Enrique Ramírez
Biography
Born in 1979 in Santiago (Chile), lives and works between Paris and Santiago.
Enrique Ramírez is a Chilean artist who graduated from Le Fresnoy. His films, installations and photographs, full of poetry, question history and the contemporary world, with the sea as a recurring element in his creations. The works of Enrique Ramírez are like the symbol of a fragile glow, which refers to the state of the world, helping us to understand the challenges of humanity. The frontality of his images, the way they seize us due to the luminous proximity of a body or a sail floating on the surface of the water; a drifting cross pointing to the sky, establish the possibility of a touch, sensitive, almost perceptible. Enrique Ramírez manages to absorb a part of his surroundings, his environment, and holds us in the splendour of the images: emotion, feeling and presence come to occupy the space, highlighting it.
In 2023, three works by Enrique Ramírez joined the collections of the Centre Pompidou (Paris). His work are in prestigious collections such as the Pinault Collection (Paris); MoMA (New York); Kadist Foundation (Paris, San Francisco); Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration (Paris); MAC-VAL (Vitry); Pérez Art Museum (Miami); Museo Ampáro (Puebla); The Ama Foundation (Santiago), Fundación Engel (Santiago), Collection Itaú cultural (São Paulo), Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Santiago); Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris Collections; FRAC (PACA, Bretagne, Nouvelle- Aquitaine).
Enrique Ramírez's work has been exhibited at the International Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017; Parque de la Memoria (Buenos Aires) ; UQAM Gallery (Montreal) ; Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la photographie (Arles) ; Le Grand Café - Centre d'art contemporain (Saint-Nazaire) ; Kunsthalle Bielefeld (Germany) ; Museo Amparo (Puebla); Centro Nacional de arte Contemporáneo (Santiago); Palais de Tokyo (Paris); Museo de la Memoria (Santiago); Kadist (San Francisco); Jeu de Paume (Paris); Museo de Bellas Artes (Santiago); Centre Pompidou (Paris); Center for Contemporary Art (Tel Aviv).
He has been nominated for the Prix Marcel-Duchamp, the SAM Price and the Meurice Price. He has received the Prix de la Découverte from the Friends of the Palais de Tokyo and the Beyond Memory Prize for the video Brises.
In 2022, Enrique had a major solo exhibition at Le Fresnoy in dialogue with works from the Pinault collection (curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Pascale Pronnier and Enrique Ramírez).
In 2025-2026, Enrique Ramírez will be resident at the Villa Medicis in Rome.
Selected works
Enrique Ramírez
In sea trail , 2024
tapestry jacquard
219 x 157 cm (86.22 x 61.81 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI25388
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Enrique Ramírez
De vela y rumores estrellados / From Bretagne n°01 , 2023
collage, black cardboard, lambda print photography, Dacron sail, archival photography, handwritten text, wooden frame, glass
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI23371
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Enrique Ramírez
Radicante : savage ecology , 2023
7 elements: handwritten text in ink, oil and resin on wood
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris
N° Inv. RAMI23366
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Enrique Ramírez
Navegante , 2023
oil, honey, wooden frame, engraved anti-reflective glass
unique artwork
Private collection, London
N° Inv. RAMI23364
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Enrique Ramírez
The construction of time , 2023
4K diptyque video double screen, color, sound
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI23361
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Enrique Ramírez
Dos proas , 2023
4 elements : cardboards, hand writing, Dacron sails, aluminium frames and glass
140 x 200 cm (55.12 x 78.74 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI23353
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Enrique Ramírez
Un sol en una noche azul , 2023
Dacron and Kevlar sails, light box
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI23352
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Enrique Ramírez
What will we do... , 2022
neon
120 x 15 cm (47.24 x 5.91 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI24387
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Enrique Ramírez
Sail N15, las estrellas caen como fuego , 2021
16 elements: Dacron sail, lambda prints, fabric, plastic, handwritten text, aluminum frames, anti-reflective glass
284 x 204 x 2 cm (111.81 x 80.31 x 0.79 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI22330
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Enrique Ramírez
Silbido , 2021
sound sculpture: water, clay, motorized base
67 x 40 x 40 cm (26.38 x 15.75 x 15.75 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI22329
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Enrique Ramírez
Fragmento de Baluma abandonada , 2021
Dacron, photography, black cardboard
71 x 51 x 3 cm (27.95 x 20.08 x 1.18 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI21323
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Enrique Ramírez
El lamento del velero invertido , 2021
5 whistling sculptures: water, clay, 5 motaorized bases
variable dimension
unique artwork
Collection Pinault, Paris, France
N° Inv. RAMI21316
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Enrique Ramírez
Sail N14, la montaña , 2021
Dacron sail, black cardboard, fabric, plastic, handwritten text, 16 aluminum frames, glass
284 x 204 x 2 cm (111.81 x 80.31 x 0.79 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI21280
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Enrique Ramírez
Le futur ne cesse de se répéter, inséparable du passé... , 2020
neon
