C.V.

EDUCATION

M.F.A. 2004 Printmaking, University of Washington
M.A. 2000 Education, San Francisco State University
CA Teaching Credential 1999 Spanish/English Bilingual California Single Subject Teaching Credential
(Art, Social Sciences, Spanish Language subject matter competencies),
San Francisco State University
B.A. 1993 History Major, Art Minor with College Honors, University of California at Santa Cruz

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 – 2021 SDOT Artist in Residence, City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture and SDOT
2014 – 2015 Manager of Academic & Community Engagement, Cornish College of the Arts
2010 – 2015 Special Projects, Office of the President, Cornish College of the Arts
2010 - 2021 Teaching Artist, Path with Art
2013 - 2014 Visual Arts & Spanish Language Teacher, Billings Middle School
2012 - 2013 Creative Sabbatical, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Winter 2012 Visiting Master Artist & Instructor, Silkscreen, Painting & Printmaking, Edmonds Community College
2010 - 2012 Program Manager, Summer and External Programs
Admissions Representative for Portfolio Reviews, New York & San Francisco, Cornish College of the Arts
2006-2010 Adjunct Professor, Visual Art Foundations, Mexico Study Abroad, Summer Program, Cornish College of the Arts
2006-2009 Adjunct Professor, Drawing 101, 102, 103; Intro to 3D Design, Edmonds Community College
2006-2010 Instructor, Printmaking, Portfolio Development, Pratt Fine Arts Center
Summer 2008 Lead Artist and Teacher, ArtWorks Sound Transit Corridor Mural Project, Seattle WA
2004-2006 Assistant to the Provost, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
2003 Instructor of Record, Concepts in Printmaking, Teaching Assistant, Issues and Influences in Contemporary Art, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle WA
2000-2002 Artists in Education Program Director, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 The Art of Protest, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle WA

2018 Mapping & Mocking the Anthropocene, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA
Open Season, Standard Art & Supply, Ithaca NY
A Noble Vision, INScape, Seattle WA
Radical Self-Love Seattle (with Elisheba Johnson), Seattle WA

2017 Puzzle Out: Work by LatinX Artists, Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline WA

2016 The Town Where Nothing Ever Happens, Good Neighbor Gallery, Seattle WA

2015 Flight Path, Anne Focke Gallery, City Hall, Seattle WA
Open Season, Standard Art & Supply, Ithaca NY

2014 text(ualization), North Seattle College Gallery, Seattle WA
Flight Path, SeaTac Airport, Port of Seattle
Smoke Farm Ad Hoc Lo-Fi Arts Festival, 24-hour site-specific installation, Arlington WA

2013 Culture Cache, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

2012 Lore, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds WA
Open Season, Standard Art & Supply, Ithaca NY
Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA
Red Current (Sweet Fruit), Gallery Roq la Rue, Seattle WA
Tote, Southwestern Michigan College Art Gallery, Dowagiac, MI

2011 &/Or, OK Hotel, Seattle WA

2010 Drunk Dialing, The Telephone Room Gallery, Tacoma WA
Faculty Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
Pratt Fine Arts Center Instructor Showcase, Seattle City Hall, Seattle WA
The Printed Poster, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
Bad Words, Twilight Art Collective, Seattle WA
Links Invitational, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland WA
Homecoming, Magpie Café, Sacramento CA

2009 Ghosts of Commerce Past, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle WA

2008 Are We There Yet? Print portfolio exhibited at Southern Graphics Council,
Virginia Commonwealth University
King County Public Art Collection Showcase, Sammamish City Hall, Sammamish WA
Homecoming, Magpie Café, Sacramento CA

2006 Everywhere/Nowhere, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA

2005 Irrational Exuberance, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA

GRANTS & AWARDS

2019 Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Seattle WA
2018 Americans for the Arts 2018 Public Art Network Year in Review for BorderLands at
King Street Station, Seattle WA
2016 Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle WA
2015 Americans for the Arts 2015 Public Art Network Year in Review for Ebb & Flow, Bothell WA
2012 Keynote Speaker and Guest Artist, Heart & Soul Women’s History Month Celebration,
Edmonds Community College, Lynwood WA
2010 Sound Transit artist roster, Seattle WA
2009 Seattle Magazine Artist Spotlight
Fremont Bridge Artist in Residence, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
2007 Individual Artists Program, 4Culture Special Projects, King County WA
Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle WA
ArtPatch Healthy Funding Award, Seattle WA
Nominee, Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2006 Individual Artists Program, 4Culture Special Projects, King County WA
2006 Artist Honorarium and Solo Exhibition, Gallery 4Culture, King County WA
2005 Juror’s Pick, Greenwood Phinney Artwalk, Seattle WA
2004-05 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY + MEDIA REVIEWS

Amanda Manitach, “What Legacy Is Left: Kristen Ramirez & Angelina Villalobos,” City Arts Magazine, June 2018
Jonathan Zwickel, “Art Intervention,” City Arts Magazine, August 2018
Brangien Davis, “Mural Majority,” Seattle Magazine, February 2015
Colin Diltz, “Mural at View Park,” Seattle Times, August 25, 2014
McKenna Princing, “A Touch of Color at Harborview,” University of Washington Health Sciences Newsbeat, August 21, 2014
Sarah Kehoe, “Mural Artist Brings Color to Bothell’s Wayne Tunnel,” Bothell Reporter, July 21, 2014
Joshua Kogen, “Artist or Social Critic? Humor and Splashy Color with Kristen T. Ramirez,” LocalFlux Weblog, December 2012
Regina Hackett, “Art and Golf in a Gallery,” Another Bouncing Ball, Arts Journal Weblog, July 28, 2010
Lynn Jacobson, “Mini Golf with an Artsy Spin at the Kirkland Arts Center,” Seattle Times, July 22, 2010
Rachel Shimp, “Seattle Artist Kristen Ramirez Still Building Bridges,” Seattle Times, February 21, 2010
Regina Hackett, “Kristen T. Ramirez: All-Ways Warm,” Another Bouncing Ball, Arts Journal Weblog, November 21, 2009
Jen Graves, “Kudos Overload: Does Seattle Deserve Its Reputation for Public Art?” The Stranger, June 16, 2009
Kim Murphy, “Artist Ponders Sights and Sounds of Seattle’s Fremont Bridge,” Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2009
Jen Graves, “Taking It Back To The Bridge,” SLOG (the Stranger blog), June 9, 2009
Dave Ross, interview featured on The Dave Ross Show, KIRO Radio, June 9, 2009
Nicole Brodeur, “Odes to the Fremont Bridge Abound,” Seattle Times, June 5, 2009
Guy Raz, “Gathering Tales of Seattle’s Quirky Fremont Bridge,” National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, June 20, 2009