Daniel Lind-Ramos

Daniel Lind-Ramos (born 1953) is an African-Puerto

Rican painter and sculptor who lives and works in Daniel Lind-Ramos
Puerto Rico.[1][2] Born 1953
Loíza, Puerto Rico
Other names Daniel Lind Ramos
Biography Alma mater University of Puerto Rico
New York University
Lind-Ramos was born in 1953 in Loíza, a coastal town
in Puerto Rico. He studied painting at the University of
Puerto Rico in 1975 and in 1980 he graduated from NYU with a master’s of art degree.[3][4] In addition to
his studio practice, Lind-Ramos also currently teaches in the Humanities Department at the University of
Puerto Rico at Humacao.[5]

Work
Lind-Ramos paints on canvas with oil using traditional and
uncommon applications techniques from brushes to spatulas.[1] He
also works with recycled or reused materials such as cardboard,
wire screen, discarded appliances, car parts, the foliage of coconut
palm trees, broken musical instruments and other used items.[1]

He was described as the "breakout star" or highlight of the 2019

Whitney Biennial by multiple reviewers,[6][7][8][9] with the New
York Times writing that his sculpture Maria Maria exemplified the
pieces in the Biennial that "reassert the power of spirituality."[10]
Critic Holland Cotter elaborated on the sculpture, explaining how
Lind-Ramos "creat[ed] from wood, beads, coconuts and a blue
FEMA tarp, a figure that is both the Virgin Mary and
personification of the hurricane that devastated the island in 2017
... the piece looks presidingly majestic."[10][11]

Exhibitions (selection)
Figura De Poder (2016-2022) at the
In 2023, the artist presented the solo show “Daniel Lind-Ramos: National Gallery of Art's exhibition of
El Viejo Griot — Una Historia de Todos Nosotros (The Elder Afro-Atlantic Histories in 2022
Storyteller — A Story of All of Us),” at MoMA PS1, Queens. The
exhibition commented on the destruction of Hurricane Maria
through large scale installations.[12] About the show, Pulitzer Prize winner and the New York Times co-
chief art critic, Holland Cotter states
 The title of a third work, “María de los Sustentos (Mary of Nourishment),” seems to allude
to the Mother of Jesus. But the sculptural image Lind-Ramos has come up with feels far less
a Spanish Catholic import than a local domestic invention, meticulously assembled, as it is,
from pots and pans, fish nets, farming tools, sustaining instruments of daily life in the Loíza
community.[13]

In 2022, Lind-Ramos participated in the North American iteration of the international exhibition Afro-
Atlantic Histories and his artwork was on view in the display at the National Gallery of Art in
Washington D.C.[14]

Lind-Ramos's work is being featured in the 35th São Paulo Biennial titled Coreographies of the
Impossible, taking place at the São Paulo Biennial Foundation building in the city of São Paulo in the fall
of 2023.[15]

Permanent Collections
His works are in the permanent collections of several museum institutions in the United States and abroad
such as the Whitney Museum of American Art,[16] the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[17] the Museum of
Latin American Art,[18] El Museo del Barrio, and the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art.[19]

Exhibitions
Some of Lind-Ramos' exhibitions include:

Fundación Arana Scholarship (1989) - funded Lind-Ramos to study in Paris, France with
Antonio Seguí’s Studio at the Ecole des Beaux Arts[3]
Salon International Val D’or at Hyères (1990) - First Prize
Salón Internacional de Plástica Latina at Meillant, France (2000) - Delegation Prize
World Festival of Black Culture and Arts in Dakar, Senegal, Africa (2010) - Invitation[4]
Second Gran Bienal Tropical (2016) at Piñones, Puerto Rico - Piña de oro[20]
Whitney Biennial 2019, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY - curated by
Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta[21]

Awards
In 2021, Lind-Ramos was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship.[22]

Lind-Ramos is the recipient of the 2020 Pérez Prize awarded by the Pérez Art Museum Miami. According
to the jurors, the award was conceived in honor of the artist's achievements and commitment to Afro-
Caribbean and Afro-Latin American identities.[23]

