Rafa Esparza

Rafa Esparza (born in 1981) is an American artist.[1]

Early life

Esparza was born in Los Angeles, California to Mexican parents. He attended East LA City College.[2] In his early twenties, followed by UCLA.

Career

Esparza has performed at several parks, museums, nightclubs, and galleries in Los Angeles. His work often takes the form of installations, and physically exhaustive performances. Esparza also frequently works with collaborators, including members of his family.[3]

Esparza performed in Dorian Wood's "O" video.[4]

Esparza will be included in the 2016 iteration of the Hammer Museum's biannual for Los Angeles Artist.[5] Esparza received an Art Matters grant in 2014[6]

References

[1] [3] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

  1. 1 2 "Artist Rafa Esparza is using 5,000 adobe bricks to make a building-inside-a-building in Hollywood". LA Times. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  2. ↑ Steve Saldivar. "Boyle Heights Beat – Artist Rafael Esparza finds home for performance under Boyle Heights bridge [VIDEO]". Boyleheightsbeat.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. 1 2 Solis, Nathan (2015-03-04). "Con/Safos: Rafa Esparza's Outdoor Art Space | Los Angeles | Artbound". KCET. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  4. ↑ Dorian Wood, Queer Artist, Premieres 'O' (VIDEO), The Huffington Post.
  5. ↑ http://artforum.com/news/id=57552
  6. ↑ http://artforum.com/news/id=49491
  7. ↑ "En fotos: caníbales a ambos lados de la frontera - BBC Mundo". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  8. ↑ "Art review: At MexiCali Biennial, cannibalism is consuming theme - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  9. ↑ "Native Strategies" (PDF). Nativestrategiesla.com. 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  10. ↑ "Beyond the Human and Superhuman (PHOTOS) | Gaige Clark". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  11. ↑ Solis, Nathan (2013-08-08). "Rafa Esparza Transforms Audiences into Communities | Los Angeles | Artbound". KCET. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  12. ↑ "Performance Now | LACA". Lacarchive.com. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  13. ↑ "Sound file" (MP3). Archive.kchungradfio.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

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