André Ramos-Woodard
www.andreramoswoodard.com // forandreramoswoodard@gmail.com
currently represented by Foto Forum Santa Fe
S o l o + T w o - P e r s o n S h o w s
2023
BLACK SNAFU: Situation Niggas All Fucked Up, Plush Gallery, Dallas TX
BLACK SNAFU: Situation Niggas All Fucked Up, Foto Forum Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM
2022
HCP Annual Fellowships 2022 – BLACK SNAFU, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
A guide to better wound closure, w/ Diljá Þorvaldsdóttir, Gallery Kannski, Reykjavik, Iceland
AFRICAN AMERICA: Contempt of Greasy Pigs, east window SOUTH, Boulder CO
BLACK SNAFU: Situation Niggas All Fucked Up, Leon Gallery, Denver CO
2021
a mediocre-ass nigga, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO
BLACK SNAFU: Situation Niggas All Fucked Up, Trapdoor Projects, Albuquerque NM
a mediocre-ass nigga., Filter Photo, Chicago IL
2020
WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
Stay (away), w/ Jordan Jirschele, CFA Downtown, Albuquerque NM
2019
a mediocre-ass nigga, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2018
I Understand How You Feel, Art Museum of Southeast Texas Café, Beaumont, TX
G r o u p S h o w s
2023
Lens 2023, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
18th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, East | West Galleries, Texas Woman’s University
Mint Condition, MidwestNice Art
Fellowship 23 Awards, Silver Eye, Pittsburgh PA
2022
Super Fresh, Plush Gallery, Dallas TX
Pointing at Ourselves: Modern Self Portraits, Woody Gaddis Gallery, Edmonds OK
DISGUST, east window SOUTH, Boulder CO
8th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland MD
Interventions, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX
2021
Imagining the unreal: The GCPL Photo Annual, Gwinnet County Public Library, Lawrenceville GA
HCP Center Annual: Altered Bond, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
UnBound10!, Candela Gallery, Richmond VA
#NewVisions2021: A Student Show, Texas Photographic Society, https://texasphoto.org/newvisions2021
SLOW ROLL, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque NM
Embracing Stillness, Humble Arts Foundation, http://hafny.org/
Not Knowing, Cheers to Knowing, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM
THREE ACTS: A Survey of Shame, Emotion, and Oblivion, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO
The Artist Intervenes, Lenscratch
Photography: A Sense of Place, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
In Tandem, Masley Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Winter 2021, The Curated Fridge, https://www.thecuratedfridge.com/
Nightlights Denver, Denver Collage Club, Denver CO
THE BIG PICTURE, “Inside, out the door, down the alley and around the world” + Denver, CO
2020
New Perspectives in Drawing and Painting, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis MO
So Close, Side x Side Contemporary, https://sidexsidecontemporary.com
Bond/Bound, w/ Jennifer Marion, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville VA
Self-Quarantining, w/ Jennifer Marion, Lenscratch
New Photography II: National Juried Exhibition, Academy Art Museum, Easton MD
Fraction 12th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Fractionmagazine.com
Identity as Material, Material as Identity, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque NM
30 Under 30, Viridian Artists Inc., New York NY
2019
The Sight of Pressure, African American Performing Arts Center, Albuquerque NM
Amuse Yeaux, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO
GRAPHIC ACTIVISM, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Blurred Expectations, Lycoming College, Williamsport PA
Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, Edmond OK
2018
Emerging Vision – Biennial Student Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver CO
SPE South Central Student Push-Pin Exhibition, LSU Gallery 229, Baton Rouge, LA
Digital Disobedience, CFA Downtown, Albuquerque, NM
UNM PHOTO, Masley Hall Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
At First Sight, CFA Downtown, Albuquerque, NM
Portraits 2018, The Center of Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
Take This With You, San Jacinto Community College, San Jacinto TX
2017
Take This With You, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont TX
2016
Other Worlds, San Jacinto College North Gallery, Houston TX
Color Photography, SOL Gallery, Beaumont TX
2014
PHOTOcentric, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
2013
Ariano Film Festival, Ariano Irpino, Italy
A w a r d s + G r a n t s
2023
Honorable Mention, The Fellowship Award, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh PA
2022
Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
2021
Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Endowment Acquisition Prize, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX
