                   Pressing Politics, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, Chico, California
 
Collections
The Turner Print Museum, Chico, California
 
Publications
2020 Multicultural Echoes Literary Magazine 2020
2019 Multicultural Echoes Literary Magazine 2019
 
Organizations
2020-present Mid-America Print Council, Student Member
2019-present California Society of Printmakers
2019-2020 Chico State Printmaking Club, President
2018-19 Chico State Printmaking Club, Treasurer 
2017-present Southern Graphics Council International, Student Member
 
Conferences/Symposiums 
2020 Mid-America Print Council, Power of Print: Resistance and Revolution
2019 Rocky Mountain Print Alliance, Transposing Attitudes 
Southern Graphics Council International, Texchange 
2018 Southern Graphics Council International, Altered Landscapes

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