Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (Pamplona, 1922 - Bogotá, 2004) is a key figure in the development of modern art in Colombia and Latin America. Through drawing, collage, painting and sculpture, he developed his concern around the relationship between geometric figures and the space they occupy. His first encounters with abstraction in Paris and minimalism in New York in the fifties and sixties prompted him to explore volumetry. His definitive return to Colombia in the seventies allowed him to deepen his concern for three-dimensionality, creating pieces that break up space with their sharp edges and cold surfaces, inspired by the principles of pre-Columbian art. He was awarded the first place of the XII Salón Nacional de
Artistas (1959). He was also awarded the Premio Nacional de Escultura (National Sculpture
Award) in three versions of the Salón Nacional de Artistas: XIV (1962), XVI (1964), and XVII
(1966). He participated in the VI (1962) and the IX (1969) Bienal de São Paulo, as well as in
the XXXVII Biennale di Venezia (1976). His work is part of the MoMA’s collection among
others.
