Rebie Picazo Ramoso
Rebie Picazo Ramoso is a visual artist and designer based in Manila. A master in creating inner worlds, Ramoso confronts social issues, like identity and poverty, from a psychological perspective. With formal training in Painting and Psychology, she is not afraid to venture deep into the psycho-emotional realm of human experience.
Ramoso’s artworks, she says, are an intimate reflection of ourselves. Her works have been featured in solo and group exhibits in the Philippines, United States, Belgium, Spain, and Italy.
One of Ramoso’s digital paintings, The Long Forgetting, received the Special Merit award at the 5th Annual All Women Art Exhibition, organized by Light Space and Time Gallery, in Florida, USA in 2015.
In April 2018, Rebie’s digital painting, How I Forget You, was featured at ArtExpo New York, through Coronari 111 Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Her solo exhibition entitled “The Stories That Write Us”, at Galleria La Pigna, Rome, Italy, in May 2019, featured her works that touched on different cusps experienced by women.
Rebie Ramoso earned the approval of the scientific committee of the Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea 2020 (Atlas of Contemporary Art), who likewise elaborated on how the artist successfully translates her artistic message:
“The fruit of the multifaceted training, open both to the field of art and to that of psychology, Ramoso’s works investigate the sphere of memory, of gender identity, a body which derives from a real lens of sexuality, poverty, and motherhood, showing the viewer a profound and extremely radical journey through the psycho-emotional realm of human experience. The results are works of great impact and charm, such as Unmade (2017), Between Solstice and Equinox (2016), and The Long Forgetting (2015).
In 2021, Ramoso won Bronze in Accessories Design, and Honorable Mention in Textile Design, Accessories Design and Sustainable Fashion at the 15th International Design Awards in the USA.
Ramoso studied Painting at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and Psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University, where she graduated cum laude. She has taught Drawing, Design, Language, Theater and Dance at Miriam College, where she graduated valedictorian in high school.
Ramoso is founding partner and chief product designer of Quarkus, a product design studio creating innovative solutions through design thinking. She is a member of two art advocacy groups, Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibol na Kamalayan (Kasibulan) and Art Ventures and Advocacy Network (ARTVAN).
