RAMON FERNANDEZ - BOFILL

1200 Euclid Avenue | Apartment 311 | Miami Beach | Florida | 33139

786.390.4859 | www.fernandezbofill.com | ray@fernandezbofill.com

 

 

Born 1972 in Livorno, Italy to Cuban-American parents. Raised in the USA.

Lives and works in Miami, Florida, USA.

Married to Eva Christina Petersen (SCAD alumna), no children.

 

EDUCATION

MFA       Rhode Island School of Design, School of Fine Arts, Providence, RI

Painting, May 2005 (Summa Cum Laude)

Additional Studies: Digital Arts, African Graphic Writing Systems

 

BFA        University of Miami, School of Arts & Science, Coral Gables, FL

Drawing and Painting, May 1995 (Cum Laude)

Additional Studies: Art History

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Drawing and Painting, Visual Arts Department, 2007 - present

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

Courses Taught: Beginning Drawing; Intermediate Drawing; Advanced Drawing; Principles of Design; Color Theory; Narrative and Sequence; Mural and Scenic Techniques; Idea Generation; Digital Art I & II; Beginning Painting; Figure Drawing, Studio Concentration I & II; Graduate Studio Concentrations

 

Adjunct Professor, Drawing and Painting, Department of Art & Art History, 2006 – 2007

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Courses taught: Introduction to Drawing; Principles of Design: Black and White with Color Theory

 

Adjunct Professor, Drawing and Painting, Visual Arts Department, 2006

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

Courses taught: Beginning Drawing; Intermediate Drawing; Advanced Drawing; Principles of Design I & II; Color Theory; Mural and Scenic Techniques

 

Teaching Assistant, Drawing and Painting, School of Fine Arts, 2003 – 2005

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Courses co-supervised: Introduction to Painting; Professional Practices; Graduate Drawing Seminar

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Faculty Development Certificate: “The Art of Teaching at AI”, 2010

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

A six-week course aimed at providing the tools and resources needed to expand existing skills as effective learning-centered instructors.

 

Faculty Development Certificate: “Developing Effective Lesson Planning”, 2009

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

 

Faculty Professional Development Certificate, 2009

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

Topics covered included:  learning-centered teaching methods, evaluating student performance with rubrics and Bloom’s Taxonomy.

 

Collegiate Teaching Certificate, 2005

Harriet W. Sheridan Center For Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Providence, RI

Explored the basic elements of a reflective teaching practice: careful planning; knowledge of one’s audience and the ability to engage different learning styles; the importance of establishing learning goals; and a willingness to be innovative.

 

 

SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS

Painting and Fibers

Intimately familiar with the use of varied painting methods and techniques including oil paints and acrylics, as well as interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to stitching and quilting.

 

Digital Media

Currently lecturing the use of Corel PainterX and PhotoshopCS4 to visual arts majors.

Working Knowledge of Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Flash, Maya, Premiere and Final Cut Pro.

 

Art Handling

Highly developed practical skills resulting from experience with installation, crating and packing fine artworks while being employed by Artex Inc., Miami Art Museum, and Bass Museum of Art.

 

Visual Merchandizing

Commercial experience from working as a visual freelancer in the New York fashion industry for various fashion houses including: A/X (Armani Exchange), French Connection U.K., Diesel, Copy Tone, Tommy

Hilfiger and Giorgio Armani Corporate, during the years of 1995 - 2000.

 

Languages

Bilingual in English and Spanish.

 

 

AWARDS and HONORS

Seven-Month Residency Fellowship, 2006, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

One out of ten awarded at one of the country’s most renowned long-term residency programs. One of two fellows invited for second term and to jury new applicants.

 

Summa Cum Laude, School of Fine Arts, 2005, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

Presidential Scholarship, 2003 – 2005, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

One out of five awarded within the School of Graduate Studies.

 

Fellowship, School of Fine Arts, 2003 – 2005, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

Cum Laude, 1995, School of Arts and Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

 

Full Art Departmental Scholarship, 1990 – 1995, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

 

Provost’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List, School of Arts and Science, 1990 -1995,

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

 

Honorable Mention, Hortt Memorial Exhibition, 1992

Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Fine Arts Work Center, 2005 – 2006, Provincetown, MA

Seven-Month Residency a leading long-term residency program in the country for emerging artists and writers and one of the most renowned.