30 x 180 cm (11.81 x 70.87 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI20268
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Enrique Ramírez
Mapa , 2019
printing on silk, wooden frame, glass
65 x 45 cm (25.59 x 17.72 in)
Edition of 7 + 2 EA
Private collection, Brussels, Belgium
N° Inv. RAMI19245
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Enrique Ramírez
Mar, la fin prévue , 2019
HD video, color, stereo sound
7'07''
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI19242
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Enrique Ramírez
Punto de fuga al profundo horizonte XIV , 2019
HD video, color, stereo sound
4'06''
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI19239
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Enrique Ramírez
Para construir un jardin necesitamos de un torzo de tierra y la eternidad , 2019
blue neon, Gilles Clément's quotation
90 x 142 cm (35.43 x 55.91 in)
Edition of 7 + 2 EA
Private collection, Mouans-Sartoux, France
N° Inv. RAMI19222
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Enrique Ramírez
America bajo el agua , 2018
terracotta, water
5 x 43 x 33 cm (1.97 x 16.93 x 12.99 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI19241
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Enrique Ramírez
Foque invertido , 2018
neon
32 x 20 cm (12.6 x 7.87 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI18200
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Enrique Ramírez
A la recherche du vent perdu sur bateau n°3 , 2018
glass bottle, wooden boat, fabric, aluminium shaft
82,5 x 45 x 7,5 cm (32.28 x 17.72 x 2.76 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI18176
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Enrique Ramírez
Cruz, mar del plata , 2017
photography, lightbox
60 x 80 x 8 cm (23.62 x 31.5 x 3.15 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Collection : Private collection Luxembourg
N° Inv. RAMI17155
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Enrique Ramírez
Soy del sur , 2017
neon
20 x 80 cm / 31.5 x 7.9 in
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collection Paris, France
N° Inv. RAMI17152
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Enrique Ramírez
Restos de mar n°9 , 2017
Dacron sail, engraved plexiglas display box, steel foot
110 x 92 x 92 cm (43.31 x 36.22 x 36.22 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. RAMI17149
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Enrique Ramírez
Autorretrato , 2016
black and white photography, digital print
87 x 105 cm (34.25 x 41.34 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collection, Villeuneuve d'Ascq, France
N° Inv. RAMI18185
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Enrique Ramírez
Doce botes para un continente, europa , 2016
4 hand-embroidery on cotton fabric, metal pliers, wooden frame, glass
40 x 48 cm / 15.7 x 18.9 in (each)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI16136
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Enrique Ramírez
Barco, segundo acto , 2016
neon
34 x 60 cm (13.39 x 23.62 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collections : Brussels, Belgium / Luxembourg
N° Inv. RAMI16133
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Enrique Ramírez
Storyboard , 2015
dacron sewn sails, 6 wooden frames, glasses
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collections : Neuchatel, Switzerlan / Wiesbaden, Germany
N° Inv. RAMI15102
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Enrique Ramírez
Tres cruces al horizonte , 2014
photography, lightbox
60 x 80 x 8 cm (23.62 x 31.5 x 3.15 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collections : Paris, France ; Lisbon Portugal
N° Inv. RAMI22338
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Enrique Ramírez
Los continentes , 2014
digital print on satiny Kodak Lambda paper, aluminium frame, glass
61,5 x 77,5 cm (24.2 x 30.5 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collection : Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
N° Inv. RAMI16122
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Enrique Ramírez
Restos de mar 8 , 2014
digital print on paper Etching Rag 310gr, aluminium frame, glass
47,5 x 47,5 cm / 18.7 x 18.7 in
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. RAMI15100
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Enrique Ramírez
Restos de mar 4 , 2014
digital print on paper Etching Rag 310gr, aluminium frame, glass
47,5 x 47,5 cm / 18.7 x 18.7 in
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collections : Paris, France / Santiago, Chile
N° Inv. RAMI15097
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Enrique Ramírez
Restos de mar 7 , 2014
digital print on paper Etching Rag 310gr, aluminium frame, glass
47,5 x 47,5 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI15096
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Enrique Ramírez
Cruces n°4 , 2014
silver film, lambda print on paper Rag Photographique 310gr, aluminium frame, glass
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI15088
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Enrique Ramírez
Los durmientes , 2014
video triptych 4k transfered on 2k digital file, color, sound
triple synchronised projection, each15'
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Collections : FRAC PACA, Marseille, France ; Private collection, Santiago, Chile
N° Inv. RAMI14059
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Enrique Ramírez
Océan 33°02'47''S / 51°04'00''N , 2013
1 video HD long take of 24 days, 52 videos HD short film, color, sound
variable duration
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Collections : MoMA, NYC, USA ; FRAC PACA, Marseille, France
N° Inv. RAMI14019
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Enrique Ramírez
La casa , 2011
silver photography, lambda print mounted on dibond, wooden frame, plexiglas
20.87 x 31.5 in.
