Diego Ramírez






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Signs of The Undead

2019-2022


In vampire fiction, there are always signs that let us know a vampire is around: cloves of garlic, a coffin, crucifixes, shadows. This project explores this idea with signage material, such as perspex, light boxes, and acrylic, to depict images that suggest a vampire is nearby. 

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'Those Monuments Don't Know Us' curated by Andy Butler, Bundoora Homestead, 2019. Left to right: 'The Infinity Of The Past', Neon, 133 x 120cm and 'Eternal Arrival', coffin-shaped lightbox, 55 x 200 x 60 cm. Photography provided by Bundoora Homestead.

Single Works 4 Group Shows

2017-ongoing


A growing collection of individual works made for group shows and other occasions.

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Troll

2021


Troll is a suit of sculptural pictures inspired by the darkness of online behaviour, ranging from the punitive narcissism of 'woke' trials, to the oppressive machiavellianism of white supremacism and the psychopathic nihilism of trolls.  

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When I was a child, I used to dress like El Diablito

2021


The set of four photographs consider how we demonise people from other places. It reflects on the conflation of racial markers and devilish features—such as mischief, disorder, and chaos.  

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'When I was a child, I used to dress like El Diablito I', 2021 - Inkjet Print - 841 x 1189mm. Photography by Aaron CV Rees.


Dark Oval

2021


Dark Oval looks at apparitions of the Virgin Mary in states of emergency to reflect on our contemporary world.

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'The Perfect Ever', No Show, Carriageworks, 2021. Photo by Zan Wimberly.
Ramirez acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Land where he lives and works, the Wurundjeri people. He pays his respects to Elders past, present and emerging of the Kulin Nation.