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Rafael Trelles (born April 27, 1957) is a postmodern artist from Puerto Rico.
En Concreto (translates to On Concrete) is an artistic project of urban interventions developed by Rafael Trelles since the summer of 2004 on the walls, side walks and utility poles of several cities including the island of Vieques. It's an experimental graphic work originally designed for placing in abandoned sectors of worldwide cities. Proyecto 'ace traces and documents the development of this landmark public exhibition in the city of Buenos Aires into film.
Rafael Trelles was born on April 27, 1957, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began studying painting at the age of eleven, under the guidance of the Catalan painter, Julio Yort. In 1980, Trelles graduated from the University of Puerto Rico having obtained a bachelor's degree in fine arts, magna cum laude. In 1983, he pursued graduate studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (the National University of Mexico). At present, he resides and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2020 The Imagined Word, drawing exhibition. Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse University, Nueva York.
La palabra imaginada, exhibición de dibujos. Museo de Las Américas, San Juan Puerto Rico.
2018 Santurce, un libro mural, Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. Santurce, Puerto Rico.
2015 Flora, un encuentro con las acuarelas de Agustín Stahl. San Juan Bautista Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2013 Samsa, digital photography; sala Aljibe, Carmen de la Victoria, Granada, España.
2012 Intersections, new paintings, Bayamón Museum of Art, Puerto Rico.
2011 Intersections, new paintings, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
En concreto, gráfica urbana (In Concrete, Urban Graphics), presentation of portfolios and 6 documentaries. Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
2009 Samsa, digital photography. Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. Santurce, Puerto Rico.
2007 Figuraciones sobre plástico (Representations in Plastic), exhibition of drawings. Galería 356, San Juan Puerto Rico, (shared hall with María Antonia Ordoñez).
En concreto, gráfica urbana en Buenos Aires (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in Buenos Aires), Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires Argentina. Resident Artist, urban interventions and exhibitions.
Performance Autorretrato según Paret, carta a un Presidente (Self-Portrait According to Paret, Letter to a President). Plaza de la Convalecencia, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
En concreto, gráfica urbana en Vieques (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in Vieques), presentation of portfolio of digital graphics. Fuerte del Conde Mirasol, Vieques, Puerto Rico.
2006 En concreto, gráfica urbana en Vieques (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in Vieques), presentation of portfolio of digital graphics. Raúl Juliá Theater, Puerto Rico Museum of Art, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
En concreto (gráfica urbana en Mayagüez) (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in Mayagüez), Parque de los Próceres, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Urban interventions, showing of documentary, conference.
Performance En concreto (gráfica urbana en el Ponce Art Museum), (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in the Ponce Museum of Art), sidewalk, Ponce Museum of Art. Project Círculo del Arte, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
2005 Installation and Performance Natividad (Nativity), Galería Sin Título, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Performance En concreto (gráfica urbana en Vieques), (In Concrete, Urban Graphics in Vieques), land formerly belonging to the Navy, Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Exhibition En concreto (gráfica urbana), (In Concrete, Urban Graphics), Conde de Mirasol Museum, Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Exhibition En Concreto (gráfica urbana), (In Concrete, Urban Graphics), Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
2004 Exhibition En Concreto (gráfica urbana) (In Concrete, Urban Graphics), Gallery of Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart University), Santurce, Puerto Rico.
2003 Exhibition of paintings, Poliedro (Polyhedron), Puerto Rico Museum of Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001 Exhibition of paintings Crónicas del Asombro (Chronicles of Wonder), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000 Installation Visitas al Velorio, Museo de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999 Exhibition of painting, Elite Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
1997 Exhibition of paintings Paisaje Secreto (Secret Landscape), Ponce Museum of Art, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Exhibition of paintings, Elite Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States.
1996 Installation Visitas al Velorio, Ponce Museum of History, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
1993 Exhibition of paintings, El Jardín del Poeta (The Poet’s Garden), Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1992 Exhibition of drawings, Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, Edificio Centro Europa, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
1991 Installation Visitas al Velorio, Museum of History, Anthropology and Art, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
1990 Exhibition of paintings and drawings, Gallery Renaissance III, New Jersey, United States.
1989 Exhibition of drawings Casa Fleming, 15to. Festival del Café (15th Coffee Festival), Yauco, Puerto Rico.
Exhibition of drawings, Library of the Colegio Universitario de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico.
