OPAC's Teen Art Program is made possible thanks to the generous support:
Reed Foundation for the Arts | Smith-Hobson Foundation | The Gene Haas Foundation
Reed Foundation for the Arts | Smith-Hobson Foundation | The Gene Haas Foundation
COLLAGE + WORKS ON PAPER
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORAward-winning artist Rafael Perea de la Cabada was born in Mexico City and has lived in California since 1987.
Perea received a degree from the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking in Mexico City and went on to earn his M.F.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has exhibited at many galleries and museums in Southern California including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Forum, The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, and the Hunsaker-Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica. He has also shown in New York, Washington, Tennessee, Texas, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Croatia, Spain, and Germany. His work is included in numerous public and private collections in Mexico, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Germany, and the United States. Rafael teaches Drawing in the Fine Arts Department at Santa Barbara City College and has served as a Master Artist for mentorship programs, master classes, and mural projects for both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and The Arts Fund. He recently completed an important Public Art Commission with designer Richard Irvine on the West Beach Pedestrian Improvement Project for the City of Santa Barbara, and is the Founding Art Director for The Animal Museum in Los Angeles. www.rafaelperea.com |