Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo

born in El Salvador, March 16 1978

Immigrated to Canada in 1989 as a result of the 12 year civil war in El Salvador.
Attended the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto 1998-2001) and received an MFA from Concordia University (2004-2007) He lives and works in Montreal, Canada.

Allegorical drawings explore issues of collective memory, cultural identity and historical trauma. Using the body as a symbol and site for trauma his work is engaged with the possibilities of narrative manifested in personal iconography.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2010
G-101. "Bestiaries" Ottawa, Canada.
2009
Push Gallery. "Bestiaries", Montreal, Canada.
2008
Galerie Clark. "Legends, Myths and Icons", Montreal, Canada.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Artlexis. "dead cat bounce" New York. U.S.A.

kenter International Drawing Space. "war and peace" New York. U.S.A

Kuma Galerie. Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo & Markus Merkle. Berlin, Germany.

Headbones Gallery. "neobeast" Toronto, Canada

2009
IDB Cultural Center. "Being elsewhere" Seven Artists from the Latin American and Caribbean Diaspora in Canada. Washington D.C. U.S.A.

Galeria Animal. "Pilgrimage of wanderers". Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Headbones Gallery. "Neopriests", Toronto, Canada.

2008
A Space Gallery. "Pilgrimage of wanderers", Toronto, Canada.

La Maison de la Culture Cote-de-Neiges. "Eyes of the hurricane", Montreal, Canada.

International Print Center. "New prints 2008" winter show. New York, U.S.A (juried)

FOFA Gallery, Concordia University. "Carnivalissimo drawings", Montreal, Canada (three man show)

2007
Beyond Western New York Biennial, Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, U.S.A.

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