Artist Awards

Daniel Ramirez is recognized by the Michigan Bureau of Indian Affairs as one quarter Saginaw Chippewa, and at this time is a certified descendant of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan. Below is a list of the awards and other distinctions earned by Mr. Ramirez in many prestigious competitions across Indian Country.

Year Awards Competition Location

2019 Best of Painting Bernalillo Indian Market Bernalillo, New Mexico

2018 Best of Show Parker Fine Arts and Music Festival Parker, Colorado

2017 Second Place Phoenix Art Center Festival - Painting Phoenix AZ

2012 Second Place Heard Museum Indian market - Drawing Heard Museum - Phoenix AZ

2010 Second Place Heard Museum Indian market - Drawing Heard Museum - Phoenix AZ

2008 Best of Show Native Artist of the Year - Circle of Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Best of Painting Autry National Center of the American West Los Angeles, California

First Place Ziibiwing Indigenous Art Market - Painting Mount Pleasant, Michigan

First Place Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

First Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Second Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Second Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Honorable Mention Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Honorable Mention Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

2007 First Place Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

Honorable mention Fort McDowell Indian Market Fort McDowell, AZ

2006 First Place Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

Second Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Honorable Mention Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

First Place Ziibiwing Indigenous Art Market- Painting Mount Pleasant, MI

Honorable Mention Heard Museum Indian Market Art Competiti0n Phoenix, Arizona

Third Place Albuquerque Indian Market Albuquerque, NM

2005 Artist of the Year Native Artist of the Year - Circle of Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Best of Show Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

First Place Ziibiwing Indigenous Art Market - Painting Mount Pleasant, Michigan

First Place Ziibiwing Indigenous Art Market -Drawing Mount Pleasant, Michigan

2004 Best of Division Southwest Museum Indian Market (Painting) Los Angeles, California

First Place SWAIA Artist Competition - Painting (acrylic) Santa Fe Indian Market, NM

Second Place Ziibiwing Indigenous Art Market Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Third Place Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

2003 Show Winner Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

First Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Second Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

Third Place Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market Indianapolis, Indiana

2002 First Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood Resort, CT

First Place Third Ziibiwing Indiginous Market Soaring Eagle Resort, MI

Second Place Mohegan Indian Arts Competition Mohegan Sun, CT

Third Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood, Connecticut

Third Place Ridgefield Native American Market Ridgefield, Connecticut

Second Place Texas Indian Market Dallas, Texas

2001 First Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood, Connecticut

Second Place Schemitzun Powwow and Artist Competition Foxwood, Connecticut

Second Place Mohegan Indian Arts Contest Mohegan Sun, Connecticut

Excellence Anishinabe Art Show/Central Michigan Univ. Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

2000 Best of Show Rez Art 2000 Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, Arizona

1999 Best of Show Indian Summer Fine Art Competition Bartlesville, Oklahoma

First Place Texas Indian Market Dallas, Texas

Second Place Texas Indian Market Dallas , Texas

Participant at Gala Celebration Honoring American Indian Artists/ Red Earth, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

**Daniel was chosen as judge for Red Earth’s “Indian Children’s Art Competition”

Outstanding Awards

In 1999, Mr. Ramirez received the prestigious “Dupont Antron Award” (Beverly Hills, CA) for his Native American Carpet Designs used in the award winning resort, The Soaring Eagle Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Prior to these awards, Mr. Ramirez had won several student competitions for his paintings at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he earned both his Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts.