Irving Ramó
Biography
Irving Ramó (b. 1989, Quito, Ecuador) is a Berlin-based artist whose work examines tragedy and conflict as cyclical, transformative forces at the heart of human experience. His paintings stage collisions of myth, memory, and contemporary violence—symbolic confrontations where roles dissolve and mutate, and figures shift between the superhuman and the subhuman.
Treating the canvas as a site of struggle, Ramó constructs dense visual narratives where disparate histories meet, clash, and entangle. His compositions explore how ancient patterns of domination, sacrifice, and spectacle persist in modern life, reappearing as ritualized, everyday violence.
A defining element of Ramó’s practice is the incorporation of sharp, sculptural objects embedded in the canvas—blades, points, or spikes that puncture the pictorial space. These physical intrusions evoke the erotic tension between pleasure and pain, control and vulnerability, underscoring the sacred link between sin, death, and desire. His work insists on the cyclical nature of violence—both personal and collective—and invites viewers into an ongoing, unsettling theatre of transformation.Ramó is also the founder of Ventana Projects, an initiative that supports experimental artistic practices and fosters dialogue across disciplines.
Works
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Do Not Jump Outside This Arena, 2025 -
El Gato Volador, 2025
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Le Petit Napoléon, 2025
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Tigre comme Tigre, 2025
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Who Dared To Ride The Chimera?, 2025
Exhibitions
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ZWISCHEN BÄUMEN
Group Show - Villa Schöningen 6 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027Zwischen Bäumen brings together 60 artists across three centuries of painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. Few motifs have accompanied art history as persistently as the forest. It has shifted from...Read more -
POLYPHONIC VIEWS
Group Show - Funkhaus 12 Sep - 5 Oct 2025Polyphonic Views , explores the abstract potential of performance in the absence of a physical act. The exhibition brings together 36 artists, each presented through a unique installation, forming a...Read more
