Rafael Rangel
Bio
Rafael Rangel Serrano (b. 1978, New York, NY) Received his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute, from which he graduated with honors in 2001. Afterwards, he began working with Matthew Barney and then moved to Cacacas, Venezuela, in 2004.
Rangel Serrano taught sculpture at the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) before returning to the United States in 2014.
Exhibitions
-Essential Reduction, Galerie Heike Strelow, Fráncfort, Germany.
-Express, Galería Beatriz Gil, Caracas, Venezuela;
-Walk the line, Galerie Heike Strelow, Fráncfort, Germany
-Sin titular, La pecera, Punta del Este, Uruguay
-Dialogues between senses, Museo del Canal Interoceánico de
-Panama, Panama City
-New Works, Mana Contemporary, Newark, New Jersey
-For Now, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, Florida.
Statement
The Venezuelan-American artist Rafael Rangel obtained his degree in Fine Arts at Pratt Institute, in New York, from which he graduated with honors in 2001. Soon after, he began working with Matthew Barney and in 2004 he moved to Cacacas, Venezuela. There he taught sculpture classes at the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) before returning to the United States in 2014.
Rafael Rangel's recent work opens to a new, more expressive dimension, with great formal freedom, a vibrant and energetic palette, and firm brushstrokes and painterly and carbon clay. His paintings and sculptures create sections and accumulations of organic forms rich in textures that, when interlaced with the paste of crayons in oil, create accents of color.
Additional information
La obra reciente de Rafael Rangel se abre a una nueva dimensión más expresiva, con gran libertad formal, una paleta vibrante y enérgica, y pinceladas firmes y gruesas de pintura y carboncillo. Sus pinturas y esculturas crean secciones y acumulaciones de formas orgánicas ricas en texturas que, al entrelazarse con la pasta de los crayones al óleo, crean acentos de color.
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Rafael Rangel's recent work opens onto a new, more expressive dimension, characterized by great formal freedom, a vibrant and energetic palette, and firm, thick brushstrokes of paint and charcoal. His paintings and sculptures create sections and accumulations of organic forms rich in texture, which, when interwoven with the oil crayon paste, create accents of color.
