EDUCATION:                                                                                                                                               

1975-77 M.F.A. University of Chicago

1975 Art Institute of Chicago

1972-75 B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago

1971-72 Chicago City College, Olive-Harvey

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2023        Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, “Vertical Thoughts.” (Catalogue Available)

2021-22   Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago," Sheets of Space/Finding Place."

2017  Chazen Museum, Madison, Wisconsin, “Certainty and Doubt,” Oct.-13, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018 (Catalogue   Available)

          Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Jan. 6-Feb. 7

2016 National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, March 25-October 9

         Union League Club of Chicago

         Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Sept. 22-25

2014 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

         Union League Club of Chicago

2008 Alfedena Gallery,Chicago

2005 MOCRA, St. Louis,MO.

2003 Klein Art Works, Chicago

Prinworks, Chicago

2001 Klein Art Works, Chicago

2000 Klein Art Works, Chicago

1997 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1996 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1995 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1993 Illinois Benedictine Monastery, Lisle, Illinois

1990 Dart Gallery, Chicago

1988 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1986 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles

1985 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1984-85 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois (catalogue available)

1983 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

St. Xavier College, Chicago

1982-83 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1982 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles

1981 Three Illinois Center Plaza, Chicago

Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana

The Art Institute of Chicago: Twenty Contemplation’s on the Infant Jesus: An Homage to Olivier Messiaen (catalogue available)

1980 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago

1979 The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago: Dan Ramirez Works:

1972-1979 (catalogue available)

1977 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign/ Urbana, IL

1976 Chicago Gallery, Chicago

1975 Social Science Administration Building, University of Chicago

1974 Don Roth's Blackhawk, Chicago

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS: International

2011/2012  Collectiva de Navidad, Jean Paul Perrier Art Gallery, Barcelona, Espana

1994 Exquisite Drawing: Lines of Correspondence, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

1988 Adivina: Latino Chicago Expressions, traveling exhibition;

The Mexican Fine Arts Center - Museum, Chicago; The Museum of Contemporary Art/Chapaultapec, Mexico City, Mexico

1980 NEUE KUNST AUS CHICAGO, Bonn, Germany, traveling exhibition

1979 Aesthetik/Graphik/Bilden, traveling exhibition; Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Munich, Germany

1978 Bologna Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS: National

2021   Art Miami, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Miami, Florida

2019   “GRATITUDE,” Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO., Sept. 15 - Dec. 15, 2019

2018   MOCRA 25, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO., Sept. 16, 2018-Feb. 17, 2019

2017   Art Miami, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Miami, Fla. Dec. 5-10 

           “Bricks and Mortar: Architecture as Poetic Space,” Illinois State University, Springfield, Il., Through Feb. 2018

          Art Expo Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Il. Sept. 13-17  

          "Vera Klement and Dan Ramirez: Body and Spirit,” Governors State University, University Park, Il., Aug. 28- Sept. 30

          “Four Saints in Three Acts…” DePaul Art Museum, Jan. 26-Apr. 2

2016  Homegrown: The School of the Art Institute in the Permanent Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago,Oct. 17, 2015-Feb. 14, 2016.

2015 Hybrid’s Paradise, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Il.,  June 14-Aug. 9

        Art Expo, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Il. Sept. 18-21

       Art Miami, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Miami, Fla., Dec., 1-6

2014 Expo Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago,Il., Sept. 18-21

         re: animate, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Il., Sept. 

         Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Il., Aug.-Mar.

         Thresholds, The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis,MO., Feb. 16-May 18.

         Non-Stop, Art Industry, Madison, Wi., April 4

         New Art Examiner Launch Event, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, Feb. 14

2013 Art Miami: International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair/Zola Lieberman Gallery, Miami,Fla. Dec. 3-8

2012 Seen/Unseen, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI., May 1-June 16 

         The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis,MO., February 26 - May 20

2010 The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO., “Good Friday: The Suffering Christ in Contemporary Art,” February 2 - April 23

2009 Rockford Art Museum, “The Francis and June Spiezer Collection,” Rockford,Il. July 17-September 27

2008 Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, “Acquisitions Exhibition,” Sadalia, Mo., Feb. 5

“Pursuit of the Spirit,” Museum of Contemporary Religious Art,St. Louis,MO., 21 September-14 December.

