Argentina
Mendoza, 1987
Ramiro Quesada Pons defines himself as a miniaturist. With his own hands, he starts by modeling small figures to compose a landscape of strange characters—some playful, others sinister—heirs to the aesthetics of comics, video games, science fiction, literature, and the internet’s imaginary. He constructs narratives intertwined with everyday objects, which he alters in shape, color, and function, and presents them through installations, sculptures, paintings, and videos.
His landscapes offer an experience of estrangement through artistic operations. His installations explore themes such as the relationship between bodies and technology, consumption, and existentialism, referencing both art history and contemporary popular culture.
In 2009, the YPF Foundation awarded him a scholarship to participate in the 2009 Artists Program at the Torcuato Di Tella University. In 2010, he took part in the Regional Entrecampos Program, led by Patricia Hakim, Fernando Castro Flores, and María Iovino. In 2012, he was selected as a grant agent at the Center for Artistic Research. In 2013, he won the FNA-Conti grant and the Cultural Equality Award. In 2014, he was invited to join the collective project “La Verdi,” organized by Ana Gallardo. In 2017, he was selected to carry out the project “The Real Image” at the Biennial of Young Art in Buenos Aires.
In 2018, he won the award for creation from the Metropolitan Culture Fund of Buenos Aires. In 2019, he participated in the Port Tonic Art Center residency in Les Issambres, France. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Azcuy Prize, organized by the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires. In 2021, he presented the installation The Accidental Image alongside NVS Lisbon in Marseille, France. In 2022, he participated in Together, curated by Direlia Lazo at the Seven Seas Motel in Miami. That same year, he presented the installation The Intercessors at the Biennial of Young Art in Buenos Aires. In 2023, he took part in the exhibition A Slow Coming, Chapter 2. Oxendfor Collection, curated by Mariano Mayer at the Tomie Ohtake Institute in São Paulo.
He has held solo exhibitions in various art centers and galleries in Argentina and abroad.
He lives and works in Buenos Aires.