1988 Exhibition of African-American drawings, Centro Universitario, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Exhibition of drawings, Librería Hermes, Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1987 Exhibition of drawings, Un camino hacia la magia (One Step Toward Magic), Art League, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1986 Exhibition of paintings, El tarot del universo (Universal Tarot), Café Teatro El Aquisitio, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain..
1985 Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Lithography, Edificio del Laboratorio de Pantomima, San Ángel, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
1983 Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Lithography, Galería Guatibirí, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
1982 Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Lithography, Galería Guatibirí, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
1979 Exhibition of drawings, Francisco Oller Gallery, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Awarded by the Center for Academic Excellence), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
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San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico.
Antonio ("Toño") Martorell Cardona is a Puerto Rican painter, graphic artist and writer. He regularly exhibits in Puerto Rico and the United States and participates in arts events around the world. He spends his time between his workshops in Ponce, Hato Rey, and New York City, his presentations worldwide and his academic work in Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Río Piedras is a populous district of San Juan, and former town and municipality of Puerto Rico, which was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. The district today is composed of various barrios such as Pueblo and Universidad. The historic town was founded in 1714 as El Roble, it was given municipality rights in 1823, and since 1903 it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus, earning the popular name of Ciudad Universitaria today. The downtown and historic center of Río Piedras is officially known as the Pueblo barrio of the municipality of San Juan.
Santurce is a barrio or district in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city with a bigger population than most municipalities of Puerto Rico and one of the most densely populated areas of the island.
The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico is an art museum in Santurce, a barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 18 exhibition halls. The museum is located in a historic building, formerly occupied by the San Juan Municipal Hospital.
Avenida Juan Ponce de León, coextensive as Route PR-25 along its entire length, is one of the main thoroughfares in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
José de Guzmán Benítez was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 28 February 1901 until 1902. José de Guzmán Benítez is best known for the launching of his 1899 manifesto to the people of Puerto Rico for the creation of a pro-American political party.
Miguel Pou Becerra was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor. Together with José Campeche and Francisco Oller, he has been called "one of Puerto Rico's greatest masters." He was an exponent of the impressionist movement. During his life he exhibited in 64 shows, of which 17 were solo, and won five gold medals.
Rafael Carmoega Morales (1894–1968) was a Puerto Rican architect from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He was the first Puerto Rican to become State Architect, a position within the Department of the Interior which he held from 1921 to 1936. Carmoega was one of the most accomplished Puerto Rican architects of the 20th century.
Sofia Maldonado is a Puerto Rican contemporary artist. She lives and works between New York City and Puerto Rico. Maldonado has collaborated with the Nuyorican Movement.
Félix Rodríguez Báez, was a Puerto Rican painter, artist, graphic designer, set designer, cartoonist and art teacher.
Epifanio “Fano” Irizarry Jusino was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He exposed Costumbrismo practices of his native Puerto Rico, including bomba and plena dances, cockfighting and carnivals. During his professional lifetime, he exhibited in Puerto Rico, the United States as well as Europe, some of which were solo, and he was the winner of various prestigious awards.
Miriam Medina de Zamparelli is a sculptor of the generation of 1980, renowned for her wood projects. She was an active member of the Association of Women Artists of Puerto Rico.
Agustín Fernández was a Cuban painter, sculptor, and multimedia artist. Although he was born in Cuba, he spent the majority of his career outside of Cuba, and produced art in Havana, Paris, San Juan, and New York.
The Old Piedras River Aqueduct, also known as the San Juan Waterworks, is an aqueduct in the barrio (district) of El Cinco of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is by the Piedras River, next to the University of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden. This aqueduct dates to the mid 19th century and it was important for the urban development of Río Piedras.
Pueblo is a term primarily used in Puerto Rico to refer to the municipal district (barrio) that serves as the administrative, historic and cultural center of a municipality. The concept of pueblo is often used locally as analogous to the concept of downtown in U.S. cities. Pueblos are officially called barrio-pueblo by the United States Census since 1990.
Suzi Ferrer, also known as Sasha Ferrer, was a visual artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico from the mid-1960s to 1975. She is known for her transgressive, irreverent, avant-garde, art brut and feminist work.
