Casa 5 convida-o para a abertura da exposição, Casa 5 invite you for the opening of the exhibition "Gyotaku Prints de Rachel Ramirez" 13 de Novembro até 10 Dezembro de 2010. Abertura Sabado 13 Novembro 19.00 h Opening Saterday 13 November at 19.00 h 19 de Novembro às 18 horas, Seminário: “Gyotaku: as origens e a relação com as Artes e Ciências”. Biblioteca Municipal Álvaro de Campos, Rua da Comunidade Lusíada, 21 in Tavira. 20 de Novembro: Workshop Gyotaku técnica. Friday 19 November 2010, 6 pm, Seminar: “Gyotaku: as origens e a relação com as Artes e Ciências”, at the Biblioteca Municipal Álvaro de Campos, Rua da Comunidade Lusíada, 21 in Tavira. 20 November: Workshop in 'Direct' Gyotaku Printing. (you can still subscribe) Rachel (1965 Hong Kong) is an artist living in Olhão, Portugal. Her works are informed by the aquatic life of the Oceans, seas and shorelines; particularly those of the Ria Formosa and North Atlantic Ocean. Most recent exhibitions 2010 17th Annual Gyotaku International Exhibition, Higashimatsuyama City Library, Saitama, Japan. Atalia, Regimento de Infantaria Nº1, Tavira, Portugal. 2nd Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery & the Tuanku Fauziah Museum and Gallery, University Sains Malaysia, Penang. Print Zero Exchange 7, Print zero Studio, Seattle, Washington, USA. The Visitors, E17 Art Trail, Vestry House Museum, London. 1º Aniversário da Casa 5, Galeria de Arte, Tavira Portugal. 2009–2010 2009-2010 Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt & Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, Cairo, Egypt 2009 2009 Second International Prints for Peace Exhibit, Leopoldo Carpinteyro Gallery of IMNRC, Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Monterry NL, México 8th Lessedra World Art Print, International Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria Opening of the Casa 5 Artes, Art Gallery, Tavira, Portugal 1o Edição de Gravura Postal, Matriz Print Association, Esteta Galeria, Porto, Portugal Print Zero International Print Exchange, Print Zero Studio, Seattle, Washington, USA 3rd Oregon Ink Spot, International Print Exchange, Eastern Oregon University, Oregon, USA Wrexham Print International, Oriel Wrecsam Arts Centre, Wales, UK. (touring the UK until December 2009) 2008 Bookmarks VI: Infiltrating Europe & the USA 2nd Oregon Ink Spot Exchange, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, Oregon, USA Wonderland, ELP group show, Fairy Tale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. (Travelling in 2009 to the Brothers Grimm Museum, Kassel, Germany and the V&A Museum of Chilhood, London) Decarbonart, City Hall, Greater London Authority, Southbank, London E17 Art Trail, Kelmscott School, London Women Artists, Mercado da Ribeira, Tavira, Portugal Gyotaku, (solo show) Galeria do Conservatório Regional do Algarve Maria Campina, Fundação Pedro Ruivo, Faro, Portugal Re: Artists Books, Artworks Milton Keynes, Herefordshire Art College & Portsmouth University, UK Draw-in International Drawing Exhibition, 00130 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Gyotaku (solo show) Galeria Rua de Feira Nº 34, Junta de Freguesia de Olhão, Portugal International Mini Print Show, Naestved Roennebaeksholm Arts & Culture Centre, Denmark Private collections Belgium, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, Ireland Public collections Fundação Pedro Ruivo, Faro, Portugal Camara Municipal, Barreiro, Portugal Cornell College, Mount Vernon, USA British Library, London Permanent Print Collection, Eastern Oregon University, Oregon, USA The Americas Biennial Exhibition Archive, Iowa, USA Tate Library & Archive Collection, Tate Britain, London Artists Books, Special Collections, Sir Kenneth Green Library, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Education MA Fine Art, 1992-1994  Royal College of Art BA Hons Fine Art, 1989-1992  Central St Martins College of Art Recent short courses 2008 Intensive Scientific Illustration Course (40 hours duration) taught by Dr. Fernando Correia at the Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal www.efecorreia-artstudio.com 2009 Intensive Japanese Woodblock Printing Course (2.5 days duration) taught by Professor Hiroshi Maruyama at the Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade do Porto, Portugal 2010 The Nature Printing Society Annual Workshop, The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Rachel is currently working towards a PhD "Gyotaku; its Origins and Relationship with Art and Science" at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto.

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