Exhibitions
Half a century in galleries across Europe and the Americas
38 solo and 28 group exhibitions in 14 countries, from his first show in 1961 to the exhibitions of his legacy.
Where he exhibited
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Guatemala · 38 exhibitions
- 1961 Central American Permanent Competition in Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts — Salón de Exposiciones de Artes Plásticas, Guatemala City
- 1963 First exhibition in Guatemala — Sala de Exposiciones de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas, Guatemala City
- 1970 First retrospective on his return from Europe — Sala de Exposiciones del Banco Nacional Agrario, Guatemala City
- 1971 Ink works exhibition — Galería Vittorio's, Guatemala City
- 1979 "Dibujos Alegres" (Joyful Drawings) — Galería La Cúpula, Guatemala City
- 1981 Series "Trompudos", "Santos", "Mirones" and "Profetas" — Estudio Visual, Guatemala City
- 1982 Solo exhibition — Estudio Visual, Guatemala City
- 1983 "Los Soñadores" (The Dreamers) series — Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala City
- 1984 "Dibujos 84" (Drawings 84) — Galería Fórum, Guatemala City
- 1986 Solo exhibition — Galería Visual, Guatemala City
- 1987 Private exhibition of oils: 25 years of professional life — Galería Visual, Guatemala City
- 1989 Second Retrospective 1962–1989 — Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT), Guatemala City
- 1990 Video-art "Banús: Un sueño, la realidad, la noche" — Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA), Guatemala City
- 1991 Presentation of his most recent works — Galería Interiores, Guatemala City
- 1994 "Óleos" (Oils) collection — Galería Interiores, Guatemala City
- 1994 Sketches and drawings — Galería El Attico, Guatemala City
- 1995 Installation "We are more alike than different, for peace" — Monasterio de las Capuchinas, Antigua Guatemala
- 1997 "Rostros" (Faces) collection — Galería El Attico, Guatemala City
- 1997 Guatemalan Art — Congreso Internacional de Turismo, Guatemala City
- 1998 Opening of the exhibition hall — Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, Guatemala City
- 1999 Exhibition and installation "Mesa Puesta" — Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA), Guatemala City
- 2000 Reinstallation of "Mesa Puesta" — Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City
- 2001 Ramón Banús: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Galería de Arte Plástica Contemporánea, Guatemala City
- 2001 Exhibition at El Sitio — Proyecto Cultural El Sitio, Antigua Guatemala
- 2003 Exhibition at Colegio Americano — Auditórium Colegio Americano, Guatemala City
- 2004 Galería Margarita Aycinena de Neutze — Aseguradora General, S.A., Guatemala City
- 2006 Salones Margarita Aycinena de Neutze — Aseguradora General, S.A., Guatemala City
- 2006 June Festival: A look at the art of Ramón Banús — Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemala City
- 2009 Ramón Banús, Recent Work — El Attico, Guatemala City
- 2018 80th anniversary of his birth — Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City
- 2018 Exhibition of his artistic legacy for the 80th anniversary of his birth — Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Guatemala City
- 2018 15th "Del Arte al Niño" Exhibition 2018 — Fundación Funsilec, Guatemala City
- 2018 Legacy of sketches and works — El Attico, Guatemala City
- 2019 EL AIRE DE RAMÓN BANÚS — Galería Guatemala, Guatemala City
- 2024 X Momentos — Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo, Guatemala City
- 2025 XXII EXPOSICIÓN-VENTA DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO 2025 — Fundación Funsilec, Guatemala City
- 2025 Momentos MMXXV — Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo, Guatemala City
- 2026 Momentos MMXXVI — Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo, Guatemala City
Italy · 5 exhibitions
- 1962 Group of painters from Umbria and Tuscany — Siena, Forlì, Florencia y Roma, Siena
- 1962 Drawings exhibition — Galería "The Old Brock", Spoleto
- 1967 Traveling exhibitions — Galería "Il Carpine", Rome
- 1969 Group exhibition — Galería "Il Minotauro", Naples
- 1992 "Castellarte 92" Festival — Castellalto, Teramo
United States · 4 exhibitions
- 1993 1st Central American Art Fair — Miami, Florida, Miami
- 1994 15th International Art Exhibition, Chicago
- 1996 II Ibero-American Art — A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago
- 1997 Guatemalan Master Painters — Inter-American Development Bank Gallery, Washington D.C.
