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Mary-Audrey Ramirez studied under Thomas Zipp at the University of the Arts in Berlin Germany from 2010 to 2016. In 2019 she was the recipient of the prestigious Edward Steichen Award in Luxembourg for her textile-based sculptural and pictorial works. Her works have been shown in both solo and group exhibitions at institutions such as Casino Luxembourg - forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg, Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Max-Ernst-Museum, Brühl, Kunsthalle Gießen, Gießen, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, TRAUMA, Berlin, Kai10, Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Haus Mödrath, Kerpen Polansky Gallery, Prag und MARTINETZ, Cologne, Esch2022+ARS ELECTRONICA, Luxembourg/Linz. Her work is included in the collections of Kunstpalais Erlangen, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, LBBW Bank, and the Kai10/Arthena Foundation. Her public commissions include the Grundschule, Fehrbelliner Tor, Berlin, and GEOMAR, Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany. Ramirez’s work has been published in Cura, Kunstforum, Monopol, Artforum, Sleek Magazine, Kaleidoscope Magazine, and her monographs have been published by Distanz and Hatje Cantz.
EDUCATION
2016 Meisterschülerin of Prof. Thomas Zipp
2010–2016 University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK Berlin)
2014 Glasgow School of Art, Scotland (GSA)
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025
exuviae, Management, New York (upcoming)
Worlds That Flicker, 48H Neukölln | KINDL, Berlin
TBA, NIFFF Festival, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Parked Sculptures, Neuwied, Germany
2024
Bestiaire, Octobre Numérique, Arles
Companions, MARTINETZ, Cologne
Unsolicited Awakening, Kai10, Düsseldorf
2024
FORCED AMNESIA, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2023
FORCED AMNESIA, Kunsthalle Giessen, Giessen
2022
Oh no! Not again…, LIAR, New York
Sadness Reigns, MARTINETZ, Cologne
2021
BKEEPR’s GARDEN, beacon, Munich
They Miss Being Aware of Time, Polansky Gallery, Prague
an army of rats is still an army, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin
2020
ANYWHERE, Esch22 & ARS ELECTRONICA, Luxembourg
INTO A GRAVEYARD FROM ANYWHERE, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund
Qt Ur Ea (with Lukas Schmeck), TRAUMABARUNDKINO, Berlin
2019
KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE, MARTINETZ, Cologne
Xoxo winter is coming, Oberbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck
2017
Scrolling and crying, MARTINETZ, Cologne
2015
Gekkering, MARTINETZ, Cologne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Cute Escape, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt
Hypercreatures, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl
Animals of the Mind, LUGA, Luxembourg
Habitate. Über_Lebensräume, Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach
10, MARTINETZ, Cologne
2024
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris
Thank you, I’ll have the lobster, Pangée, Montreal
Am I A Monster?, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Tod und Teufel, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
Tod und Teufel, Georg Schäfer Museum, Schweinfurt
2023
HOME IS WHERE YOU’RE HAPPY, Haus Mödrath, Kerpen
High Five, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
Tod und Teufel, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Fantastische Tierwelten, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim
2022
Spikes that bite, Margot Samel Gallery, New York
true site, 11Newel Gallery, Brooklyn
The Alien Everyday, Spoiler, Berlin
Scary Good, Berlinskej Model, Prague
It’s brutal out here, Galerie Parterre, Berlin
non playable character, Institution Pier Ferdinando Calvi, Venice
What kind of plane am I?, Yeh Art Gallery, Queens
2021
STUDIO BERLIN, curated by Karen Boros & Juliet Kothe, Berghain, Berlin
Look past this, mcg21xoxo, Matsudo, Japan
Love and other rhythms, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien
Lovely Creatures, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Die ganze Wahrheit, MARTINETZ, Köln
2020
body FLUIDS, Saarländische Galerie, Berlin
ReshufTe the Cards, ACCCE, Berlin
Body. Gaze. Power., Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
2019
Sein & Desaster, H3Ora, Berlin
Störende Wahrheiten, Luxembourg
2018
Anger is a solution, if anger means kittens, D21, Leipzig
Oh…fabelhaft, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna
Toy Bitches, Galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg
2017
Foundation Carlos de Amberes, Madrid
POOL, curated by Nele Heinevetter, TROPEZ, Berlin
METAMORPHOSIS, curated by Zdenek Felix, Svit, Prague
METAMORPHOSIS, curated by Zdenek Felix, Kai10, D sseldorf
METAMORPHOSIS, curated by Zdenek Felix, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Aftermieter, curated by Veit Loers, Haus Mödrath, Kerpen
2016
Yoga Dog, curated by Veit Loers, Galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg
2015
House of Pain, curated by Veit Loers, MARTINETZ, Köln
2014
Birds and other Mythos, curated by Veit Loers, Cruise&Callas, Berlin
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2024 Artist Residency, Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
2022 Artist Residency, ISCP, New York
2019 Edward Steichen Award, Luxembourg
2017 Artist Residency, Schloss Laudon, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Vienna
2015 Stiftung Ulrich und Burga Knispel, Berlin
2014 Takifuji Arts Award, Tokyo
Stiftung Ursula Hanke-Förster, Berlin
PUBLIC ART / KUNST AM BAU
2024 GEOMAR, Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany (Oct 2025)
2023 Primary School, Fehrbelliner Tor, Berlin, Germany (June 2025)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
FORCED AMNESIA, MonopolMagazin
Bestiaire, Usbek & Rica
Casino Luxembourg, GalleryTalk.net
2023
FORCED AMNESIA, KUNSTFORUM
2022
MARTINETZ, GalleryTalk.net
PW Magazine
2021
UMANO NON UMANO, Archivo Contemporaneo
ART DAS KUNSTMAGAZIN, 07/2021
PolanskyGallery, ARTFORUM
beaconMunich, GalleryTalk.net
2020
BLAU INTERNATIONAL, Winter 2019–2020
TRAUMA, SleekMag
TRAUMA, RA.CO
2019
MONOPOL MAGAZIN, 10/2019
ART VALUE, Nr. 21
MONOGRAPHS
2024 MARY-AUDREY RAMIREZ__FORCED AMNESIA
2020 MARY-AUDREY RAMIREZ__xoxo winter is coming
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024
HATJE CANTZ, DREAM ON BABY (ENG)
KETTLER, HOME IS WHERE YOU’RE HAPPY
2023
STARFRUIT, DREAM ON BABY (DE)
SANDSTEIN, TOD UND TEUFEL
2022
BPB, EMPOWERMENT_KUNST UND FEMINISMEN
WIENAND, DANCING IN THE DARK
2021
DISTANZ, ARTISTS PORTRAIT
2020
HATJE CANTZ, BODY GAZE POWER
2017
KETTLER, AFTERMIETER
DISTANZ, METAMORPHOSIS