Ramiro Smith Estrada, 1984, lives and works in Buenos Aires. He pursued Engraving as a career at Universidad del Museo Social Argentino in 2007. He was selected to be displayed at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in the field of Engraving in 2010 and 2013, and to the Williams Award in 2012. In 2014 he was selected to attend the Contemporary Artistic Practices clinic (PAC, for its initials in Spanish) conducted by Gachi Prieto Gallery and delivered by renowned artists and professors Eduardo Stupia, Rodrigo Alonso, Rafael Cippoletti and Andres Wassiman. The same year he took part of a four-Argentinian-artist showing exhibition at VICE Gallery in the context of Art Basel Miami Beach. In 2015 he participated in an art residency program at LaVallee in Brussels, Belgium.

His work revolves around contemporary modalities and the ways we see and portray ourselves. Through a narcissistic standpoint, we are constantly weaving a tale of who we are; fashionable, current and up to date. As on social media, his paintings attempt to highlight and beautify the “mundane” and at the same time exacerbate the clash between fleeing narcissism and the weight of culture. The “ornament” then functions as a means of symbolic and formal decoration.

He focus is on the subject of the contemporary construction of “self-image”. Focusing on a culture that does not delve into content but rather a place where the image reigns supreme. Imagery and the reflection of the other, and how we are seen seem to be the raison d’etre. Narcissism, the consumption of “cool” culture and the glorification of the mediocre.

這次拉米羅．史密斯．埃斯特拉達Ramiro Smith Estrada首度於Bluerider ART亮相，展出全新作品，以社群媒體為題，利用挑釁與諷刺方式呈現社群媒體時下表象的審美現象，對當代習以為常的社群媒體日常生活拋出問號及對談。作品 ‘Relics and Ruins’、‘Young and Getting it’ 及 ‘It’s just jenna’ 中，花卉圖案佔據大篇幅的身形，傳遞著裝飾性如同壁紙般的憤青美學，社交媒體為人們提供了一個傳遞表面性的美學管道，而作品人物的背景中散落著作品標題也成為裝飾性元素。時尚雜誌封面般的精準構圖，帶有街頭風格的挑釁，並從各種文本中取材寓意。