Rafael Bogarin

Jupiter 5 (Edition 5/295)

1981

Rafael Bogarin was born in Venezuela in 1946. He studied in Caracas at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas Cristóbal Rojas, where he specialized in lithography and etching. Between 1970–92, he lived in New York, where he became an expert in screen printing, exploring different techniques and processes at the same time.He traveled through South America teaching and learning from native cultures. He created the Museo Vial in El Tigre, in 1982, which exhibited works of great international masters in the public space. His works are a part of important collections, such as the Cisneros Collection, the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, the National Art Gallery of Venezuela, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), in New York, the Costa Rican Art Museum, the Museum of Israel, in Tel Aviv, The Jesus Soto Museum of Modern Art, the collection of the OAS headquarters, in Washington and the University of Texas.