Chazen Museum, Madison, WI., Jan. 24 - March 15

Jellies, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay, Ca.

2006 Highlights:Selected works from the MOCRA collection and works on loan, Museum Of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO., 28 March - 30 July

2005 Colecciones: Mexican Art from 50 Private Chicago Collections, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Il., (Catalogue available.)

2003-4 Jellies, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay, Ca.

That 70’s Show: Pluralism in Chicago Art, Northern Indiana Art Association Gallery, Munster, Ind

Richard Meier, Steven Holl, Dan Ramirez ,Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, Mo.

2003 Full Frontal, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI

2002 Chicago School II, Klein Art Works, Chicago

Real Abstraction: No Metaphor, No Apologies, Suburban Fine Art Center,Highland Park, IL

Pondering, Klein Art Works, Chicago

Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago

Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston

2001 Oomph – A group show, Klein Art Works, Chicago

2000 Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago

Contemporary Abstraction, Art Chicago: Navy Pier, Klein Art Works, Chicago

1998 The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.

Roy Boyd Galley, Chicago Gallery Artists ( May)

Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago

Derriere Guard Festival, Graham Foundation, Chicago

1996 ART IN CHICAGO, 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago(November-January) book available

Three Artists: Daniel Smajo-Ramirez/Julia Fish/Louisa Chase,

Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Art in Bloom, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Art Expo, Chicago

Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Rethinking the Figure (June)

Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Gallery Artists (August)

Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Update: Dan Smajo-Ramirez-Frank Pietek-Buzz

Spector-Bill Conger-Ann Wilson, (November)

Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin (catalogue available)

Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery,Northwestern University, (September -December) catalogue available

25 Years of Contemporary Art, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago

(September-November) catalogue available

1995 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Gallery Artists

1994 Post-Minimalism and the Spiritual: Four Chicago Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, Saint Louis University, St. Louis Missouri

Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Elvehjem Museum, Madison, Wisconsin

1993 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Sotheby's Gallery, Chicago

The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

1992 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago

1991 The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

En El Corazon Del Pais (In the Heart of the Country), Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Cultural Center

1990 The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art Faculty Exhibition,Elvehjem Museum, Madison, Wisconsin

1989 Selected Works, Dart Gallery, Chicago

Partners in Purchase: Selected Works, 1976-87, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago

Dedication Exhibition of Commissioned Works, Chicago

Technology Park, Chicago

1988 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois Dedication Exhibition of Commissioned Works, Chicago Technology Park

International Art Exposition, Chicago

Columbia College, Chicago

1987 Works on Paper, Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles

Chicago Abstractionists: Works on Paper, Grae Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

Prints of Illinois: 1950-1987, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago

1986 Nuestras Imagenes: Our Images, Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County Greyslake

1985 Earworks, Nexus Museum, Philadelphia

Earworks, Southern Allegheny Museum, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Gallery Artists, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Then and Now, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Chicago Abstraction, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1984-86 Abstract/Symbol/Image: A Revision, originating at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, and traveling for two years (catalogue available)

1984 Chicago Cross Sections, Trisolini Gallery, University of Ohio, Athens,

(catalogue available)

Fine Art Prints for Collectors, North Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Institute, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois

20th Century Prints and Drawings: Part II, Blake-Palmer Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract Painting in Chicago, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Connections, Flynn Hall, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Future Tense, Three Person Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Chicago

Thirty South Wacker Mercantile Building Exhibition, Invitational, Chicago

1983-86 Chicago: Some Other Traditions, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin;

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Norman

MacKensie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; Sarah C. Blaffer Art

Gallery, University of Houston, Texas; Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida;

Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, Alaska; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (catalogue available)

1983-84 Chicago Scene, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

1983 Eleven Chicago Artists, Traveling educational exhibition co-sponsored by the

Museum of Contemporary Art & N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago.