 

Summer Residence At West Dean College Scholarship, 2004, The Slade Post Graduate School West Dean College, West Sussex, England

 

UM Artist in Residence, 1995, School of Arts & Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Invited by the Department of Art and Art History.

 

Vermont Studio Centers, 1993, Fellowship Residence, Johnson, VT

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006      Recent Works, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts

 

2005      Dowsing - Intuition - Invocation - Mapping, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL

 

2002      Surreptitious: Series 1, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL

 

2000      Maferefun Eggun, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009      Multiversal for Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Space at The American Legion, Miami, FL

(Juried Exhibition, Curator Cassie Williams)

8^th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

Bunker Buster Group Show, The Bunker Art Space, Miami, FL

 

2008      Feria Mexico Arte Contemporaneo (FEMACO), Galeria Cubo, Mexico City, Mexico

7^th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

 

2007      All - Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

(Curator Claire Breukel)

Art of Uncertainty, Presented by Edge Zones, San Salvador, El Salvador

Alumni Exhibition, University of Miami, Wynwood Space, Miami, FL

6^th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

 

2006      Exhibiting, Studio 17 Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL (Curator Naomi Patterson)

20 Questions, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL

Visual Arts at Mass Cultural Council, Massachusetts Cultural Council Building, Boston, MA

The FAWC Fellows Exhibition at PAAM, Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown, MA

 

2005      First Look, Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art Museum, Peekskill, NY

(Juried by board members, invitational)

Out In Front, Collecting Contemporary Art in Rhode Island with Paula and Leonard Granoff, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

 

2003      Miami Hot, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, FL

(Curator D. Gerson, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, Lowe Museum)

Miami Abstract, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL

(Curator by Franklin Einspruch)

The Seducer’s Diary, The Art Center, Miami Beach, FL  (Curator Carlos De Villasante)

 

2000      Roots, Myths, Memories, (Curator Carlos A. Cruz, Art Historian, Latin American Art Critic) Saint Thomas University, N. Miami, FL, Martin County Council for the Arts Museum, Stuart, FL and the Museum of Florida Craftsman Association, St. Petersburg, FL

Contemporary Drawings by Latin American Artist, Gallery North, Miami Dade Community College, North Campus, Miami, FL  (Curator Juan Espinosa-Almodóvar)

 

1995       A Mid Summer Art Scene, The New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

(Curator Juan Espinosa-Almodóvar)

Contemporary American Painting, Society of The Four Arts, Palm Bch, FL (Nationally Juried)

An Act of Faith, Dorsch Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

 

1994       Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL  (State Juried)

 

1993       Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL  (State Juried)

 

 

BENEFITS and AUCTIONS

2004      Lowe Art Museum Fundraiser, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

Organized by “The Friends of Art” – from the Lowe Museum to benefit the Lowe Museum and the University of Miami Department of Art and Art History.

Postcards From The Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY

Increasing AIDS awareness through the visual arts with exhibitions, events, and auctions that raise funds for affiliated AIDS organizations.

 

2003      Locust Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

Annual effort to support and maintain Locust Projects, a non-profit exhibition space for experimental and often under-represented art projects.

 

2002      The No Show, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Curator Robert Chambers.  Proceeds were given to public awareness programs for equal opportunity in Miami, FL.  The “NO” represented a vote in a referendum designed to omit a discrimination law protecting homosexuality in the work place.

 

1994       Art Against Aids Auction IV, Sheldon Lurie Organization, Miami, FL

 

1992       Ryan White CARE Funding, Dade HIV Services Council, Miami, FL

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

2006     Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

 

2005     Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

 

1996     Martin County Council for the Arts Museum, Stuart, FL

 

1994     Vermont Studio Centers, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

 

 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Museum Preparator, 2006 – 2007

Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL and Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

Prepared installations in galleries and assisted in constructions of spaces for exhibitions.        

 

Art Handler / Carpenter, 2001 – 2003, Artex Inc, Davie, FL

Supervised and fabricated custom built crates designed to safely transport works of art. 

Trained and supervised new employees. 

Executed the installation of art works in museums, galleries and private collections.

 

 

REFERENCES

Excellent references available upon request.