Sofie Ramos • Rose Clutch

Sofie Ramos is best known for large-scale sculptural installations of vibrantly painted household forms. Her textures flatten hierarchies and boundaries between art and everyday objects while also playfully confronting material excess. Often fossilizing ephemeral or soft material – from socks, towels, and furniture to dead flowers and old food – Ramos builds up layers of paint and enamel on found objects to peculiarize and re-characterize the familiar.

Sofie Ramos (b. 1990, Cincinnati, OH) received her MFA in Art Practice from University of California in Berkeley, CA and her BA in Visual Art from Brown University in Providence, RI. Ramos’ artwork has been exhibited widely including solo exhibitions at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose, CA; Bread & Salt in San Diego, CA; Fort Mason and Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, CA; Johansson Projects in Oakley, CA; and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, CO. She has several permanent installations at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, CA, and she recently completed her first permanent outdoor public sculpture at Christie Park in Emeryville, CA. Her artwork has been featured in reviewed in publications including Juxtapoz, San Francisco Chronicle, Architectural Digest, Create! Magazine, and KQED Arts. Ramos lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.