Recent Work, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Fans, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

1982-83 Chicago Abstract Painting, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University,Rohnert Park, California; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Eastern Washington; State Historical Society, Spokane, Washington

1982 Drawing from Chicago, College of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska at Omaha (catalogue available)

Solitude: Inner Visions in American Art, Terra Museum of American Art,Evanston, Illinois (catalogue available)

1981-82 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Dennis Adrian Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1980 The Drawn Image Exhibition, Sloan Galleries, Valporaiso, Indiana

Professors of Art in Northern Illinois, traveling exhibition

Chicago/Chicago, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Chicago Abstract Art, Western Association of Museums Touring Show

Works from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1979 Critics Choice, Indiana University, N.W., Gary, Indiana

Abstractions from Chicago, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago

100 Years - 100 Artists, The Art Institute of Chicago

Prize Winners Revisited, The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago Drawing, Columbia College Gallery, Chicago

Raices Antiguas/Visiones Nuevas - Ancient Roots/ New Visions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1978 Abstract Art in Chicago, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Chicago: The City and It's Artists, 1945-1978, Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

Detroit- Chicago: Art of the 70's, Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan

Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City

Mulvane Art Center, Washburne University, Topeka, Kansas

University of Missouri, Columbia

Western Illinois University, Macomb

Chicago Collects Chicago, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Seven by Nine Invitational, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

Works on Paper, 77th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,

The Art Institute of Chicago

Alumni Show, Midway Studios, University of Chicago

1977 N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

Recent Masterpieces of Chicago Art, Cultural Center, Chicago

1976-77 Chicago Connection, traveling exhibition

1976 Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis, Indiana

Chicago Abstract Art, Memorial Union Gallery, Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana

Young Collectors, The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago

Midwest MFA Drawing Show, IIT, Chicago Wednesday Evening Group, Bergman Gallery, University of Chicago

Deson-Zaks Gallery, group drawing show, Chicago

Critic's Choice, 1134 Gallery, Chicago

Visions: Painting and Sculpture, Distinguished Alumni, 1945-Present, The Art Institute of Chicago

Marianne Deson Gallery, group painting show, Chicago

1975 Women Choose Men, ARC Gallery, Chicago

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2017   Artist Residency, Fundacio Privada Ballers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

2015   Helen Coburn Meier and Tim Meier Foundation for the Arts, Art Achievement Award, $40,000

2015 Artist Residency, Fundacio Privada Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa Spain

2007  McCormick Place Convention Center, 8 Large-Scale Paintings, An Homage to Nelson Algren (Chicago; City On The Make), Chicago, Il., $125,000, Commission

2010 Artist Residency, Fundacio Privada-Tallesr Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, New York, N.Y., $20,000

2005 Artist Residency, Fundacio Privada-Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

2002 Artist Residency, Fundacio Privada-Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

1996 Madison Art Center, Mixed-Media Print, Madison WI. Commission

Madison Art Center, Survoyeur Installation, Madison WI. Commission

1994-95 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1993-94 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1992-93 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1992 Fellowship Award, Wisconsin Arts Board

1989-90 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1988-89 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1988 State of Illinois. Commission, Chicago Technology Park

1985 Frito-Lay, Dallas, Texas. Commission

1984 New Art Examiner Benefit. Commission

1983 State of Illinois Center Building. Commission

1982 Illinois Governors Award. Commission

Nominated for Awards in the Visual Arts, South Eastern

Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1981 Nominated for Awards in the Visual Arts, South Eastern

Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1978 Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Medal, The Art Institute of Chicago. Award

CIC Fellowship (Committee on Institutional Cooperation), University of Chicago

1977 Fairweather-Hardin Gallery Prize for Excellence in the Fine Arts, University of Chicago

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Lectures/Panels/Interviews):

2018 History of Art and Design Chicago, PBS-WTTW, Episode Four: Off The Grid

2010 Corsi Salviati, School of International Art, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. Lecture

2006 Santa Reparata School of International Art, Florence, Italy. Lecture

1996 Landscape, Perception, Self, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI. Lecture

Interface: New Media and the Creative Process, New Media Center, Helen C.

White Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1994 Computer Generated Imagery and Quotational Theory, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI. Lecture

1993 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., Painting, Panelist/Juror

National Art Education Association Conference, Chicago, Lecture

Recovering the Holy in Contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at St. Louis University St. Louis University, Missouri, Panelist

Social Histories/Personal Realities, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI., Panelist

1991 Postmodernism and the Visual Arts: Identifying the Issues,

Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Lecture

The Construction and the Deconstruction of the Self: the Chronology of an Art Experience, 55th Annual Conferenceof the Mid-America College Art Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Paper presented at panel entitled "Artists and Identity"

1989 German Romanticism/American Minimalism: A Chicano's Legacy-Or Whose Culture Am I Anyway? The University of Wisconsin-Madison

1988 The Changing Role of the Individual in Modern and Post-Modern Art, The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lecture

Changing Aspects of Language Regarding the Sublime, The University of Wisconsin- Madison. Lecture

The Education of Artists, Elvehjem Museum, The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Panel

1987 The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Lecture on the works of Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, and Dorothea Rockbourne

1987 A Chronology of the Work of Dan Ramirez, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Lecture

1985 Content in Abstract Painting, Boyd Gallery, Chicago. Panel Discussion Roy

1983 Everyman-Contemporary Religious Art, NBC-TV, Michel Segard, interviewer. Aired, September, 1983

1982 Theology and the Object in my Work, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan. Lecturer and Artist-in-residence

1981 A Chronology, University of Chicago, Lecturer and Artist-in-Residence

Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus: A Homage to Olivier Messiaen, Prints and Drawing Dept., The Art Institute of Chicago. Lecture

1979 A Chronology of the Works of Dan Ramirez, The Art Institute of Chicago. Lecture

Cultural Influences in My Work, Northwestern University Lecture Series,Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1978 Raices Antiguas/Visiones Nuevas-Ancient Roots/New Visions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Panel Discussion

Influences, University of Missouri, Kansas. Lecture and Panel Discussion

The Northern German Romantics and My Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lecture

PUBLICATIONS: Books

Certainty and Doubt: The Paintings of Dan Ramirez, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wi., 2017

On The  Strange Place Of Religion In Contemporary Art, James Ellis, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Books, 270 Madison Ave.,New York,NY, 1006, 2004, p.75 (illustration/Text)

Art In Chicago: 1945-1995, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1996. pp. 199, 207, 301

The Painter Speaks: Artists Discuss Their Experiences and Careers, Edited by Joan Jeffries, in conjunction with Columbia University Greenwood Press, Connecticut & London, 1993.

Chapter 10, pp. 143-160

Sight Out of Mind: Essays and Criticism on Art, Dennis Adrian, Contemporary American Art Critics Series, UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985: Preface XIII and Chapter 5. Drawing in

Chicago: The Second Wave, pp. 35-36 and Chapter 12, Dan Ramirez: A Critical Survey of Form and Content, pp. 77-84.

PUBLICATIONS: International:

Periodicals:

1988 The Christian Science Monitor, "Metaphor for the Sublime," Devonna Pieszak, Dec. 15

Sabado, Nelson Oxman, October 15

Cultura 17 LaJornada, Teresa De Conde, October 10

El Universal, Rene Rozainz, September 26

El Nacional, Cobra Auge, September 23

PUBLICATIONS: National

Periodicals:

2023    New Art Examiner, "Dan Ramirez: Vertical Thoughts," Michel Segard

2022   New Art Examiner, "Dan Ramirez and the Soft Spirituality of Flat Physics,” Evan Carter

2018   New Art Examiner, “Certainty and Doubt: Paintings by Dan Ramirez,” Vol.32 No.5 May/June, Tom Mullaney

           Badger Herald, "Dan Ramirez explores light…”, Francis Smith

2017  Chicago Tribune, “ National Museum of Mexican Art…,” July, 5, Lori Waxman  

         New City Art Magazine, “Memoria Presente,An Artistic Journey,” May 1, Chris Miller

          art ltd. magazine, Dan Ramirez”Aletheia,” February, 3, Robin Dluzen

         New City Magazine, “More Real Than Nature,” January, 23, Mark Pohlad 

         Huffington Post, “Ramirez Shines a Bright Light,”  January, 5, Paul Klein

2016 New City Magazine, “A Chicago Modernist Gets His Due,” September, Mark Pohlad

2001 Chicago Tribune, “Dan Ramirez Paints Again,” Alan Artner, October 5

2000 Chicago Tribune, “Ramirez Paintings Back on Firm Ground,” Alan Artner, February

1997 Art in America, "Where the Wild Things Were," Richard Vine, May

1996 Art News, " Living with Art/June and Francis Spiezer: In Love with Eccentricity," Garrett Holg, October

Art Gallery News, Chicago, IL, Sept-Dec.

New City, September 5, Chicago, IL, Ann Wien

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 1, "Multimedia work...," James Auer

Wisconsin State Journal, April 21, "Front and Center," Susan Blocker

The Capital Times, March 6, "Minimalism...," Kevin Lynch

Isthmus, March 8-14, "Worlds of Possibility,"James Rhem

Badger Herald, March 5,"Artists Bring Light...," Katrina Swenson

1995 Chicago Tribune, September 26, Alan Artner

Isthmus, January 13-19, Madison, Wisconsin, Jody Clowes

1994 St. Louis Dispatch, CFS, June 24

Wisconsin Week, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December

The Capital Times, December 15, Madison, WI, Kevin Lynch

Wisconsin State Journal, December 18, Madison, WI, Susan Blocker

One Step Beyond: Artists in the Wisconsin Triennial grasp for larger meanings," Isthmus, September 16, 1993, Madison, Wisconsin, James Rhem

1993 The Commitments: Two Triennial artists get serious about their work, Isthmus, personal interview, September 16, Madison, Wisconsin, James Rhem

A Sense of Place, A Sense of Self, The Capital Times,

September 16, Madison, Wisconsin, Kevin Lynch

1991 Chicago Sun Times, “Exhibits Capture Latin Spirit,” Gordon Logocio, May

Chicago Tribune, "Twelve Artists go to Heart of Hispanic Culture," Alan Artner, May

Hyde Park Herald, "Art Crosses Physical, Psychological Frontiers," Cara Glatt, May

New Art Examiner, "Daniel Smajo-Ramirez," John Brunetti, January

1990 Art News, "Daniel Smajo-Ramirez," Garrett Holg, November

Chicago Tribune, "Wooden Beams, Even Soil. . .," Alan Artner, September

1988 The Journal of Theology, Terry Dempsey O.S.A

New Art Examiner, Garrett Holg, Summer

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, January, 28

1987 Chicago Tribune, "Terra incognita," Alan Artner September,13

Art News," The Chicago Art Explosion," Lisbet Nilson, May

1986 New Art Examiner, Norma Lifton, November

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, September, 18

Los Angeles Times, November, 14

1985 Art in America, " Regional Revisions: Houston and Chicago, " Charlotte Moser, July

New Art Examiner, Giselle Atterberry, April

New Art Examiner, Mary Matthews Gedo, April

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, January

1984 New Art Examiner, Michel Segard, December

Art News, Christopher Lyon, December

New Art Examiner, Michel Segard, February

1983 Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, December

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, November

Chicago Sun Times, Franze Schulze, October

New Art Examiner, Michel Segard, October

New Art Examiner, Franze Schulze, October

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, September

New Art Examiner, Ann Morgan, March

Arts Magazine, Mary Matthews Gedo, February

Drawing, Vol. IV, No. 5, January/February, "Drawing in

Chicago: The Second Wave," Dennis Adrian; pp. 105-109

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, January 1

1982 Art Week, Vol. 13, No. 41, Joan Burstein, December 2

The World Herald, Roger Catlin, October 10

Los Angeles Times, Suzanne Muchnic, March

Portfolio Magazine, May/June, "Painting in Chicago," Reagan Upshaw

Arts Magazine, "The Philosophy and Accomplishment of Daniel Ramirez," Robert Glauber, February

