ARMANDO RAMOS aramndo.ramos@vcsu.edu armandoramosiii.com Education M.F.A. Montana State University B.F.A. Kansas City Art Institute Haystack Mountain School of Craft Professional Experience 2009-Present Assistant Professor of Art, Valley City State University Valley City, North Dakota Ceramics/Art Education 2006-2009 Adjunct professor of Art San Ramon College San Ramon, California Ceramics 2005-2006 Visiting Professor, University of the Pacific Stockton, California Drawing-3/D Design 2004-2009 Adjunct Professor of Art, Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, California Ceramics 1999-2000 Art Instructor, Alta Vista High School Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture & Ceramics 1997-2000 Art Instructor, Mattie Rhodes Art Center K-5 th Beginning & intermediate wheel throwing Solo Exhibitions 2013 Recent Work, Renaissance Gallery North Dakota State University Does Spelling Count, Blue Door Gallery Grand Forks, North Dakota 2011 Causes & Clashes, Dairy Center for the Arts Boulder, Colorado 2006 Armando Ramos, Oakland Museum, Sculpture Court Oakland, California Armando Ramos Recent work, The Reynolds Gallery University Of the Pacific Stockton, California
Exhibition Record 2014 Robots Ate My Brain, The Cohen Gallery Alfred University, Alfred, New York Red River Reciprocity, Plains Art Museum Good Things, Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, Montana 2013 Open Door 9, Rosalux Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota Wood, Gallery 263 Cambridge, Massachusetts Guest juror, Katherine French, Danforth Museum Brotkkatze, Kunststueck Gallery Berlin, Germany 2012 Young Dakota Artist, North Dakota Museum of Art Grand Forks, North Dakota Future/Past, Studio Couture Detroit Wesley Taylor and Armando Ramos Detroit, Michigan YDA, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State University Aberdeen, South Dakota 2011 Chain Letter Exhibition, Shoshana Wayne Gallery Santa Monica, California Bear Canyon & Beyond, Helen Copeland Gallery Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 2010 24.7,Max L.Gatov Gallery California State University of Long Beach, Long Beach California National Art Première, Elmhurst Art Museum Elmhurst, Illinois VCSU Faculty Exhibition, VCSU Gallery Valley City, North Dakota
Dozen 2010, Quicksilver Mine Company Forestville, California 2009 Big Blue Deal, Visual Aid Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Helena, MT Juror: Wayne Higby Chicano Biennial, Movimiento de Arte Latino Americana San Jose, California Marvel, Studio 724 2008 The Art Of War, John Natsoulas Gallery Davis, California Richard Carter Studio Past & Present, Quicksilver Mine Co. Forestville, California Big Deal 2008,Visual Aid 2007 Kansas City Art Institute Art and Design Auction 2007 2006 La Loteria, Mattie Rhodes Art Center Collaborations, Irvine Fine Arts Center Irvine, California Juror: Craig Clifford 2005 Narratives in Clay, Virginia Breier Gallery Clutter, Viento y Agua Gallery Long Beach, California The Dishman Competition, The Dishman Art Museum Beaumont, Texas Juror: Andrea Karnes, Curator of Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas 2004 The Slipcast Object, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts Steamboat Springs, Colorado Juror: Richard Notkin
California Conference for the Advancement of the Ceramic Arts Faculty Exhibit: Davis, California 2003 *Cowboy Up, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Montana State University, Solo exhibition: Bozeman, Montana New Texas Talent X, Craighead-Green Gallery Dallas, Texas Juror: Janet Kutner, Art Critic of the Dallas Morning News Oak Cliff s Own, Ice House Cultural Center Dallas Texas Texas National 2003, Stephan F Austin University Nagadoches, Texas Jurors: Jerry Uelsmann And Maggie Taylor (Catalog) 2002 *Aryiado, DeWesse Gallery: Bozeman, Montana Chatchke, Mattie Rhodes Art Center: 2000 Resident Exhibition, Richard Carter Studios: Napa, California 1999 Holiday Exhibition, Leedy Voulkos Gallery: Three Really Good Potters, Mattie Rhodes Art Center: Group Exhibition, Native Soil: Evanston, Illinois The Show, Zone Gallery: 1997 Fall Show, Opie Gallery: Gallery Representation Quick Silver Mine Company, Forestville, California. www.quicksilvermineco.com Residences 2013 Artist Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center Short-term resident, Red Lodge Montana 2011 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont 2010 Artist Residency, International Ceramic Workshop
California State University of Long Beach 2000 Artist Residency, Richard Carter Studio Napa, California Honors/Awards 2012 Individual Artist fellowship Grant 2011 Professional development Grant 2010 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont Professional development Grant Conferences/Workshops 2013 Visiting Artist, North Dakota State University 2011 Visiting Artist, Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, California 2009 Haystack Mountain School of Craft Dear Isle, Maine 2005 Visiting Artist, California State University San Bernardino, California Professional and Academic Association memberships American Craft Council National Council on education for the Ceramic Arts American Association of College for Teacher Education College Art Association National Art Education Association International Sculpture Center National Art Education Foundation