Dani  "silencio" Ramirez,
                             b. 2000

Dani “silencio” Ramirez (they/them) is a first generation Salvadoran-American artist born and based in New Haven, Connecticut. They currently work out of a shared studio at Erector Square, and run El Rincon de Papel, an independent publisher focused on creating zines with other local residents in New Haven.

Through printmaking, zines, and artists’ books, silencio explores themes of memories and nostalgia. By reconnecting with past experiences and creating space to integrate the present, they create a window into their life and identity. Landscapes, day-to-day moments, family artifacts, and the self are analyzed past their natural setting through abstraction and vibrant color to experiment between the photograph and the representation of memory, leaning towards the aspect of revisiting past loves and engaging with those we have yet to encounter.