BIO
Rafael Landea received his MFA from La Plata University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a 2011 recipient of a San Francisco Arts Commission Grant for Individual Artists. His works are included in the public collections of MaM (Museum of Art and Memory), and MPB (Fine Arts Museum Buenos Aires) Argentina. Solo exhibition venues include Grace Cathedral 1055 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, UNLP Buenos Aires University History Department, Argentina, Archimboldo Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Group exhibition highlights include “Performance” at Gensler, San Francisco, CA. He has also been actively involved in producing and designing murals nationally and internationally; the latest in San Francisco, CA, funded by Artery Project, and collaborations in Turin and Genoa, Italy. He is currently working on “The Rumor”, an etching series based on the work of German artist Andreas Paul Weber. Upcoming shows include “Maps of Silence”, a multimedia installation at the Exploratorium Museum of Art, Science and Human Perception, San Francisco, CA.
RESUME
Masters in Fine Arts, National University of La Plata / Buenos Aires / Argentina
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 "Maps of Silence" Exploratorium Museum, San Francisco, CA
2010 “Malvinas mi casa” based in a diary from 1820 / La Plata, Argentina
2010 “La Gesta” / 1055 Gallery / Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
2008 Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Robinsones” / Museo de Arte y Memoria / Argentina
2007 "Marco Polo" Casa del Libro, San Francisco, CA
2004 "The Copacabana Project" Café Mama Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2001 Arcimboldo Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 "Archivos" Ro-Art Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1995 "La Gesta" La Plata City Cathedral Museum. La Plata, Argentina
1993 "La bella y la bestia" Children's Hospital Foundation. La Plata, Argentina
1993 "Postcards of the end of the era" B. Rivadavia Cooperative. La Plata, Argentina
1991 "Requiem por Werther" Municipal Museum. La Plata, Argentina
1986 "Oliverio Girondo" Aesthetic Education School. La Plata, Argentina
COLLECTIVE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2009 Rythmix Cultural Center, Alameda, CA
2009 Gensler Design, San Francisco, CA
2009 ArtGarden, San Francisco, CA
2008 SomArts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Marco Polo, Il Castelo, Torino, Italy
2007 City of Berkeley Housing Department, Berkeley, CA
2007 Museum of Art and Memory, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 ArtWork SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Arthaus, SF, CA
2006 Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2006 Liquid Spaces, San Francisco, CA
2005 Cafe Mama, San Francisco, CA
2005 Artspan collective, San Francisco, CA2000
Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 Fundacion Banco Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 Porto de Porto Alegre / Porto Alegre, Brazil
1995 Frida Kahlo Gallery. La Havana, Cuba
1994 Museum of San Telmo. San Sebastian, Baske Country
1993 Montmartre Art Gallery, Bilbao, Baske Country
1993 Goethe German Culture Institute. Santiago de Chile, Chile
1987 La Maison. La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland
MURALS
2011 20,000 Missing Seats (individual) / Selected by San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
2010 Museo del Mare/ Genoa, Italy
2006 'Il mare sul muro' / Mosaic/ Torino, Italy
2004 Mission Family Center (individual), San Francisco, CA
1998 Santa Catarina State, Brazil
1996 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
1994 House of Tango / La Havana, Cuba
1995 America. Belgrano Ave. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992 Tango. / Buenos Aires, Argentina (Urban Patrimony Conservation)
1990 Sports Campus of State Worker's Union / Buenos Aires, Argentina
1990 Urban Corner. Individual La Plata, Argentina
1985 School 5. Individual / La Plata, Argentina
* The works are collective in the idea and the production except in the ones
mentioned Some murals have been used in many publications throughout the
world such as Travel Guides Lonely Planet, Time-Out, and Berlitz
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