Rafael Vera
Rafael Vera
Office:
FA 114F
Phone:
773-442-4927
Email:
r-vera@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
varies
CV:
ReV Art Resume (web) (PDF)(1).pdf
Country:
United States
Expertise
Drawing, Painting, Color Theory, Sculpture, Installation Art, Art Theory, and Research
Drawing II
Advanced Drawing
Color Theory
Studio Experiences: Painting
Studio EXperiences: Printmaking
Research Interests
Rafael E Vera's work is commonly installation based as well as two and three dimensional and oftentimes collaborative. His latest drawings and sculptures, directly based on his own house, search for those in-between spaces where void and the dividing line interact and coexist. They reference a limbo space that investigates his constant interest for the transition.
Education
BFA, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
MFA, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Selected Publications
2013 New American Paintings, No. 107, Midwest Issue
2013 Martin Garcia. Review. Curated Structured Conversations, Gapers Block, gapersblock.com, July 31
2013 Laura Amann. Review. Artists’ ‘conversations’ on beauty of ordinary spaces, Lincolnview Review, lincolnview.suntimes.com, July 25
2013 Jason Foumberg. Review. Eye Exam: New Moves in Chicago Sculptures, Newcity, art.newcity.com, April 16
2011 Ben Sctott, Artist Interview: Double Tangent: Collaborative work by Mara Baker and Rafael E. Vera, soundcloud.com, July 16
2002 Blair Schulman. Review. The Duality of Forms, Flattening Time in the Third Dimension, arttattler.com, July 20
2001 Victor M. Cassi, Prairie Smoke , Artnet Reviews, artnet.com, August 21
2001 Maracaibo Magazine, The Pictoric Dreams of Artist Rafael E. Vera, 100-101, October
Selected Exhibitions
Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions
2013 Pillow Talk, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity College, Palos Hights, IL
2013 Structured Conversations, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL; two-person show with Nate Mathews. Curated by Susan Gescheidle
2013 Nothing Concrete, Bert Green Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
2012 Voids, The Franklin, Chicago IL
2011 Double Tangent, Cara and Cabezas, Kansas City, MO; in collaboration with Mara Baker
2011 dis/connections, Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, IL; two-person show with Kim Ambriz
Selected Exhibitions
2013 El Material Normal Monumental, Garcia Squared Contemporary, Kansas City, MO; curated by Alberto Aguilar and Israel Garcia
2013 HOME, Dilettante Studios, EXPO Chicago, curated by Tricia Van Eck and John Preus; Sculpture, in collaboration with Jessica Cochran; Chicago, IL
2012 21st Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2012 On Making Things Matter: Strategies For Preservation, South Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2012 The (Middle) DInner, CAC Gallery,Chicago IL; in collaboration with Alberto Aguilar
2012 This House is Not a Home, South Hub of Production, Chicago, IL