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collections : Paris, France / Nice, France
N° Inv. RAMI14058
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Enrique Ramírez
Un hombre que mira , 2011
silver photography, lambda print on dibond
95 x 120 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. RAMI14026
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Enrique Ramírez
Nuevo mundo , 2010
silver film, lambda print, mounted on aluminium, wooden frame
62 x 80 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
Collections : MAC/VAL, France ; Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. RAMI14006
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Enrique Ramírez
Cruce de las grandes alamedas , 2008
scan of super 16mm film transferred to digital file
90 x 120 cm (35.43 x 47.24 in)
Edition of 5 + 2 EA
N° Inv. RAMI20258
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
Louvre Lens, France
Manifesta 15, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie du Dourven, Trédrez-Locquémeau, France
Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea
Institut français du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge
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Exils, cur. Dominique de-Font-Reaulx, Louvre Lens, France, 2024
Manifesta 15, Barcelona, Spain, 2024
Los Extranjeros, Galerie du Dourven, Trédrez-Locquémeau, France, 2023
El Imposible Paisaje, Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023. ph. Lucia Prieto
El Imposible Paisaje, Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023. ph. Lucia Prieto
El Imposible Paisaje, Parque de la memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023. ph. Lucia Prieto
Daily Briefing, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea, 2022
Festival Photo de Phnom Penh, Institut français du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge, 2022
Festival Photo de Phnom Penh, Institut français du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge, 2022
Festival Photo de Phnom Penh, Institut français du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge, 2022
DEM WASSER FOLGEN, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 2022
DEM WASSER FOLGEN, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 2022
L'Outre paysage (performance), Louvre Lens, Lens, France, 2022
Jusque-là (cur. Caroline Bourgeois, Pascale Pronnier, Enrique Ramírez), Collection Pinault, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, 2022
Jusque-là (cur. Caroline Bourgeois, Pascale Pronnier, Enrique Ramírez), Collection Pinault, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, 2022
Enrique Ramírez (cur. Marie Gauthier), CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2022
Enrique Ramírez (cur. Marie Gauthier), CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2022
Êtres/lieux (cur. Marta Gili & Louise Déry), Galerie de l'UQAM – Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada, 2021
Êtres/lieux (cur. Marta Gili & Louise Déry), Galerie de l'UQAM – Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada, 2021
Êtres/lieux (cur. Marta Gili & Louise Déry), Galerie de l'UQAM – Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada, 2021
Jardins Migratoires, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles, France, 2021
Jardins Migratoires, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles, France, 2021
Incertains, Prix Marcel Duchamp, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France, 2020
Incertains, Prix Marcel Duchamp, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France, 2020
Incertains, Prix Marcel Duchamp, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France, 2020
LAUSO LA MARE E TENTE'N TERRO , Chapelle des Pénitents-Bleus, Narbonne, France, 2020
THE REFLECTING POOL - I still have everything to put on, Video Sound Art Festival, Milan, Italy, 2020. Ph. Francesca Ferrari
THE REFLECTING POOL - I still have everything to put on, Video Sound Art Festival, Milan, Italy, 2020. Ph. Francesca Ferrari
Havana Biennial, (cur. Luz Munoz), Cuba, 2019
Havana Biennial, (cur. Luz Munoz), Cuba, 2019
Persona Grata, Musée de l'Immigration, Paris, France, 2018
Persona Grata, Musée de l'Immigration, Paris, France, 2018
Medio acqua, Base sous-marine, Bordeaux, France, 2018
The Sensation of the Sea, De Mesdag Collectie, The Hague, Netherlands, 2018
Role -Playing - Rewriting Mythologies, (cur. Amy Barak & Hyoyeun Kang) Daegu photo biennale, South Korea, 2018
Un hombre que Camina, Museo de artes visuales, Santiago, Chile, 2018
Un hombre que Camina, Museo de artes visuales, Santiago, Chile, 2018
Un hombre que Camina, Museo de artes visuales, Santiago, Chile, 2018
Un hombre que Camina, Museo de artes visuales, Santiago, Chile, 2018
Océan, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France, 2018
Océan, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France, 2018
Screen City Biennial, Stavenger, Norway, 2017