Spain · 4 exhibitions
- 1965 Art festival — Festival de Pollença, Majorca
- 1966 Group exhibition — Sala de "La Lonja", Barcelona
- 1967 Solo exhibition — Sala Rovira, Barcelona
- 1988 Guatemala, Perfil '88 — Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Monaco · 2 exhibitions
- 1995 Monaco collection — Maison de l'Amérique Latine de Monaco, Monte-Carlo
- 1995 XXIX Prix International d'Art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo — Musée National, Place du Casino, Monte-Carlo
Mexico · 2 exhibitions
- 1988 Solo show at the Embassy Residence — Embajada de Guatemala en México, Mexico City
- 1995 Installation "Altar a la Rumbera" — Ex-Convento de La Merced, Mexico City
France · 2 exhibitions
- 1985 500 reproductions on porcelain plates — Limoges, Limoges
- 1995 Group exhibition — Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris
El Salvador · 2 exhibitions
- 1971 Ink works exhibition — Galería DIDECO, San Salvador
- 1985 "Contrastes" collection — Galería El Ático, San Salvador
Switzerland · 1 exhibition
- 2005 Representing Guatemala at the UN 60th Anniversary exhibition — Naciones Unidas, Geneva
Cuba · 1 exhibition
- 1998 "El Cristal Con Que Se Mira" collection — Casa de Las Américas, Havana
Sweden · 1 exhibition
- 1995 Installation "Mitos" (Myths) and performance — Färgfabriken, Stockholm
Canada · 1 exhibition
- 1990 LatinArtCa '90 — Galerie d'Art Lavalin, Montreal
Costa Rica · 1 exhibition
- 1984 Guatemalan Cultural Embassy — Sala Enrique Echandi, San José
Austria · 1 exhibition
- 1967 Salón Internacional de Pintura, Vienna
2020 – 2029
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2026
Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo
Momentos MMXXVI
Upper choir of the Basilica of Santo Domingo, in aid of the restoration of the convent complex
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2025
Fundación Funsilec
XXII EXPOSICIÓN-VENTA DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO 2025
Online art catalogue in aid of children with brain injuries
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2025
Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo
Momentos MMXXV
Upper choir of the Basilica of Santo Domingo, in aid of the restoration of the convent complex
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2024
Centro Cultural Patronato Santo Domingo
X Momentos
Tenth-anniversary edition. Upper choir of the Basilica of Santo Domingo, in aid of the restoration of the convent complex
2010 – 2019
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2019
Galería Guatemala
EL AIRE DE RAMÓN BANÚS
G&T Continental Foundation
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2018
Universidad Rafael Landívar
80th anniversary of his birth
Rafael Landívar University Art Gallery
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2018
Instituto Italiano de Cultura
Exhibition of his artistic legacy for the 80th anniversary of his birth
Rafael Landívar University and the Italian Cultural Institute
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2018
Fundación Funsilec
15th "Del Arte al Niño" Exhibition 2018
Empresarial Zona Pradera buildings
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2018
El Attico
Legacy of sketches and works
Art Gallery
2000 – 2009
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2009
El Attico
Ramón Banús, Recent Work
Art gallery and documentation center
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2006
Aseguradora General, S.A.
Salones Margarita Aycinena de Neutze
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2006
Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias
June Festival: A look at the art of Ramón Banús
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2005
Naciones Unidas
Representing Guatemala at the UN 60th Anniversary exhibition
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2004
Aseguradora General, S.A.
