Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa

Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa is an interdisciplinary artist, working in drawing, video, sculpture, and performance. His work and research delves into poetry, folklorism, sexuality, and magical practises, as well as the experiences of refugees and the welfare of children in war through the lens of his own displacement during and following Guatemala’s civil war of 1960–96. Ramírez-Figueroa obtained a BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (2006) and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008), and was a postgraduate researcher at Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands (2013). He has performed and exhibited extensively across North and Latin America, Europe and Asia, as well as recent solo exhibitions in Casa America, Madrid (2011); Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany (2011); Gasworks, London (2015); and CAPC musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux (2017). Nafus performed at LIVE Biennale events for over a decade.

Participation

2011 2009 2007 2003 2001