Bony Ramirez

María (2022)
Acrylic, soft oil pastel, oil pastel, color pencil; Bristol paper on wood panel
84 x 60 in.

Now on view at as part of “Let Us Gather In A Flourishing Way” curated by .alvarez.ch

Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way explores contemporary Latinx artists’ innovations and interventions within established traditions of painting, inviting discussion on a variety of themes and revealing the diversity and expansiveness present within the field. The fifty-eight artists in the exhibition—and those in the Latinx field more broadly—encourage us to interrogate the continued relevance of boundaries, from political borders to disciplinary confines. This exhibition therefore celebrates artists whose expressions are first and foremost personal and subjective, but whose heterogeneous and culturally specific interventions enrich one another and the history of American and contemporary art, two fields from which such artists have been historically excluded. Inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera’s poem “[Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way],” the show celebrates abundance and presents a vision of Latinx art that is, like the diaspora itself, infinitely complex. On view until September 6, 2026

It will be followed by a national tour including presentations at the Des Moines Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle.

Installation photos by Brenda Beiger

“Cayman Tears, ct” (2022)
Acrylic, soft oil pastel, color pencil, dulled Iron and wood machete, wallpaper; Bristol paper on wood panel
72X72”

A throwback while we wait for
Realized I had not posted this painting in full (still trying to catch up on posting some works)
Definitely a favorite from my “sword-paintings” series,
From the “CAYMAN TEARS” solo at in January of 2023

I would like to invite you all to the unveiling of “Is Blue the Color of the Ocean?” My first public sculpture.

Join me and for a morning focused on art with an engaging art and creative process-centric panel discussion, audio storytelling, light bites, focused on my newly installed sculpture on The Underline, Miami,FL. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your connection through art in nature.

Is Blue the Color of the Ocean? is a large upright circle composed of fiberglass silver coconuts and a single gold-colored conch shell. The sculpture has a double meaning, representing both the ubiquitous necklaces circulating throughout the Caribbean via tourist shops and street vendors and a mythical portal transporting people between two worlds. This sculpture is a representation of the passage of time, those first few months that a lot of immigrants go through trying to assimilate to a new country and realizing how a place so far from home can feel as welcoming as your own country.

Date: Tuesday, December 3rd
Time: 9- 10:30AM
Location: The Underline Urban Gym located on SW 1st Ave between SW 8th and SW 7th Streets.

RSVP Link in Bio