Born in 1932 in Dolores, Uruguay
Died in 2006 in Montevideo, Uruguay
Neves, Manuel. Espectros de la realidad. Montevideo, Tradinco, 2010.
Colección Engelman-Ost. Arte contemporáneo uruguayo. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2009. With texts by Fernando López Lage, Patricia Bentancur and Jacqueline Lacasa. Montevideo, Centro Cultural de España, 2009.
Sánchez Vera, Magalí (ed.). Pormenores políticos y afines. Gráfica política de los años 60 y 70. Montevideo, Fundación Manuel Espínola Gómez, 2009.
Malin, Regula. Face to face. Teil 2. Zürich, Daros Art Education, 2008.
Face to face. The Daros collections. Exhibition catalogue, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, October 5, 2007 - February 17, 2008 (Part 1), March 14 - September 7, 2008 (Part 2). With texts by Alexander Alberro and Luis Camnitzer. Zürich, Daros-Latinamerica and Daros Services ; Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2008.
Goldman, Shifra M.. Perspectivas artísticas del continente Americano. Arte y cambio social en América Latina y Estados Unidos en el siglo XX. Mexico City, Universidad Autónoma, 2008.
Diálogos con la pintura latinoamericana. La colección FEMSA en el Museo Arocena. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Arocena, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, 2007. With a text by Xavier Moyssén L. Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, Museo Arocena, 2007.
Sanguinetti, Emma. Tributo a la tierra prometida. Ojos uruguayos en tierras lejanas. Montevideo, Galeria Latina, 2007.
Blanton Museum of Art. Latin American collection. Collection catalogue, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. Edited by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, with texts by Jessie Otto Hite (et al.). Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, 2006.
Certain encounters. Daros-Latinamerica Collection. Exhibition catalogue, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, April 7 - June 4, 2006. With texts by Keith Wallace, Tonel, and Juan A. Gaitán. Vancouver, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2006.
a&m. Arte y madera. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 8 - July 2, 2006. With texts by Ángel Kalenberg and Juan Manuel Bonet. Montevideo, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales MNAV, 2006.
Arte Américas. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 12 - September 25, 2005. With a text by Paulo Herkenhoff. Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Correios, 2005.
Cultura y fraternidad. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Zorrilla, Montevideo, Uruguay, May - July 2005. with texts by Alicia Haber. Montevideo, Museo Zorrilla, 2005.
Quinta Bienal do Mercosul. Da escultura à instalação. Núcleo contemporâneo. A (Re)invenção do espaço. Núcleo histórico. Fronteiras da linguagem. Exposição especial. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 30 - December 4, 2005. With texts by Paulo Sergio Duarte and Gaudêncio Fidelis. Porto Alegre, Fundação Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, 2005.
Summarium 4. Estéticas de fin de siglo 2. Santa Fe, Argentina, Centro Transdisciplinario de Investigaciones de Estética, 2005.
Pertenencias. Formas de creer / crear. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones, Centro Cultural del MEC, Colección Engelman-Ost, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, 2004. With texts by Alicia Haber, Alfredo Torres (et al.). Montevideo, Departamento de Cultura de la Intendencia Municipal, 2004.
Cambium con madera de artistas. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, August - September 2002. With texts and interviews with the artists by Alicia Haber (et al.). Montevideo, Museo Zorrilla, 2002.
Rubiano Caballero, Germán. Art of Latin America 1981-2000. New York, Inter-American Development Bank, 2000.
Rubiano Caballero, Germán. Arte de América Latina 1981-2000. New York, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 2000.
Das vanguardas ao fim do milénio. Exhibition catalogue, Culturgest, Lisboa, Portugal, April 23 - August 1, 1999. With a text by Jorge Glusberg. Lisboa, Culturgest, 1999.
Kalenberg, Angel. Nelson Ramos. Montevideo, Fundación Buquebus, 1999.
Peluffo Linari, Gabriel. Pintura uruguaya. Proyecto cultural. Artistas del Mercosur. Breve selección del período 1840-1980. Montevideo, Capital AFAP, 1999.
1a Bienal Interparlamentaria de pintura del Mercosur. Exhibition catalogue, Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo, November 20 - December 21, 1997. Montevideo, República Oriental del Uruguay, 1997.
I Bienal de artes visuais do Mercosul = I Bienal de artes visuales del Mercosur. Exhibition catalogue, 1st Biennial of Mercosur, Porto Alegre, October 2 - November 30, 1997. With texts by Frederico Morais (et al). Porto Alegre, Fundação Bienal, 1997.
Nelson Ramos. Nuevas formas. Exhibition catalogue, Galería Gustavo Tejería Loppacher, Punta del Este, January 1997. With texts by Alfredo Torres and Olga Larnaudie. Punta del Este, Galería Gustavo Tejería Loppacher, 1997.
Nelson Ramos. XLVII Biennale di Venezia. Uruguay. Exhibition catalogue, 47th Venice Biennial, 1997. With a text by Angel Kalenberg. Montevideo, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, 1997.
Gutiérrez Viñuales, Rodrigo, and Ramón Gutiérrez (eds.). Pintura, escultura y fotografía en Iberoamérica, siglos XIX y XX. Madrid, Cátedra, 1997.
Re-Aligning vision: Alternative currents in south american drawing. Exhibition catalogue, El Museo del Barrio, New York, May 7 - September 7, 1997, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, October 3 - November 14, 1997, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas, January 16 - March 8, 1998, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, May 10 - July 19, 1998. With essays by Mari Carmen Ramírez (et al.). Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, 1997.
Montevideo y la plástica. Exhibition catalogue, Cabildo de Montevideo and other institutions in Montevideo, November 12 - December 13, 1996. With texts by Olga Larnaudie, Alicia Haber (et al.). Montevideo, Capital Cultural, 1996.
Torres, Alfredo. Nelson Ramos. Tres décadas fundacionales. Montevideo, Doble Emme,
Bienal Brasil Século XX. Exhibition catalogue, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, April 24 - May 29, 1994. With contributions by Nelson Aguilar (et al.). São Paulo, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 1994.
Goldman, Shifra M.. Dimensions of the Americas. Art and social change in Latin America and the United States. Chicago/London, The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Vertientes. The teaching of Torres García. Exhibition catalogue, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, USA, September - October 1992. With a text by Angel Kalenberg. Washington, Inter-American Development Bank, 1992.
Arte uruguayo y otros. By Angel Kalenberg. Montevideo, Edición Galería Latina, 1990.
Thirty Uruguayan plastic artists. Exhibition catalogue.With a text by Luis A. Castillo. [Montevideo], Foundation Peluffo-Giguens, 1990?.
I Bienal Internacional de Pintura. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal Internacional de Pintura, Cuenca, Ecuador, April 24 - July 24, 1987. Cuenca, Museos del Banco Central del Ecuador, 1987.
Fierro, Enrique. Nelson Ramos. 1985.
XVIII Bienal de San Pablo 1985. Uruguay. Díaz Valdéz, Dicancro, Nantes, Ramos, Silveira y Abbondanza. Exhibition catalogue, 18th São Paulo Biennial, 1985. With a text by Angel Kalenberg. Montevideo, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas y Visuales, 1985.
Chase, Gilbert. Contemporary art in Latin America. New York, The Free Press, 1970.
Messer, Thomas M.. The emergent decade. Latin American painters and painting in the 1960's. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1966.
Pinturas suramericanas de hoy. Exhibition catalogue, Biblioteca Luis-Angel Arango, Bogotá, October 25 - November 6, 1962. With a text by Godula Buchholz. Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis-Angel Arango, 1962.