1981 Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, March 6

Chicago Sun Times, "Passions in Print..," David Elliott, February 1

1980 ARTNews, "For Artists..," David Elliott, May

Chicago Tribune, "Constant Self Challenge..," Alan Artner, April 14

1979 Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, December

Chicago Sun Times, Abe Peck, December

Chicago Sun Times, Franze Schulze, October

1979 Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, August

Chicago Sun Times, "Chicago German Art Show," Harold Haydon,July

New Art Examiner, "Rebuttal to Buzz Spector's 'Axiomatic Image', Douglas Stalker, May

Art In America, Carrie Rickey, July/August

Stuttgarter Nachr, June, Stuttgart, Germany

Badische Neueste Nachr Munich, "Bauhaus Tradition in Chicago-Neubelebt," VOM. 21, June

Badische Neueste Nachr Karlsruhe, "Kunst Aus Chicago Im Ettlinger Schloss," VOM. 9, June

New Art Examiner, Leon Upshaw and Buzz Spector, May 1

New Art Examiner, "Rebuttal to Buzz Spector's 'Axiomatic Image', Douglas Stalker, May

Chicago Tribune, "Spirituality and Dedication Forge Powerful Exhibit by Ramirez,"Alan Artner, April 13

Chicago Sun Times, "Abstracting Toward Reality," David Elliott, April 8

ARTNews, Franze Schulze, February

1978 New Art Examiner, Derek Guthrie, December

Chicago Magazine, Donald Hanson, November

The ART Gallery: The International Magazine of Art and Culture, October/November

Art In America, Holliday T. Day, November/December

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, October

La Raza (Chicago Latino Publication), Olga Vilella-Janerio,

October,4

Chicago Sun Times, Franze Schulze, October 1

Arts Magazine, Mary Jane Jacob, September

Chicago Tribune, "Five Who Helped Make the Last Five Years Memorable,"Alan Artner, June 11

Chicago Sun Times, "Pushing Hard in Life and Art," (personal interview) Polly Ullrich, June 4

Art In America, Holliday T. Day, March/April

1977 New Art Examiner, October

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, October

Chicago Sun Times, Midwest Magazine Section, Harold Haydon, February 6

New Art Examiner, February

Chicago Daily News, David Elliott, "A Painters Life," (personal interview) January 23

Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, January 9

1976 Chicago Daily News, Franze Schulze, December 18

Art Week, Sacramento, California, December

Art in America, "Letter from Chicago," Peter Schjeldahl, July/August

Chicago Daily News, Dennis Adrian, February 8

SELECTED COLLECTIONS: MUSEUMS

The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wi.

Smart Museum, The University of Chicago

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art,Sadalia, Mo.

DePaul Museum of Art, Chgo., Il.

Indiana Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Llorens Artigas Foundation, Gallifa, Spain

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wi.

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, Mo

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Il.

San Antonio Museum of Art, TX

Sheldon memorial Art Museum, Lincoln, Nb

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

AT&T

Arthur Andersen & Company, Chicago

Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Chicago

Continental Bank, Chicago

First Illinois Bank of Evanston, IL

First National Bank of Chicago

Frito-Lay, Dallas, TX

Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL

Kemper Group, Long Grove, IL

Marina Bank, Chicago

Mid-American Club, Chicago

Moraine Valley Community College, IL

State of Illinois Collection

Quaker Oats, Chicago

Numerous Private Collections