Estamos aqui, sobre la tierra y bajo el cielo, CNAC, Santiago, Chile, 2017
Estamos aqui, sobre la tierra y bajo el cielo, CNAC, Santiago, Chile, 2017
Lives between, Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, USA, 2017, Kadist Foundation Collection
Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennal, cur Christine Macel, 2017
Enrique Ramirez : Mundial, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2017
Enrique Ramirez : Mundial, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2017
Enrique Ramirez : Mundial, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2017
Enrique Ramirez : Mundial, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2017
Enrique Ramirez : Mundial, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France, 2017
Los Durmientes [mar dulce], Centro Cultural MATTA, Embajada de Chile en Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016
Los Durmientes [mar dulce], Centro Cultural MATTA, Embajada de Chile en Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016
Histoires parallèles, FRAC PACA, Marseille, France, 2016
El tiempo, el animo, el mundo, cur. Angeles Alonso Espinosa, Museum Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
El tiempo, el animo, el mundo, cur. Angeles Alonso Espinosa, Museum Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
El tiempo, el animo, el mundo, cur. Angeles Alonso Espinosa, Museum Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
El tiempo, el animo, el mundo, cur. Angeles Alonso Espinosa, Museum Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
Los durmientes, el exilio imaginado, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile, 2015
Los durmientes, el exilio imaginado, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile, 2015
Los durmientes, el exilio imaginado, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile, 2015, coll. Fundacion AMA
Los Durmientes, cur. Marie-Thérèse Champesme, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2014
Los Durmientes, cur. Marie-Thérèse Champesme, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2014
Migrantes , Centex Valparaiso, Chile, 2013
Migrantes , Centex Valparaiso, Chile, 2013
Migrantes , Centex Valparaiso, Chile, 2013
Océan, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dunkerque, France, 2013
Océan, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dunkerque, France, 2013
Océan, CCO, Osaka, Japan, 2013
Océan, CCO, Osaka, Japan, 2013
Océan, CCO_Osaka, Japan, 2013
Oceano, Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile, 2013
Oceano, Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile, 2013
Oceano, Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile, 2013
Autonomia 11 media arts biennale, Museo de bellas artes, Santiago, Chile, 2013
De latitudes en portrait, Galerie Jeune Création, Paris, France, 2013
Alzheimer (Instrucciones para construir una vela y olvidar el origen), Centro cultural, Valparaiso, Chile, 2012
Chili, l'envers du décor, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, 2012
Chili, l'envers du décor, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, 2012
Chili, l'envers du décor, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, 2012
+ Alla que aqui, Résonance Biennale de Lyon, INSA Lyon, France, 2011
Brisas, Galeria Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile, 2009
Panorama 11 : un archipel d'expériences, cur. Régis Durand, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France, 2009
Videos
EXHIBITION
Incertains, Exhibition Centre Pompidou, Prix Marcel Duchamp 2020
EXHIBITION
Enrique Ramirez, Exhibition Jusque là, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, 2022
CONVERSATION
Conversation about the works : Enrique Ramirez I Palais de la Porte Dorée
EXHIBITION
"Gestus I atto: rifare il corpo" avec une performance d'Enrique Ramirez au Teatrino.
Press
Art Press
Perspectives océaniques
2025
Le Quotidien de l'Art
Promotion 2025-2026 : la Villa Mdicis
2025
Página 12
Donde la memoria se funde con la imaginacion
2023
télam digital
Argentina y Chile entrelazados en una muestra poética que captura lo político
2023
The Art Newspaper
Mémoire vive
2023
Elle
The Memory Palace
2023
CambodgeMag
Récits poétique avec Enrique Ramirez
2022
arterritory
Around Video in Lille
2022
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Publications
Enrique Ramírez : À la recherche du vent perdu
Publisher: Editions Toluca
2023
jusque-là
Publisher: DILECTA
2022
Jardins Migratoires - Êtres/Lieux
Publisher: l'École nationale supérieure de la photographie d'Arles et la galerie de l'UQAM
2022
Los durmientes
Publisher: Metales Pesados
2018
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Los Durmientes [mar dulce]
Publisher: Centro Cultural MATTA Embajada de Chile en Argentina
2016
El tiempo, el animo, el mundo
Publisher: Museo Amparo
2015
Restos de mar
Publisher: Die Ecke Arte Contemporaneo
2015
Océan
Publisher: ÉDITIONS PYLÔNE
2013
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