Rafael Francisco Salas

Selected Exhibitions

• 2010
  • Vault Series, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, Summer 2010
  • Eight Counties, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1/10
• 2009
  • The Intimate Page, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 11/09
  • Solo Exhibition, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 9/09
  • Solo Exhibtion, Paintings by Rafael Francisco Salas, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, 4/09
  • Big Big Bangs, Small Small Bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1/09
  • Solo Exhibition, Rafael Francisco Salas: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 2/09
  • Personal Culture: New Art From Latin Americans, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, 1/09
• 2008
  • Magic and Power: Eddy Dominguez and Rafael Francisco Salas, Carlston Art Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI, 10/08
  • Reforming US: Immigration Through Art, Crown Center Gallery of Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 6/08
• 2007
  • Solo Exhibition, Substituting Emptiness, Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, 9/07
  • Solo Exhibition, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI, 6/07
  • Submission Show, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 6/07
• 2006
  • Contemporary Works on Paper, Barrow and Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 9/06
  • Risky Business, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY, 8/06
  • From There to Here, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Ripon College, 5/06
  • Solo Exhibition / Lecture, Weary Memory, Ripon College, Ripon, WI, 2/06
• 2005
  • A Selection of Paintings and Drawings by Rafael Perez and Rafael Francisco Salas, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 4/05
• 2004
  • Solo Exhibition / Lecture, The University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, 11/04
  • Poignant, 4 person show, A-Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 4/04
  • Art See, Group Show, Sotheby's, New York, NY, 1/04
• 2003
• Solo Exhibition, Interiors (Dwellings), Chashama Gallery, New York, NY, 10/03
• The Exquisite Corpse, Undecided Space, Iowa City, IA, 10/03
• Girl's Room, Rhode Island School of Design / Crescent Moon Galleries, 2/03
• 2002
  • 360 Degrees, Brooklyn, NY, 11/02
• The Figure in Context, Lawrence and Josephine C. Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY, 5/02
• Porkchop: A Group Show, Lawrence and Josephine C. Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY, 2/02
• 2001
  • From The Ashes, Art at C.U.A.N.D.O., New York, NY, 10/01
  • A Likeness: Re-Examinations of the Contemporary Portrait, Orbit Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 2001

Collections

• Ripon Historical Society, Ripon, WI
• Ripon College, Ripon, WI
• Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Painting, Drawing, Digital Media, Ripon College, Ripon, WI, 2006-present
  Duties include teaching all levels of painting and drawing, creating curriculum for upper level topics courses; hiring of new faculty, participation in academic committees, maintaining studios, guest lectures for other professors, participation in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Chicago Arts Program, Admissions functions, prospective student portfolio reviews, letters of recommendation, Art Department Chair 2009-2010
• Guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, May 12, 2010
• Guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2007, Methods, Material, and Influence
• Instructor, Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spring 2006
• Instructor, Drawing, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, 2005-2006
• Full Time Instructor, Drawing/Illustration, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, Fall, 2004
• Dreamyard, Collaborative Arts Curriculum in New York City Public Schools, 2003-2004
• Head Teacher, Native Arts Workshop, Thoreau, NM, 1994, 1997, 2003
• Lecture Series, New York City Elder Hostel/ Museums, New York, NY, 1999-2003
• Drawing and Painting, West Side YMCA, New York, NY, 1999-2000
• Artist in Residence, Belen Elementary, Belen, NM, 1997
• Art Teacher, K-12, Minneapolis Public Schools, MN, 1996-1997

Curatorial

• Colin Matthes, TBA, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon, WI, 9/10
• Profits and Castaways: Prints by Lydia Diemer, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon, WI, 2/09
• The Quick: Contemporary Reflections of the Human Figure, 4 person exhibit Caestecker Gallery, Ripon, WI, 2/08

Publications

• Theaster Gates at the Milwaukee Art Museum Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 6, 2010
• Gallery Night Picks: Rafael Francisco Salas Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 12, 2010
• Lack of Aesthetic Muscle in UWM Show Review, ArtCity, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 29, 2010
• MIAD Show Looks at Cultures Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 14, 2010
• The Haggerty’s 25th Anniversary show unfolds in pairs Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 16, 2009
• That Old Time Religion and Andy Warhol’s Last Decade Review, Art City, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 6, 2009
• The Earnest Face of the Contemporary Portrait, paper presentation, CAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2/09, published for the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Press

Grants/Awards

• Residency, Vermont Studio Center, 2011
• Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College, Funding for exhibits at Portrait Society Gallery, Kohler Arts Center, 2009
• Paper Presentation Grant, Ripon College, Funding for travel to CAA Conference for paper presentation, 2008
• Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College, Funding for materials for upcoming solo exhibit at Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, 2008
• Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College, Funding for travel and expenses to CAA Conference, 2007
• Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College, Funding for materials for upcoming exhibit at Loyola University, 2007
• Conference Participation Grant, Ripon College, Funding for travel and expenses to CAA Conference, 2006
• Artistic Research Grant, Ripon College Funding for materials for upcoming exhibit at Latino Arts, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
• The Foundation Grant, 8-month Residency, Thoreau, NM, 1997-98

Education

• MFA, cum laude, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, May 2003
• BA, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 1995, double major, Art, Education, English minor
• The University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy, Studio art program, 1993