Gustavo Ramos

Gustavo Ramos (born 1993) is a Brazilian-American fine artist and oil painter. He initially gained recognition for painting a series of realistic portraits that went on to receive national and international awards. In 2020, he was a featured artist at the Springville Museum of Art, where one of his paintings was acquired for the museum's permanent collection. In 2022, he was selected as a winner of Royal Talens' The Year of Rembrandt Award, when his work was displayed in the Rijksmuseum. Ramos' notable portrait commissions include Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos for the Harvard Club of New York City and Irish novelist James Joyce for The Atlantic.

Early life and education Gustavo Ramos was born in 1993 in the country of Brazil. At the age of 15, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Not being fluent in the English language, he turned his attention to facial expressions and bodily gestures which precipitated his interest in portrait drawing and painting. He went on to study oil painting at Southern Virginia University where he earned his bachelor's degree in 2017. He later attended the Florence Academy of Art. In 2020, one of his self-portraits from this period was featured on the cover of The Artist's Magazine's "The Best of Drawing," earning him nationwide recognition. thumb "Self-Portrait in Black" by Gustavo Ramos, 2017.After finishing his studies in 2018, Ramos created a series of realistic portrait paintings with a focus on psychological narratives that would go on to be featured in publications like The Artist's Magazine, and Southwest Art which included him in "21 Under 31: Young Artists to Buy Now". In 2019, Ramos was accepted into the Art Renewal Center 13th Annual Salon, with his selected painting receiving a Staff Award and travelling to Sotheby's and the European Museum of Modern Art. In 2021, Ramos earned his place as a finalist in the Boynes Emerging Artist Award.

In 2022, Ramos was selected by Royal Talens as the artist to represent North America in The Year of Rembrandt, a time capsule launched to the Moon named the most expansive, international, and diverse collection of contemporary culture launched into space. His selected painting "Winter" was published in Veja Magazine, Brazil's most influential outlet of printed media, as part of an article covering the Lunar Codex.

In 2025, Ramos was commissioned to paint a formal portrait of Puerto Rican attorney and independence activist Pedro Albizu Campos, which was unveiled at the Harvard Club of New York City for permanent display. Art Fest Mesa, being a guest lecturer for Artists Magazine, and releasing an online drawing course with Domestika.