The Ethereal World of Li Ramet: A Conversation on Art, Femininity, and Life in Ibiza
- Jenny Munoz
- 7 days ago
- 9 min read
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Introducing Li Ramet (b. 1983, Argentina), an Ibiza-based mixed-media artist whose work radiates sensuality, femininity, and a dreamlike sense of impermanence. Rooted in fine arts and art therapy, her practice is an intricate dance between the material and the metaphysical. Moving seamlessly across disciplines—drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, installation, performance, and photography—each medium serves as a language in her ongoing dialogue with the visible and the unseen.
Ramet holds a BFA in Fine Arts from the National University of Cuyo, Argentina, along with an MFA in Photography for Design and an MFA in Art Therapy from Autonomous University of Coahuila, México. Her work has been exhibited internationally, from New York to Istanbul and Madrid to Ibiza, and is featured in private collections worldwide.
Beyond her artistic practice, she is the co-founder and curator of Wondering Futures and ArtCollectiveIbiza, platforms dedicated to artistic exchange and the amplification of female voices. Her work exists at the intersection of self-expression and collective empowerment, challenging boundaries and inviting deeper introspection.
In this interview, I had the privilege of exploring Ramet’s artistic journey, her intuitive creative process, and the ways in which Ibiza’s landscape and energy shape her work. We delve into the alchemy of materials, the connection between art and healing, and her ever-evolving exploration of feminine visibility. If you’re not yet familiar with her work, consider this your invitation to step into her world—one that is as poetic as it is profound.
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What inspired you to become an artist, and how has your background in Argentina and now living in Ibiza influenced your artistic journey?
What inspired me to become an artist goes back to my childhood. Since I was a little girl, I was always in kind of a dreamy bubble. I remember spending countless hours playing in the garden, surrounded by nature. I would imagine stories connecting with natural elemental beings and building tiny houses for them using leaves, sticks, and bits of fabric.
Those kinds of magical moments shaped me profoundly. I was also very connected to my dreams; even if some were very strong and scary at times, they were part of my imaginary world as a girl.
I was surrounded by artists during my childhood, thanks to my mother. She was an artist herself, and I spent a lot of time in her studio, which she shared with other artists. I still vividly recall moving between their rooms, observing the paintings, figures, and colors, and touching a smooth, cold marble of a woman's body sculpture in progress. I even loved the smell of paint, a scent that I still love to this day! My mum encouraged me to explore art, giving me materials to draw and paint with.
Later, she opened a gallery where she organized exhibitions and art events. I was always there, sometimes sleeping in the corner—it was an adventure for me. In my final years of secondary school, I began helping my mum in the gallery. I would wander through the space and spend hours flipping through the amazing art books that filled the shelves. Some of them were on topics I'd never been exposed to before, like erotic art, and they completely blew my mind. They opened my eyes and left me with a lasting curiosity about the possibilities of creativity.
All these experiences instilled in me a sensitivity and appreciation for art and beauty that eventually inspired me to become an artist.
The landscapes I've lived in have deeply influenced my work. Growing up amidst Argentina's arid, mountainous terrains and now living on the lush Mediterranean island of Ibiza since 2008, these environments are powerful sources of inspiration. Sometimes, they appear in my work as abstract colors and textures, while at other times, they manifest directly through pigments and objects I create from natural elements. Many of my creations start in Ibiza's abandoned agricultural areas or wild spaces. Here, I explore the dialogue between my inner world and the external environment. My creative process is a sensual, alchemical interaction between myself and the landscape—a fluid, unmediated response to what the environment evokes in me.
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What does a typical day in the life of an artist living in Ibiza look like? Any favorite spots on the island that fuel your creativity?
A typical day in my life as an artist living in Ibiza starts with waking up in the morning and taking around one or two hours for reading and my personal rituals. After that, I head to my studio. Driving on Ibiza's "caminos" is already an inspiring experience in itself. On the way, I love to put on a podcast or listen to my favorite music—it's like a warm-up inspiration before I get to the studio. And often, I stop the car to take pictures with my camera of anything that will blow my mind on the way.
When in the studio, music on, I'm always dancing. If I have the time I like to take a break in the middle of the day to go swimming in the sea. It's the perfect way to clear my mind and reset. When I get back to the studio, I often see the work with a new perspective.
In my free time, I enjoy walking with my dog through the fields or the forest, discovering ruins, and collecting pieces of wood or branches. Being surrounded by nature, training and practice contemporary dance helps fuel my creativity.
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Your artistic practice spans multiple mediums, from drawing and painting to performance and sculpture. What drives your decision to work with such diverse techniques, and how do you ensure they connect cohesively?
I work across various mediums that intersect and reflect the dynamics of women's visibility and invisibility. I also explore concepts such as density and subtlety, often questioning the direction of my work. What matters is what I choose to densify in the subtle and what to subtle in the dense.
