Pablo José Ramírez

Pablo José Ramírez
Curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Pablo José Ramírez is a curator at the Hammer Museum. From 2019 to 2023, he was the inaugural adjunct curator of First Nations and Indigenous art at Tate Modern, where he played a key role in shaping the acquisitions strategy and advancement of
indigenous and non-Western practices. Ramírez was part of the curatorial council of the 58th Carnegie International with Sohrab Mohebbi. In 2015, he co-curated the 19th Paiz Biennale Transvisible with Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, and recently, he co-curated with Diana Nawi the critically acclaimed biennale, Made in LA 2023: Acts of Living. His work explores non-Western ontologies, brown and indigenous histories, and the politics of noncolonial aesthetics. He holds an MA in contemporary art theory from Goldsmiths, University of London. Ramírez received the 2019 Independent Curators International/CPPC Award for Central America and the Caribbean. Ramírez has lectured internationally for the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, The National Museum of Oslo, MUAC, Gasworks, ParaSite, Kunstintituut Melly, University of Cape Town, Essex University, Cambridge University, University of Chicago, Simon Fraser University and The New School, among others. He has published extensively, including pieces for Artforum, e-flux, Arts of the Working Class, Artishock, and several catalogues and books.