Rafael Colón Morales (Trujillo Alto, P.R., 1941)
Pintor y profesor. Estudió el bachillerato en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, bajo la tutela de Félix Bonilla Norat; en American University en Washington, D.C. y en la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Desde 1970 reside en Nueva York. Ha sido profesor en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, en Brooklyn Community College, Nueva York y en la Escuela de Arte del Museo del Barrio. También ha participado como conferenciante de arte puertorriqueño en instituciones como Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Union School of Science and the Arts y Stanford University. En 1984 fue nombrado Curador del Museo del Barrio de Nueva York. Se interesa por la experimentación de medios y técnicas, las que desarrolla con la aplicación de capas de polímeros acrílicos que luego sustrae para crear texturas y transparencias cromáticas en su obra. Su vocabulario expresivo se debate entre la figuración y la abstracción, además juega con la recreación de escenarios cargados de profundo misterio y de un intenso sentido metafísico.
Rafael Colón Morales (Trujillo Alto, P.R., 1941)
Painter and professor. His undergraduate studies took place at the University of Puerto Rico, under the guidance of Félix Bonilla Norat, at American University in Washington, D.C., and at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando, Madrid. He has lived in New York since 1970. He has been a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Brooklyn Community College, New York, and the School of Art of the Museo del Barrio. He has also lectured on Puerto Rican art at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Union School of Science and the Arts, and Stanford University. In 1984 he was appointed Curator of New York’s Museo del Barrio. He is interested in experimenting with mediums and techniques, which he develops by applying layers of acrylic polymers that he then removes to create textures and chromatic transparencies in his work. His expressive vocabulary fluctuates between figuration and abstraction, and he also plays with the recreation of scenery loaded with profound mystery and intense metaphysical meaning.