Currently, I am exploring the deconstruction of time, timelessness, and the nature of women. It feels like entering my body, where a voice speaks to me, sparking a dialogue between the inside and outside, visible and invisible. My ongoing research into the visibility and invisibility of women in history manifests through diverse mediums—painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, installation, and performance. Often, a landscape or situation inspires me to begin drawing in ink, or I choose to work with textiles, cutting figures into geometric patterns and stitching them onto fabric. This process connects me to the handwork of women from other times.
My body is central to my practice, especially at the beginning of each project. I start by working on the floor, dancing, preparing colors, moving materials around, and interacting physically with the work. When I'm in the process of painting, I often do this outdoors in a large space, creating multiple bases at once and allowing them to dry before bringing them to the studio to develop further.
When I begin a project, I rarely know where it will lead. As I work, the vision gradually takes shape, as if I first visualize it in the invisible before it emerges into the visible, and also, the technique/material will be formalized at this point. I immerse myself in this process, sometimes for months or years. It depends on the characteristics of each project. Often, only after completion do I understand the intention behind the work. The themes I explore tend to be recurrent. In my most recent series of paintings, I use water-diluted paint and leave voids on the canvas, reflecting figures that disappear and reappear. The paintings may seem unfinished, inviting the viewer to complete them with their imagination. Â
My sculptural work brings the thematic concerns with inner and outer territories, space, light, and density into three-dimensional form. In many ways, the sculptures act as abstractions of my paintings—a way for me to explore the interplay between material and perception in physical space. I often use natural elements such as wood and crystals as the foundation of my pieces, enhancing them with acrylic and ink colors and resin shapes, which I mount on polished metal bases. By combining these diverse materials, I strive to evoke both harmony and tension, emphasizing the contrasts between organic and synthetic, fluid and solid. Similar tensions of contrasts appear in my collages, but only they tend to be more relational to eroticism.
All the mediums I use share a common thread around these recurring themes.
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Your background includes an MFA in Art Therapy, and you also run art therapy sessions in Ibiza. How does your work as an art therapist influence your artistic practice, and what role do you believe art plays in healing and self-discovery?
My artistic practice is deeply intertwined with my personal process of channeling visions and information. For me, creating art is a way of engaging with these intuitive messages, allowing them to take form as a form of catharsis. In this way, my work often could be transformative not only for myself but potentially for others who experience it.
Although I hold an MFA in Art Therapy and have facilitated art sessions in Ibiza, my focus has shifted toward producing my own work. Occasionally, I'm invited to design special retreats or art events where I lead what I call Art Sessions. These sessions are experimental spaces, blending physical, emotional, and spiritual elements to awaken creativity and address personal or collective needs. By weaving together various techniques—such as meditation, experimental energetic exercises, and sometimes surrealistic methods—I aim to unlock creativity, to flow freely and transformative, releasing emotional blockages. My approach transcends traditional verbal expression, offering a space where participants can reconnect with their inner selves.
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Your work explores the intersection between the body, energetic experiences, and abstract fields of perception. How do you approach translating such ephemeral ideas into tangible art?
My art is a vehicle of my own experiences, delving into sensuality, the mysteries embodied in the feminine, and the momentary physical responses to a fluid accumulation of perceptions. It reflects a state of being through emptiness, light, and color. I'm fascinated by human energy, transforming body and out-of-body experiences as connections to other possibilities of life.
As an artist, my body—both physical and metaphysical—serves as the focus and form of my expression. Using various media, I explore and map my inner sensations and states. Affirming space on a canvas, or any medium, becomes a symbolic act of navigating and mastering my inner landscape. My works often emerge as intimate maps of these internal. territories.
I think that is precisely what art can do: create new possibilities, formalize the invisible, what is inexplicable, and what seems impossible. Art can transform one's emotional state into a different one.
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If you could collaborate with any artist, living or historical, who would it be and what kind of project would you dream up together?
Great question! I would love to collaborate with Nancy Spero, Tracy Emin, Rebecca Horn, Valie Export, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Giorgia O'Keeffe, Camille Claudell, Hilma Af Klint, Tamara de Lempicka, Ruth Asawa, Georgiana Thoughton, Vivian Suter, Graciela Iturbide, Peter Doig, Brancusi, Yves Klein, Ghada Amer, so many artists I could mention! And I think we would dream about a huge multidisciplinary installation project about the land and the future.
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What are you currently working on, and how do you see your exploration of human transformation evolving in the future?
I am working on a process that engages with the symbolism of wet and dry, capturing time through primordial growth and the emergence of the first human civilizations. This work alludes to the eternal and the infinite while also contemplating what dissolves and is ephemeral. It explores emotions tied to sexuality: opening, closing, shame, discovery, silence, rejection, attraction, and desire.
I often question: what is alive or almost alive? Transformation lies in each step of matter becoming concrete, in every form that can be created—yet it can also exist as an energetic phenomenon, imperceptible but present. This journey navigates the unknown within, offering reflections on conscious and unconscious experiences, as well as on how we relate to others and the environment.
Through this exploration, I consider how we, as humans, could evolve into more intuitive and conscious beings.
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Linktree: Â https://linktr.ee/LiRametÂ
Website: https://www.liramet.com/home
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