ABOUT
Vanna Ramirez is an artist with a passion for clay, and enjoys exploring both sculptural and functional forms in her work. She holds a BS in studio art from Skidmore College, and has attended the 53rd annual clay conference of NCECA as a Multicultural Fellow, workshops at Penland School of Craft and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and residencies at the Red Lodge Clay Center, Arquetopia and Baltimore Clayworks. She currently resides in Baltimore, MD working as a sales associate at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
EDUCATION
2014-2018 B.S. in Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Somewhere Between Chaos and Silence, Solo Gallery, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Open House: Art, Craft, and Domesticity, Maryland Institute College of Art's (MICA) Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD (invited)
2021 NCECA 2021 Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition, DAAP Meyers Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (juried)
2019 Centennial Artists & Authors Show, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE (invited)
2019 Trees, Massoni Art Gallery, Chestertown, MD (invited)
2018 Alumni Exhibition, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE (invited)
2018 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023 Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2017 Tang Teaching Museum Award, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Pre-Columbian Ceramics Instructional Residency, Arquetopia, Puebla, Mexico
2023-2021 Long-Term Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021 Short-Term Artist Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019 Short-Term Artist-In-Residence, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2019 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship, NCECA 53rd Annual Conference, Claytopia, Minneapolis, MN
WORKSHOPS
(Aug.) 2023 Technical Assistant Scholarship, Summer Session V with Madoda Fani, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2019 Technical Assistant Scholarship, Summer Session V with Andile Dyalvane, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2019 Work-study Scholarship, Spring Clay Concentration with Terry Gess, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC
WORK EXPERIENCE
current-2021 Sales Associate, Baltimore Museum of Art Shop, Baltimore, MD
2022-2021 Ceramics Teacher, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2022-2021 Screenprinter, Greenmount West Power Press, Baltimore, MD
2021 Salesperson FLS, Nordstrom, Inc., Towson, MD
2021 Replenishment Team Member, Michaels Companies Inc., Arundel Mills, MD
2021-2020 Art Instructor, ArtsAlive!, Chestertown RiverArts, Chestertown, MD
2020-2018 Studio Assistant, Robert Ortiz Studios, Chestertown, MD
2020 Watercolor Demonstrator (via video), “Call for Artist”, Kent Cultural Alliance in Partnership with Kent County Public Schools, Chestertown, MD
2020-2018 Employee, Figg's Ordinary, Chestertown, MD
2020-2018 Beginner’s Cello-Piano Instructor/Employee, Music Life Delmarva, Chestertown, MD
2019 Clay Instructor, Chestertown RiverArts, Chestertown, MD
2018-2016 Work-Study, Ceramics Department, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Teaching Assistant for Drawing, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKILLS
Art ceramics, drawing, painting, screenprinting, printmaking, fibers, sculpture, woodworking
Language español— conversational and proficient in reading/writing
Music cello and piano
Software proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel/Presentation, Procreate, VSDC video editor
