Genevieve Ramos (she/her/ella) is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist and a leading voice in the disability arts movement. Her work challenges dominant narratives around disability, identity, and care, offering instead a vision rooted in joy, resistance, and collective healing.
Working primarily in figurative and mixed media art, Ramos uplifts the stories of disabled, queer, and Latinx communities with bold, emotionally grounded visual language. Her practice is shaped by lived experience and an unwavering commitment to disability justice.
She is a co- founder of Cuerpos Colectivo, a disability-led artist collective reclaiming space through justice, art, and culture. Since 2022, the collective has elevated diverse voices and create spaces for disabled artists to create, organize, and be seen on their own terms.
Ramos holds a BA in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies from Northeastern Illinois University and a Painting Certificate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has received numerous fellowships and awards. Her portrait series, Feminist Crip Paint Power is permanently installed at the University of Chicago, and her work has been exhibited widely across Chicago.
Through her art, collective organizing, and public dialogue, Ramos continues to expand possibilities for access, visibility, and leadership in the cultural field.
Image by Leslie Frempong