Third Place, Lenscratch Student Prize, Lenscratch
Second Place, The Artist Intervenes, Lenscratch
Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria Recipient, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
Semifinalist, NOT REAL ART Grant
Collaborative Lithography Artist Participant, Tamarind Institute
2021 Silver List Artist, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh PA
2021 New Collection Artist Award, Denver Collage Club
2020
Getting Seen, Getting Shown Master Class BIPOC Scholarship, The Houston Center for Photography
Michael Reichmann Project Grant, Photolucida
Critical Mass Finalist - Top 50, Photolucida
Best in Show, New Photography II: National Juried Exhibition, Academy Art Museum
2019
Denis Roussel Fellowship Recipient, The Center for Fine Art Photography
SITE Scholarship Recipient, SITE Santa Fe Anderson Ranch Scholarship Recipient
2017
Tom and Rosalea Maes Scholarship Recipient
Isabel S. Morian Art Scholarship Recipient
Dean of Fine Arts Scholarship Recipient
2016
Isabel S. Morian Art Scholarship Recipient
New Initiative Kappa Pi Scholarship Recipient
Honorable Mention, People – Other Category, Neutral Density Awards,
Honorable Mention, Fine Art – Conceptual Category, Neutral Density Awards
Honorable Mention, Shoot The Frame – Portrait Contest
2015
Third Place, Amateur – Photomanipulation Category, International Monochrome Awards,
2013
Runner-Up, Edu2013, Resource Magazine
2012
First Place, Hal Fulgham Memorial Scholarship, Fine Art Category, Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI)
Selected as Texas Imagemaker, Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI)
P u b l i c a t i o n s + A r t i c l e s
2023
Vol 3: Rural Queerness, Soft Lighting
2022
ISSUE 116: Portfolio 2022, F-Stop Magazine
foam TALENT, Foam Magazine
Spring 2022, DARIA Magazine
Through cartoons, artist André Ramos-Woodard flips the script on racial stereotypes, Houston Chronicle (Joy Sewing)
André Ramos-Woodard on art-making as a survival strategy, Online Article, British Journal of Photography (Gem Fletcher)
2021
André Ramos-Woodard Advocates for Black Liberation and Queer Justice, Online Article, Not Real Art
The Photographer’s Green Book VOL 1, University of Arkansas RISOlab (Ally Caple + Leah Grant)
MFA Spotlight: The University of New Mexico, Artforum
No. 15, aint-bad
Housefire, Culumus Photo
2020
Andre Ramos-Woodard | Ep. 14, Photographers of Color Podcast
Issue 136, Fraction Magazine
Photographers on Photographers: André Ramos-Woodard and Clifford Prince King, Lenscratch
André Ramos-Woodard: a mediocre ass nigga, Lenscratch
The Resilience Project, 516 Arts
2019
Issue 09: Question, Polemical Zine
Lux Volume 2 Issue 1: Identity, Lux the Zine
PDNedu, Spring 2019, Photo District News
What Would You Sell For $5?, Fake Magazine
2018
Fraction Magazine: Issue 110, 10th Anniversary Edition, Fraction Magazine
Camera Stories: Andre Woodard and his Fotron III, Booooooom
2017
Imitation of Life, Loosen Art Magazine
Conceptual, Loosen Art Magazine
Best of College and High School Photography, Photo Forum Magazine
P r o f e s s i o n a l + S o c i a l A c t i v i t i e s
2022
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Podcast interview with Mike Sakasegawa, Keep the Record Open
2021
f22 Fine Art Prints – Selected Artist
Virtual Artist Lecture in Global Perspectives w/ Dr. Stephanie Chadwick, Lamar University, Beaumont TX
2020
Panel Discussion with Andre Ramos-Woodard and WORK/PLAY, Society of Photographic Education (SPE)
Southcentral Conference – “To Be Continued….”
SITE Santa Fe Instagram Takeover (Aug. 11th – Aug. 15th)
Harwood Art Center Takeover (Apr. 12th – 17th)
Artist Lecture at Lamar University Art Department, Beaumont TX
2018
SPELGBTQ Instagram Takeover (Oct. 7th – 13th)
2017
President of Artist Common, Lamar University Student Organization
2016
Kappa Pi Honor Society Initiate
Member of Artist Common, Lamar University Student Organization
2013
A Selfie vs. A Self-Portrait, Presentation at ATPI Winter Conference, Arlington TX
C o l l e c t i o n s
2021
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX
W o r k E x p e r I e n c e
2022
Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator, Houston Center for Photography
Visiting Professor in Design, Lamar University
2021
Teaching Assistant, Photography II, The University of New Mexico
2020
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Photography, The University of New Mexico
2019
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Photography, The University of New Mexico
Teaching Assistant, Digital Imaging Techniques, The University of New Mexico
2017
Curatorial Assistant at The Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Intern at The Art Museum of Southeast Texas
E d u c a t i o n
2017
BFA in Photography, Lamar University
2021
MFA in Photography, University of New Mexico