Yolanda Ramirez
b. 1955 ∙ CE artist since 1990
Yolanda Ramirez is recognized for the passion and intensity she brings to her work. Her drawings radiate energy through bold lines and bright colors.
Ramirez is best known for her vibrant portraits of people together in families and groups, but her figurative pieces range widely from food and needlework to undersea creatures, to scenes from the Mission District. Ramirez also has a love for crochet, creating fashionably long scarves. Ramirez also connects deeply with music – she is well-known in the studio for singing and dancing when in jovial spirits.
About her artistic process, Yolanda Ramirez remarks, “You make something that you make. I paint food because it’s good... I like to draw the belts, scarves, potholders, purse, and wallets because I knitted them.” About her experiences as an artist, and what keeps her engaged and prolific, Ramirez states: “When I make art it makes me feel good because it’s just right... I want my art to make people feel stronger and better.”
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
The park "a darling walk for the mind", Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Big Bellies, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA
2019
The Grand Finale, Spark Arts, San Francisco, CA
We The City: Architecture and the City Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA
2018
Fabulate!, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
Faces and Places in the City, Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Library, San Francisco, CA
2017
Spring-Summer Pop-up, Parlor, San Francisco, CA
2016
Shapeshifting, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ripe, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Here, There and Everywhere, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Dance Party!, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014
Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
INK, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
SIDESHOW, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Out of Order, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fabulous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Ritual/Habitual, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Legend: Myth and Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
INsects INsectos, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fibrocosm, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Tasty, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Transmissions, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Shadowshine, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Spirits and Saints, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
You Are Here, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Heads n' Tails, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2002
Women's Work, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
