Born on January 4, 1938 in Mérida, Yucatán. At the age of 17 he arrived in Mexico City, where he lived until 1975. In 1959 he began to paint and exhibited for the first time in 1965 at the Juan Martín Gallery; that same year he participated in the IV Youth Biennial in Paris, France. Three years later he became a founding member of the Salón Independiente.
It has been said a lot that Gabriel Ramírez Aznar has known how to be faithful to his aesthetic intuition as a painter, rejecting conventions, fashions, market demands and criticism itself, perpetuating his pictorial work driven by color, climate, light and his life. in his native Yucatán. However, Ramírez Aznar is not only the owner of a singular and unique style, but he is considered one of the most important artists in Yucatán and one of the artists who contributed with his work to transform the conception of contemporary art in the country.
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS: 2000: Mexican Art Gallery. Consulate of Mexico in New York, USA. 1999: One Hundred Drawings 1991-1998. Fernando Garcia Ponce Museum. 1998: Retrospective 1961-1997. Fernando Garcia Ponce Museum. 1991: Artique International Des Moines. Iowa, USA. 1976: Panamanian Institute of Art. Panama, Panama. 1975: Museum of Contemporary Art. Bogota Colombia. 1973: Canton Palace. Merida Yucatan. 1972: Pecanins Gallery, Mexico, D.F.; Arvil Gallery, Mexico, D.F.; Interni Gallery, Mexico, D.F. 1965 to 1969: Juan Martín Gallery. Mexico DF. COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS: 2001: Abstraction: transformation and non-figuration (itinerant). The generation of the Rupture. Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca; Manuel Felguérez Art Museum. Zacatecas, Zacatecas. 1999: Tribute to the pencil. José Luis Cuevas Museum (itinerant). 1994: Inauguration of the Fernando García Ponce Museum. Merida Yucatan. 1991: 30 centuries of Mexican Art. Los Angeles California. USA. 1988: Tribute to Juan García Ponce. The Archivist. Mexico DF. 1987: Seven of the seventies: Rojo, Ramírez, Von Gunten, García Ponce, Nissen, Felguérez, Cuevas. Pecans Gallery. Mexico DF. 1976: Museum of L'Emporda, Contemporary Art Llatino-America. Barcelona, Spain. 1975: XIV Joan Miró International Drawing Award. Barcelona, Spain. 1973: Mexican Cultural Institute. San Antonio, Texas. 1971: Ephemeral Murals. Modern Art Center. Guadalajara Jalisco. 1970: II Coltéjer Art Biennial. Medellin Colombia. 1968: Nine Mexican Painters. Juan Martin Gallery. Mexico DF. I Independent Hall. Isidro Fabela Museum. Mexico DF. 1966: Confrontation 66. Palace of Fine Arts. Mexico DF. 1965: IV Youth Biennial. Paris France. AWARDS: Medal of Artistic Merit from the Institute of Culture of Yucatan (1998). Antonio Mediz Bolio Literary Award (1997) for La Cosa Cultural. FONCA grant as an artistic creator (1989 and 1999). Yucatan Medal (1986) International Drawing Award "Joan Miró" (1972 and 1975 in Barcelona, Spain).