SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
2024 SoMi Rotary Arts Festival, South Miami, FL
2023 Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
2023 SoMi Rotary Arts Festival, South Miami, FL
2022 Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
2021 Pembroke Pines Art Fest, Best in Show, Oil Painting
2020 Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Watercolors
2015 Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Emerging Artist
2013 Natura | CGAF Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
2012 [PERSONAS] | ArtSeen Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2011 People, Places, & $20.00 Things | Flagler Arts Space, LLC, Miami, FL
2008 Yard Sale | California Boulevard Complex, Pasadena, CA
2005 Artworks by Ray Lopez | Pinecrest Gardens Gallery, Pinecrest, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Nocturne Views | Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery, Miami
2019 Nocturne Views | Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery, Miami
2018 Alumni Invitational | FIU Graham Center Gallery, Miami
2017 #BaselMeBaby | Wynwood Café & Lounge, Wynwood, Miami
2017 NWSA Alumni Silent Auction | FAENA Building, Miami Beach
2017 Backroom Sessions Vol. 6 | The Fish House, Miami
2017 PaintMeMiami Art Competition | Little Haiti Cultural Complex
2017 Alumni Art Exhbition | Graham Center Gallery, FIU, Miami
2016 PaintMeMiami Art Competition | Bakehouse Art Complex | Wynwood
2016 Juried Plein-Air Compeitition | Villa Paula Museum & Gallery, Miami
2015 PaintMeMiami Art Competition | YoungArts Gallery | Little Haiti, Miami
2015 Painting in the Gardens | Graham Center Art Gallery, FIU, Miami
2014 Miami Greenscapes | Miguel Rodez Art Projects, Bird Road Art District
2014 New & Emerging Artists | Coconut Grove Arts Festival
2014 Sea Rising: A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art | the Armory, West Palm Bch
2014 Allegories for Time | CGAF Gallery, Coconut Grove
2013 Drawing Explorations II | Miguel Rodez Art Projects, Bird Road Art District
2012 Youngblood: Homecoming | ArtSeen Gallery, Wynwood Art District
2011 Porque, Cazador? | Flagler Arts Space, LLC
2011 80 Inches of Art | Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach
2011 Muralis | Flagler Arts Space, LLC
2011 Flagler Arts Space, Inaugural Exhibition | Flagler Arts Space, LLC
2010 Natural Selection | Hunter Gallery, Coconut Grove
2010 Crossing the Line | Buena Vista Building, Miami Design District
2010 Tres | Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery, Coconut Grove
2010 Coast to Coast: 2-Man Show | Art With A Purpose Galleria, North Miami
2010 Coast to Coast: Works on Paper | ArtSeen Gallery, Wynwood Miami
2009 Youngblood: New World Mixx | ArtSeen Gallery, Wynwood Miami
2008 Art Center Graduation Show | ACCD, Pasadena, CA
2007 Illustration Scholarship Competition | the Hangar, Pasadena, CA
EDUCATION
2015 Master of Science in Art Education | Florida International University, Miami, FL
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Illustration | Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2005 Superintendent’s Diploma of Distinction | New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Biography
Ramon Oscar Lopez was born and raised in Miami with family origins in Cuba. His talent for art was noticed at a very young age by his teachers. He studied drawing, painting, and design under Lead Teachers Tom Wyroba and Jim Hunter at New World School of the Arts where he graduated in 2005 with the Superintendent's Diploma of Distinction. During his time at New World, he received 4 gold keys from the Scholastics Art and Writing Awards and crowned these achievements with an American Visions Gold Key in Printmaking, under the guidance of Celeste Pierson and by participating in the College Board Art Exhibit at Britto Central in Miami Beach. He also won 2nd place for the regional Latino Art Beat competition, under the leadership of Don Rossi Nucio, receiving a Certificate of Recognition from the City of Miami and Mayor Regalado.
In 2008 he received his BFA with honors in Illustration from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. Ray was advised by Ann Field, Illustration Department Chair, and mentored by Associate Professor Aaron Smith, Steve Turk, Edwin Olson, Alex Schaefer, Gayle Doyle, Jason Holley, Rob Clayton, Esther Pearl Watson, Mark Todd, and the legendary Illustrator Gary Meyer. Upon graduation, he became art assistant to nationally-known peace mural artist, Ana Houng. He also worked as an art preparator for Cuban Art Gallery, Cernuda Arte in Coral Gables.
In 2009 Ray was awarded the Artist in Residency at the Miami Children’s Museum. During his time there he developed 3 separate art projects with local elementary schools of low socioeconomic status. He was a co-founder of the Flagler Arts Space, LLC from 2010 – 2011 where he acted as curator of exhibitions. Ray’s solo shows include “People, Places, + $20.00 Things” at the Flagler Arts Space, “Personas” at the NWSA ArtSeen Gallery, and “Natura” at the CGAF Gallery. His group exhibitions include NWSA Alumni Exhibition: “Youngblood” 2009 & 2012, “Muralis” at the FAS, “80 Inches of Art” a silent auction fundraiser for NWSA at the Sagamore Hotel, “Tres” at the CGAF Gallery, and “Natural Selection” Art Basel week juried exhibition at the Hunter Gallery, Coconut Grove. Recent curated projects include a group exhibition at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery – “Allegories for Time” and a group exhibition at the Armory Art Center West Palm Beach – “Sea Rising: A Survey of South Florida Artists.” Ray was awarded 2nd place in the “Paint Me Miami” competition, which was held at the Young Arts Gallery in Downtown Miami in 2015. While teaching full-time at Doral Academy, Ray completed his Masters of Science degree in Art Education, graduating at the top of his class.
Ray’s work centers on representing the natural world, the visual poetry of our times, and a juxtaposition of historical archetypes. He is proficient in most of the areas of the visual arts, including the figure and anatomy, portraiture, plein-air, perspective, color theory, all mediums of painting, illustration, digital art, sequential art, graphic design, sculpture, and printmaking. Recent accolades for his artwork include City of North Miami "Ramon Oscar Lopez Day, September 13th", Best in Painting at Pines Art Fest, Artist of Note in the SoMi Rotary Arts Festival, and Teacher of the Year Nomination for South Miami Senior High.
Ray lives and works in Miami. He is the only Magnet Teacher of the Photography and Graphic Design & Illustration programs at South Miami Senior High. He is remarried and has two sons.