7ª Bienal do Mercosul

Paul Ramírez Jonas nasceu em 1965, Califórnia; vive e trabalha em Nova York. Educado em Honduras, retorna aos Estados Unidos em 1983. Em 1987 gradua-se em Studio Arts pela Brown University, Rhode Island, e em 1989, termina estudos de pós-graduação em pintura (MFA) na Rhode Island School of Design, instalando-se, posteriormente, em Nova York, onde vive atualmente. Em 1988 começa a colaborar com o artista Spencer Finch, com quem tem uma exibição esse mesmo ano na Sol Koffler Galery, Rhode Island. Sua primeira exposição individual, AMANAPLANACANALPANAMA, tem lugar em 1990 no Artists Space (Underground Project Room), Nova York. Desde então, sua obra foi exibida com frequência dentro e fora dos Estados Unidos, além das exposições nas galerias Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri, Stockholm, Postmasters Gallery e Jack Tilton Gallery, Nova York. Entre suas últimas exibições individuais podemos mencionar as realizadas no Alexander Gray Associates, Nova York (2009);  Abracadabra, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2008); Abracadabra: I create as I Speak, The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas (2007); Heavier than Air, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2004); Heavier than AirCornerhouse, Manchester (2004). Sua obra foi incluída em numerosas exibições coletivas como: Fare Mondi/Hacer Mundos, Pabellón de América Latina, 53º Biennale di Venezia (2009); The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2009); 28ª. Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (2008); InSite_05, San Diego, California e Tijuana, México (2005); Speed, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londres (1998). Recebeu importante distinções e bolsas de estudo que incluem: Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2009); Art Matters Grant (2009); Howard Foundation Fellowship (2009); International Studio Program In Sweden (IASPIS), Artist in Residence, Summer /Fall (1999); e o National Endowment for the Arts, Inter Arts exhibition grant for White Columns (1991), entre outros. 

Paul Ramírez Jonas nació en 1965, en California; vive y trabaja en Nueva York. Educado en Honduras, regresa a los Estados Unidos en 1983. En 1987 se diploma en Studio Arts por la Brown University, Rhode Island, y en 1989, termina los estudios de posgrado en pintura (MFA) en la Rhode Island School of Design, radicándose, posteriormente, en Nueva York, donde vive actualmente. En 1988 comienza a colaborar con el artista Spencer Finch, con quien tiene una exhibición ese mismo año en la Sol Koffler Galery, Rhode Island. Desde su primera exposición individual AMANAPLANACANALPANAMA, en Artists Space, Nueva York (1990) exhibe exhibida dentro y fuera de los Estados Unidos, en exposiciones que incluyen las realizadas en las galerías Ellen de Bruijne Projects, de Ámsterdam, Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri, de Estocolomo, y Postmasters Gallery y Jack Tilton Gallery, de Nueva York. Entre sus últimas exposiciones individuales podemos mencionar las realizadas en Alexander Gray Associates, Nueva York (2009); Abracadabra, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2008); Abracadabra: I create as I Speak,  Blanton Museum of Art, Austin (2007); Heavier than Air, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2004); y Heavier than AirCornerhouse, Manchester (2004). Su obra fue incluida en numerosas exposiciones colectivas como: Fare Mondi/Hacer Mundos, Pabellón de América Latina, 53ª Biennale Internazionale di Venezia, Venecia (2009); The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2009); 28ª. Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, San Pablo (2008); InSite_05, San Diego, California y Tijuana, México (2005); Speed, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londres (1998). Recibió importantes distinciones y becas de estudio que incluyen: Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2009); Art Matters Grant (2009); Howard Foundation Fellowship (2009); International Studio Program In Sweden (IASPIS), Artist in Residence, Summer /Fall (1999); y el National Endowment for the Arts, Inter Arts exhibition grant for White Columns (1991), entre otros.

Paul Ramírez Jonas was born in California in 1965. He currently lives and works in New York. After receiving his education in Honduras, he returned to the United States in 1983. In 1987, he received a degree in Studio Arts from Brown University, Rhode Island and in 1989 he completed his M.F.A. in painting at Rhode Island School of Design, before moving to New York. In 1988, he began to collaborate with artist Spencer Finch, with whom he organized an exhibition during the same year at the Sol Koffler Gallery in Rhode Island. His first solo exhibition, AMANAPLANACANALPANAMA, was shown in 1990 at Artists Space (Underground Project Room), New York. From that time on, his work has been frequently shown both in the United States and abroad, with exhibitions at the following galleries: Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam; Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri, Stockholm; Postmasters Gallery and Jack Tilton Gallery, New York. Among his most recent solo exhibitions the most significant are those at Alexander Gray Associates, New York (2009); Abracadabra, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2008); Abracadabra: I create as I Speak, The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas (2007); Heavier than Air, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK  (2004). His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions including: Fare Mondi/Hacer Mundos, Pabellón de América Latina, 53º Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2009); The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2009); 28ª Bienal Internacional de São Paulo (2008); InSite_05, San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico (2005); Speed, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1998). He has received important honors and study scholarships including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2009); Art Matters Grant (2009); Howard Foundation Fellowship (2009); International Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Artist in Residence, Summer /Fall (1999); and the National Endowment for the Arts, Inter Arts exhibition grant for White Columns (1991), among others.