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A close up photo of artist Gabriel Ramos. He stands in front of a dark grey backdrop and grins at the camera.

Gabriel Ramos

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Gabriel Ramos draws profound inspiration from his identity as a Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ individual residing in the USA. His work explores intricate themes of identity, social visibility, sexuality, queerness, fear, and displacement. Ramos' compositions seamlessly weave Caribbean motifs, architectural elements, figures, stylized representations, and personal symbols, inviting viewers to delve into layered personal narratives that reflect the complexities of life's challenges and resolutions as a queer Latino living in the United States.

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Gabriel Ramos, born in 1987 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, holds a BFA in Photography from the University of South Florida and an MFA from Cornell University. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the National Galleries of the Bahamas and Jamaica, the USF Contemporary Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, the Sarasota Art Museum, and the FotoFest Biennial. Ramos has been awarded the Creative Pinellas Professional Artist Grant, the Cornell Council for the Arts Grant, the Vermont Studio Center Creative Equity Fellowship, and the Ox-Bow School of Art MFA Residency, among other notable grants and residencies. He currently lives and works in Tampa, FL.

Featured Artwork

Abstracted forms of faces, arms, candles, legs, and bones. One of the heads is wearing a rosary.
Gabriel Ramos. El Partío, 2024. Flashe, ink, acrylic aerosol, collage on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
Red plastic in the various shapes of fences arranged in the general shape of Puerto Rico.
Gabriel Ramos. Mi Isla, 2021. Painted PETG plastic, magnets and stainless steel standoff pins. 7.75 x 23.5 x 0.5 feet. Image courtesy of the artist.
Blue negative space adorned by abstract shapes and some recognizable objects such as face profiles and a foot. The shapes intersect and overlap.
Gabriel Ramos. Inocencia y Sabiduría, 2023. Flashe, ink, acrylic aerosol and collage on paper, 44 x 30 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.

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2021 award for Best Masterwork by a Local Artist: “Mi isla” by Gabriel Ramos

Tampa Bay Creative Loafing | Award
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Local Arts: Gabriel Ramos and Emily Stehle Made some of the Best Art Tampa Bay’s Seen all Summer - By Jennifer Ring (2021).

Tampa Bay Creative Loafing | Interview