Carolina (Caro) Ramonde
Montevideo , Montevideo
Caro Ramonde is a globally awarded Italian-Uruguayan Conceptual Impressionist artist specialized in oil paintings that she intervenes sometimes using tech.
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Caro Ramonde is an Italo-Uruguayan conceptual artist who specializes in oil paintings inspired by nature, climate change and current events. She was born by the sea in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Caro has been studying art in its diverse forms her whole life. She received her first art award at 5 years old. She went on to study Fashion Design at age 15 at Instituto Strasser, Montevideo, and created her first capsule collection when she was 18 yrs. old. Later, she earned a degree as an Interior Designer at Gino Moncalvo Design School.
Caro traveled the world with her husband. They lived in Argentina for a few years, where she studied sculpture at Centro Cultural Rojas. They also lived in Milan, Italy, where her oldest daughter was born. One year later they moved to Porto Alegre, Brazil, and later that year, Caro welcomed her youngest daughter in Montevideo, Uruguay. The family then moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where Caro studied Plastic Arts with a specialization in Painting at ABRA – Academia Brasileira de Arte.
A move to Mexico found Caro as part of an art collective that took her paintings to charity auctions, art exhibitions and contests. Then it was on to Buenos Aires, Argentina where Caro continued painting and took part in art exhibitions.
Caro did artistic residences at Miami, USA, and at Florence, Italy,, in the year 2021 during which she exhibited representing Uruguay at the prestigious Milano and Florence Biennials and at the spectacular Spectrum Miami during Art Basel.
After returning to their hometown, Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2022, her beloved husband Claudio tragically died after suffering a terminal sudden decease so Caro and her daughters are still recovering for the inconmensurable loss.
Caro currently divides her time and artistic creations between Montevideo, Vancouver, London and wherever life and art takes her, following up with her nomadic journey.
AWARDS
Year 2023
Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of recognition for artistic creation
BIAFARIN
Contemporary Art Curator - Collector's Vision Award
Year 2022
Mención Especial - Bienal Internacional de Colonia, Uruguay - Otorgado a la obra de arte: "No se puede tapar el sol con una mano"
Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of recognition for artistic creation
Year 2021
Collectors Vision International Art Award - Celebrates current artists who share their talent and heritage with the world. It's a highly-anticipated Award presented to the most outstanding and talented artists working in the art world now.
Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of recognition for artistic creation
Year 2020
Menzione Speciale - Artwork 'Mother Nature Feeling Blue' - Pro Biennale di Venezia
Premio Jacopo da Ponte – Spoleto Art Factory – Milano, Italia
Luxembourg Art Prize - Certificate of recognition for artistic creation
"Artist of the future" Award - Contemporary Art Curator Magazine
IAVA ARTS
Exhibitions, Associations and Contests:
Year 2024
Carrasco Lawn Tennis - Solo Exhibition - 4th to 27th of September - Montevideo, Uruguay
MOWNA - Metaverse - The Museum of New and Newfangled Art - Techspressionism collective art exhibition - Oct 3, 2024 - Jan 26, 2025
Kingsborough Art Museum - Hello Brooklyn! - Techspressionism collective Art Exhibition - August 7 - September 25
Awita New York Studio by The Hug - Art exhibition - August
Year 2022
Bienal Argentina de Arte - Centro Cultural Borges
Luxembourg Art Prize - Art Contest
Museo Ralli - Punta del Este
Club Uruguay - "La Naturaleza"
Concurso Nacional de Arte Ateneo de Montevideo
Ateneo de Montevideo - Exhibiciones Varias de APEU
Palacio Legislativo
Circle Foundation for the Arts - Lyon, France
Vinos de la Ballena - Artista seleccionada 2022
Greenlife Punta del Este - Exhibición de obras
Year 2021
Biennale di Milano - 20 to the 25th of October - Milan, Italy
Biennale di Firenze – 23rd to the 31st of October – Florence, Italy - Representando a Uruguay
M.A.D.S. Milano - “ROMANTICA” Exhibition – 23rd to 27th of April – Milan, Italy
ARTEBINARIA - Augmented Reality Exhibition at Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Italy– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cx8fi_9YJo&t=16s
ART INSIDE APP - Exhibition using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality where you can see the artwork in your own environment.