References
 1. "Daniel Lind-Ramos" (https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/daniel-lind-ramos). Harvard.
2. aicasc, Posté par (2015-11-11). "Daniel Lind Ramos and the Visual Politics of Race in
Puerto Rican Art" (https://aica-sc.net/2015/11/11/daniel-lind-ramos-and-the-visual-politics-of-
race-in-puerto-rican-art/). Aica Caraïbe du Sud (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
3. "Daniel Lind-Ramos" (https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/daniel-lind-ramos). Joan
Mitchell Foundation.
4. "DANIEL LIND RAMOS" (https://web.archive.org/web/20190610105524/https://enciclopedia
pr.org/en/encyclopedia/daniel-lind-ramos/). enciclopediapr.org. Archived from the original (ht
tps://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/daniel-lind-ramos/) on 2019-06-10. Retrieved
2019-04-09.
5. ivetteromero (2013-11-16). "Art Exhibition: Daniel Lind's "De pie" " (https://repeatingislands.c
om/2013/11/15/art-exhibition-daniel-linds-de-pie/). Repeating Islands. Retrieved
2019-04-09.
6. Yablonsky, Linda (5/14/19). "Everything is good at the Whitney Biennial but nothing makes a
difference" (https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/whitney-biennial-2019), The Art
Newspaper.Retrieved July 29, 2019.
7. Andrew Russeth (5/13/19). "Soft Power: The Whitney Biennial Is an Elegant But Safe
Portrait of Right Now" (http://www.artnews.com/2019/05/13/whitney-biennial-review/),
ArtNews. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
8. Sebastian Smee (5/18/19). "The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the
country — and lots of fluff" (https://beta.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-w
hitney-biennial-presents-the-best-new-artists-in-the-country--and-lots-of-fluff/2019/05/17/0af
0d7f6-78d7-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html?outputType=amp), Washington Post.
Retrieved 7/29/19.
9. Aruna D’Souza (5/24/19), "Self, society, tear gas: the museum surveys current American
art." (http://4columns.org/d-souza-aruna/whitney-biennial-2019), 4 Columns. Retrieved July
29, 2019.
10. Holland Cotter (May 16, 2019). "The Whitney Biennial: Young Art Cross-Stitched With
Politics" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/arts/design/whitney-biennial-review.html).
New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
11. ivetteromero (2019-07-07). "Puerto Rican Artist Daniel Lind-Ramos Stands Out as a Best of
Show" (https://repeatingislands.com/2019/07/06/puerto-rican-artist-daniel-lind-ramos-stands
-out-as-a-best-of-show/). Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
12. Yorker, The New (2023-04-14). "The Monumental Work of Daniel Lind-Ramos" (https://www.
newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/the-monumental-work-of-daniel-lind-ramos). The New
Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0028-792X). Retrieved
2023-08-07.
13. Cotter, Holland (2023-05-04). "Through Catastrophe, and in Community, the Art of Daniel
Lind-Ramos" (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/arts/design/daniel-lind-ramos-moma-ps1
-catastroprhe-art.html). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 (https://search.worldcat.org/i
ssn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2023-08-07.
14. Valentine, Victoria L. (2023-05-07). "Daniel Lind-Ramos Gives Voice to Black Puerto Rican
and Afro-Caribbean Communities Through Monumental Assemblage Works" (https://www.cu
lturetype.com/2023/05/07/daniel-lind-ramos-gives-voice-to-black-puerto-rican-and-afro-carib
bean-communities-through-monumental-assemblage-works/). Culture Type. Retrieved
2023-09-26.
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eatingislands.com/2023/07/01/daniel-lind-ramos-at-the-sao-paulo-biennial-2023/).
Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
16. "Daniel Lind-Ramos" (https://whitney.org/artists/18975). whitney.org. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
17. "Daniel Lind-Ramos • Pérez Art Museum Miami" (https://www.pamm.org/en/artist/daniel-lind-
ramos/). Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
18. "DanielLindRamos" (https://molaa.org/daniellindramos). MOLAA | Museum of Latin
American Art. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
19. Artist's Web Site (https://daniellindramos.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/resume-daniel-lind-ra
mos.pdf). Retrieved July 29, 2019.
20. "2da Gran Bienal Tropical" (https://granbienaltropical.tumblr.com/?og=1).
granbienaltropical.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
23. "Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces Puerto Rican Artist Daniel Lind-Ramos as Recipient
of the 2020 Pérez Prize • Pérez Art Museum Miami" (https://www.pamm.org/en/press/perez-
art-museum-miami-announces-puerto-rican-artist-daniel-lind-ramos-as-recipient-of-the-2020
-perez-prize/). Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-08-07.

External links
Artist's Web Site (https://web.archive.org/web/20190729225736/https://daniellindramos.co
m/)[usurped]
Daniel Lind Ramos and the Visual Politics of Race in Puerto Rican Art (https://aica-sc.net/20
15/11/11/daniel-lind-ramos-and-the-visual-politics-of-race-in-puerto-rican-art/)
DANIEL LIND RAMOS - Enciclopedia Puerto Rico (https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedi
a/daniel-lind-ramos/) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20190610105524/https://enciclo
pediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/daniel-lind-ramos/) 2019-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
Daniel Lind Ramos - Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (http://www.mapr.org/es/museo/proa/arti
sta/lind-ramos-daniel)

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