Galería Margarita Aycinena de Neutze
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2003
Auditórium Colegio Americano
Exhibition at Colegio Americano
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2001
Galería de Arte Plástica Contemporánea
Ramón Banús: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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2001
Proyecto Cultural El Sitio
Exhibition at El Sitio
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2000
Universidad Rafael Landívar
Reinstallation of "Mesa Puesta"
Reinstallation of the sketches from the book presented in September 1999 at the IGA
1990 – 1999
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1999
Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA)
Exhibition and installation "Mesa Puesta"
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1998
Casa de Las Américas
"El Cristal Con Que Se Mira" collection
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1998
Instituto de Cultura Hispánica
Opening of the exhibition hall
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1997
Galería El Attico
"Rostros" (Faces) collection
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1997
Inter-American Development Bank Gallery
Guatemalan Master Painters
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1997
Congreso Internacional de Turismo
Guatemalan Art
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1996
A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois
II Ibero-American Art
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1995
Maison de l'Amérique Latine de Monaco
Monaco collection
"Europa-Résidence", Place des Moulins, Monte-Carlo
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1995
Färgfabriken
Installation "Mitos" (Myths) and performance
Symbolic destruction of the myths behind today's situation. 3Angular Project.
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1995
Ex-Convento de La Merced
Installation "Altar a la Rumbera"
Tribute to the five great stars of the rumbera genre of 1950s Mexican cinema. 3Angular Project.
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1995
Monasterio de las Capuchinas
Installation "We are more alike than different, for peace"
3Angular Project.
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1995
Musée National, Place du Casino
XXIX Prix International d'Art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo
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1995
Maison de l'Amérique Latine
Group exhibition
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1994
15th International Art Exhibition
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1994
Galería Interiores
"Óleos" (Oils) collection
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1994
Galería El Attico
Sketches and drawings
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1993
Miami, Florida
1st Central American Art Fair
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1992
Castellalto
"Castellarte 92" Festival
Guest artist
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1991
Galería Interiores
Presentation of his most recent works
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1990
Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA)
Video-art "Banús: Un sueño, la realidad, la noche"
Experimental video on Banús's work and personality, produced by CREA and directed by Alfonso Albacete
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1990
Galerie d'Art Lavalin
LatinArtCa '90
1980 – 1989
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1989
Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT)
Second Retrospective 1962–1989
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1988
Centro Cultural de la Villa
Guatemala, Perfil '88
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1988
Embajada de Guatemala en México
Solo show at the Embassy Residence
Sponsored by Ambassador Antonio Pallarés
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1987
Galería Visual
Private exhibition of oils: 25 years of professional life
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1986
Galería Visual
Solo exhibition
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1985
Galería El Ático
"Contrastes" collection
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1985
Limoges
500 reproductions on porcelain plates
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1984
Galería Fórum
"Dibujos 84" (Drawings 84)
Series "Dibujos amorosos", "Pendescuetas" and "Anima"
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1984
Sala Enrique Echandi
Guatemalan Cultural Embassy
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1983
Museo Popol Vuh
"Los Soñadores" (The Dreamers) series
Marking the 20th anniversary of his first exhibition in Guatemala; Guatemalan mystical themes
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1982
Estudio Visual
Solo exhibition
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1981
Estudio Visual
Series "Trompudos", "Santos", "Mirones" and "Profetas"
Private exhibition
1970 – 1979
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1979
Galería La Cúpula
"Dibujos Alegres" (Joyful Drawings)
Gallery of the Patronato de Bellas Artes
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1971
Galería Vittorio's
Ink works exhibition
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1971
Galería DIDECO
Ink works exhibition
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1970
Sala de Exposiciones del Banco Nacional Agrario
First retrospective on his return from Europe
1961 – 1969
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1969
Galería "Il Minotauro"
Group exhibition
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1967
Salón Internacional de Pintura
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1967
Galería Hilton
Group exhibition
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1967
Galería "Il Carpine"
Traveling exhibitions
Rome, Athens, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Vienna
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1967
Sala Rovira
Solo exhibition
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1966
Sala de "La Lonja"
Group exhibition
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1965
Festival de Pollença
Art festival
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1963
Sala de Exposiciones de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas
First exhibition in Guatemala
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1962
Siena, Forlì, Florencia y Roma
Group of painters from Umbria and Tuscany
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1962
Galería "The Old Brock"
Drawings exhibition
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1961
Salón de Exposiciones de Artes Plásticas
Central American Permanent Competition in Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts
Presented his work "Autorretrato" (Self-portrait)