About

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About the Artist





I am Alkaid Ramirez, a documentary photographer based in Anaheim. I have been practicing photography for the past few years, using traditional photography to capture integral scenes, stories, and civil unrest in my community through the framework of material analysis.

My work contributes to more significant conversations about social inequality and inequity, focusing on the systemic challenges of working-class immigrants and marginalized communities. I am inspired to document these struggles, challenge them, and witness their cultural significance for future generations. My work is centered on significant places and periods of my life that contribute to my identity as a child of resilient immigrant parents and a second-generation Chicano actively deconstructing colonizer ideologies regarding BIPOC identity and identity assimilation in colonized spaces

Publications

Stem Magazine.Howe, Elijah, and Jake Langston, editors. July 2019, Issue 2 ‘Space’ p. 15.

Stem Magazine.Howe, Elijah, and Jake Langston, editors. September 2019, Issue 3 ‘Traversing Night’ p. 22.

Stem Magazine.Howe, Elijah, and Jake Langston, editors. June 2020, Issue 4 ‘Incorrect’ p. 31.

Guerrerense Disporia zine, Maritza Geronimo, editor, August 2020, Issue 1, p. 41-44

Negotiable Frontiers. Camargo, William, and The Latinx Project, editor/artist/publication, August 2021, p. 76, 77, 78, 79, 81

Awards

Community Engagement Grant Recipient, Community Engagement Org, 2023

Individual Artist FellowShip ‘Emerging Artist’ Award Recipient, California Arts Council, 2023

Group Shows

Portfolio Development Group Show, Redwood Art Association Gallery, Eureka, CA, 2018

Counter Archives, The Curated Fridge, Thecuratedfridge.com, 2020

All Media Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2020

  • Awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ for Standout Piece in Show

El Otro Lado, Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tx, 2023

Collective Memory Installation, LA County Arts and Culture, Grand Park LA, Los

Angeles, Ca, 2023

Visions Of Aztlan, Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, Ca, 2023

Reencuentros: Seeing You Again, 2024, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.

Solo Shows

El Jale Exhibition, Carnegie Plaza at the MUZEO, Anaheim, Ca, 2021

Terrain, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2022