Bienal Argentina de Arte - Centro Cultural Borges - Exhibition delayed from March to new date in October due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Luxembourg Art Prize - Art Contest
ArtEXPO Spectrum Miami - SOLO Exhibition - December 1st to 5th - Mana Wynwood - MIAMI ART BASEL
2020
International Virtual Exhibition of Contemporary Art “A Help” – International Association fo Visual Artists-Selected between 872 proposals of Artists living in 25 countries.
Pro Biennale 2020 – Venezia, Italia
L’Arte delle Donne – Milano Art Gallery - Milano, Italia
West Vancouver Arts Council – Art Unlocked Exhibition
West Vancouver Arts Council – Transformations Exhibition
Center of Contemporary Artists – Roma, Italia Selected Artist for the contest
Luxembourg Art Prize – Belgium - Selected Artist for next stage of the contest
SOLO Exhibition Artexpo New York, NYC – USA - Selected Artist for exhibition
North Dakota Museum of Art – Art on Isolation - Selected Artist for Exhibition
London Biennale 2021- Application for Exhibition
Quarantine Residency by a Global Collective
AMPLIFIER.ORG – Quarantine theme, painting submission
FINE ART AMERICA
SAATCHI ART
FASO ART
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2020 – Selected Artist for exhibition
Global Art Awards- Shanghai, China. One painting selected https://www.theglobalartawards.com/vote-entries?app_data=entry_id%3D255130110%26referer_override%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fm.facebook.com
BIENAL DE ARTE TAMAYO – Ciudad de México
Redwood Art Group - Selected Artist
MEMBERSHIPS
IAVA ARTS - International Association of Visual Artists – PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Since 2019, FIRENZE, Italy
Federation of Canadian Artists – Active Member – Vancouver, Canada
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NYC, NY – Artist member
PRAXIS CENTER FOR AESTHETIC STUDIES- NYC, USA
West Vancouver Arts Council – Vancouver, Canada
FRACTURED ATLAS – NYC, NY
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK FEATURE -Contemporary Art of Excellence -Investable Artists 2021 - Volume 4
WRITER - short stories published in coffee books
ART MAGAZINES
Catalog book of the Pro Biennale di Venezia - 2020, EDITORIAL MONDADORI – ITALIA
Catalog book of the Florence Biennial - 2021, EDITORIAL MONDADORI – ITALIA
Catalog book of the Milano Art & Design Week - 2024
Statement
Artist Statement
Nature, beauty, climate change, spirituality and current global events inspire my conceptual impressionist
work, naturalist and creative in my original style.
My medium of choice is oil painting on museum canvas.
Being true to myself and always challenging my mind and spirit with new creations
feed my soul. Originality is crucial, copying other artists work even as inspiration isn’t right for me.
My style could be defined by my intuitive process facing a blank canvas and starting
painting staccato, leaving the mark of the brush or the spatula with rhythm and flow marking the movement of the wind on the water or clothes or the sky, usually in thick layers of oil painting.
Most of the time I work ‘Alla Prima’ doing all the painting in one session but there are
paintings that I keep adding layers even for many months, even years, till the desired effect is
reached.
Being recognized and accepted to become part of the global movement: Techspressionism based in NYC, I like using
design programs and tech on my artworks creating new ways of expression.
Virtual and Augmented Reality are very interesting tools, calling my attention many years ago.
In 2021 I was selected by a Gallery in Italy and my artwork was
exhibited using AR in the environment of the city of Florence, Italy and many other forms of Virtual exhibition with their app.
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