Ramón H. Almanza
Meet the Artist
Ramon H. Almanza was born in 1966 in Panama City, Panama. Attended the School of Fine Arts at The University of North Texas. (1986-1990)
Ramon H. Almanza's exceptional body of work represents the creation of collective memories.
Physically and visually encapsulating a broad range of profound allusions to the geometric abstract scene, enriched with conceptual flexibility, skills and the realities of his time.
Fusing art, literature, painting and sculpture, Almanza engages in the complex principals of geometry abstraction to offer a contemporary connotation on the epics of essence: A notion, our feelings and the universe.
His boundless repertoire of imagery is paralleled only by the spans of the infinity palpable on these works.
Almanza’s output enclose painting, sculpture, installation and an array of works on paper such as drawings, watercolors and photographs. The physical elements of his proceedings; lines on the plane that do not touch one another, provide to the emplacements a universal autonomy of space as symbolically profound as vast-ranging. By integrating, expanding and regenerating his imagery and technique, he brings to the surface a metaphysical context of self expression and creation.
The artist's work has been shown and collected by major museums worldwide, including the following: "Shades of Hope" Exhibited at the Beijing Biennale 2019, “Karaburan,” Exhibited in the Beijing Biennale 2017 and acquired by National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2017) Permanent Collection; “Mystic Place,” Xiaozuo Art Museum, Quanzhou,China Permanent Collection (2018); “Divided Lands,” Reviving Humanity World Memorial, Sharm El Shaeikh, Egypt (2018); "Secret Message", "Phoenix Flower Blossom" Acquired by the Cultural Ministry of China, Beijing, China (2018).
In recent years, Ramon H. Almanza’s solo exhibitions have included shows in Panama , China , United States, as well as residency programs and symposiums abroad.
Artist Statement
“Driven by an energetic and expressive imagery, I embrace form to visually represent infinity on the plane, on these works I search for answers about time and absence.
Submerged within geometrical abstraction are scenes in which lines, forms and infinity are slipping in and out of material existence.
With passionate energy I accelerate the relationship between geometry and reason.
I provide an infusion of self-expression, Ideology and multi-cultural iconography to my work, always aim to connect with the viewer and to share a visual interaction from two different points of view.
Intensity and passion are reflected on my drawings and carvings, always powered by feelings and experiences transforming the elements into a visual and intellectual communication. Sometimes is a desire-driven attempt to represent something of the subject that is well beyond its appearance, Other times, just a deep-rooted lust between the essence, the surface and mi self.
You will find behind the artist a simple soul, a world traveler, a follower of an Art philosophy, a man with strong attachment to its roots.”
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Panama in 1966, Almanza attended The University of North Texas School of art (1986 – 1990).
Lives and works between Panama and Miami, Florida,(USA).
The artist creates striking artworks with the clever use of lines to display an intriguing visual texture.
His unique artistic language has developed over the past 30 years, working in the realms of geometry and abstraction, his work creates images depicting infinity on the plane.
Exhibiting in galleries and museums internationally, Ramón Almanza’s work becomes his primary medium for self-expression.
Recent Exhibitions
2022- December
18th Asian Art BIENNIAL
National Gallery of Art. Bangladesh
(Dhaka, Bangladesh)
2022- April
“Personal Structures 2022”
Palacio Mora
(Venice, Italy)
2021- September
“International Biennial of Painting” Chisinau 2021″
National Art Museum of Moldova
(Chisinau, Moldova)
2019- August
“Beijing Biennale 2019”
National Art Museum of China
(Beijing, China)
2019- May
“Francofonia”
French Alliance Cultural Center
(Panama City, Panama)
2018- November
“Reviving Humanity”
Sharm el Sheikh
(Egypt)
2018- June
“Harmonious Coexistence”
National Art Museum of China
(Beijing, China)
2018- April
“Latin American Art”
Xiaozuo Art Museum
(Fujian, China)
2018- February
“Sharing the Beauty”
Museum of the Nationalities
(Beijing, China)
2017- November
“Beijing Biennale 2017”
National Art Museum of China
(Beijing, China)
Collections
2017- National Art Museum of China, (NAMOC)
(Permanent Collection)
2018- Xiaozuo Art Museum, China.
(Permanent Collection)
2018- Reviving Humanity World Monument, Egypt.
(Permanent Collection)
2018- Ministry of Culture of China.
(Permanent Collection)
Awards
2020 – Selected Jury for the National Youth Painting Competition.
BANCO NACIONAL DE PANAMA
2019 – Selected Jury for the National Youth Painting Competition.
BANCO NACIONAL DE PANAMA
2018 – Selected Jury for the National Youth Sculpture Competition.
BANCO NACIONAL DE PANAMA
2017 – Selected Jury For the National Youth Sculpture Competition.
BANCO NACIONAL DE PANAMA
Residencies / Symposiums
2018- “Latin American Art Residency”
Xiaozuo Art Museum.
(Fujian, China)
2018- “International Sculpture Symposium”
World Humanity Monument
(Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt)