Ramírez’ labour in the arts is about facilitating spaces beyond the constraints of professionalism. He believes in encouraging unconventional ideas, increasing participation, amplifying unheard voices, and platforming new artists.
Arts Manager
From 2018-2023. he was the Director of Seventh Gallery, an artist led organisation founded in 2000. In close collaboration with the board (Thea Jones, Eliki Reade, Lana Nguyen, and more), he enjoyed multiyear support from local, state and federal funding for the entirety of his period.
From 2020-2021, he organised the complex relocation of the space to 213-215 Church St, Richmond by establishing a partnership with local government, in the backdrop of ongoing lockdowns. The space was a standalone building with an automatic door, air conditioning, accessible toilets, parking and a large garden.
In 2022, he set up two free studios for artists and opened a manager position to oversee them, alongside integrating public programs into their role with the aim to engage more eclectic audiences. Honouring Seventh's collective ethos, we envisioned the manager position to participate in board meetings, strategic planning and most activities on equal grounding.
Ramírez left in 2023 to focus on independent projects and reflect on the state of incorporated artist run spaces at large.
Editor & Curator
Since 2024, he's been working with Verónica Tello as co-editor of her Parallel Structures book.
He was the Editor in Residence for un Magazine’s Extended platform in 2023, where he commissioned pieces by Vidya Rajan, Philip Brophy, and Natalie Thomas.
This built upon his work as the Editor-at-large of Running Dog from 2020-23, an arts journal that was based in Gadigal Sydney, where he commissioned pieces by emerging writers, such as Zarah Butcher McGunningle, Andrew Sutherland and a special project by Ari Tampubolon in 2022. He also did occasional editing for Performance Review, an online journal dedicated to performance art.
In 2022, he co-curated the screening the Discomfort of Everything with Taylor Mitchell for Dogmilk Films. He also curated the exhibition Family Grimoires: The Diaspora Fantastic at Seventh Gallery in 2018.
In 2025, he curated a number of artists associated with his period at Seventh in Bureaucracy of Feelings: a para-fictional retrospective of "Registered Charity" within Gertrude's anthology framework.
Mentor, Workshops & Peer
Ramírez has delivered workshops for Writers Victoria, UMSU, Kings Ari x un Projects and TCB Inc.
In 2023, he was the artist mentor for Parramata’s PAS Open Residency program. This drew from his experience as a mentor for SIGNAL Screen x Sound Commission 2021 and the Mentorship Program he instigated at Seventh in 2021-22.
He was a member of Darebin Arts & Heritage Advisory Panel, External Assessor for City of Melbourne Arts Grants Panel, Peer Assessor for Australia Council, Board member of Performance Review. In 2022, he sat for Creative Victoria’s Creators Fund Peer assessment.