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Sandra Perez-Ramos
Sandra Pérez-Ramos (born San Juan, Puerto Rico[1][2]) is a Puerto Rican artist and community art leader in the Maryland and Washington, DC area. She is a resident artist in Gallery 209 inside Artists & Makers Studios] in Rockville, Maryland. Pérez-Ramos earned a BA from the School of Communication at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, in 1997.[1] She majored in Visual Arts for Public Communication, photography and design. WorkIn 2020 her work was described by art critic Lennox Campello: "Pérez-Ramos channels her Caribbean upbringing in her accomplished works. Her artistic pedigree is evident in her gifted use of color and form to deliver highly stylized imagery, which over the years has grown into one of the hardest achievements in the art world: a completely distinct style and ritual."[3] Her body of work includes, drawing, fiber arts, assemblage installations and public art. In 2022, her design, The Gathering Tree, was selected as the winner of a major Maryland Park Public Art Project for Glenmont Forest Neighborhood Association.[4] The project is a collaboration with Stuart Diekmeyer, artist and curator, in charge of the 3D structural concept. The Gathering Tree received two Project Implementation Grant Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council. It is located at the Glenmont Forest Neighborhood Park in Silver Spring, MD. In 2021, Pérez-Ramos' design, Celebration, was one of the winners of the National Cherry Blossom Festival's Art in Bloom Public Art Installation in Washington, DC. This work was acquired for the permanent collection of Children's National Hospital in DC. On the same year, her mural designs Roots and Hope Tree were selected for Wheaton Gateway and for #ArtHappensHere by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD. Other murals by Pérez-Ramos can be found in Riverdale, Silver Spring and Bethesda in Maryland. She exhibits locally, nationally and her mixed media works have been juried into three photography biennials in Cuba and Puerto Rico. She was co-founder[5] of the first chapter of The Latino Art League of Greater Washington DC,[1] and served as former Membership Chair of the Montgomery Art Association.[1] Dominick Rabrun featured Pérez-Ramos in his documentary, A Portrait of Wheaton, for being and advocate and leader of Latin and diverse artists in the region and in Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival. She managed exhibitions in the first two locations of Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery. She currently works doing artist outreach, designing and installing exhibitions, through her role in the Arts & Cultural Heritage Division, for a branch of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Solo shows
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