Plastic Artist Curriculum

Maria Luisa Herrera Rapela, 1979, San José, Costa Rica

Plastic Artist

is a visual artist, specializing in painting and drawing. From a very young Maria Luisa Herrera Rapela knew his way was the painting. His background in painting starts from 12 years in southern France (Montpellier) where he lived with his family for 3 years. At age 14 back in Costa Rica, started in the workshop of Master painting, the Argentine Eduardo graduated from the University Barracks Pueyrredon Emiliano, Buenos Aires. This workshop is one of the oldest in the country, which initiates and strengthens their training in the field of plastic, drawing, human figure, provided with discussions on art theory, life, society, etc. . Here for over 12 years of continuous work in the human figure in research on color, expression, strength of line, space, abstractions of reality and artistic creation. Since 2008 lives in Berlin, where he set up his workshop and continues to work and research. Also part of the Association of Berlin Artists (BBK) since 2009.

His first solo exhibition was held in 1998 in San José, Costa Rica. This would be followed by other shows in Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras (Alliance Française), Lyon, France (Maison de L'Amerique Latine), Brussels (V and VI Ethnicity 2009, 2010), Potsdam (Art Open Space) and Berlin.

His paintings and drawings have graced the covers of magazines of Philosophy and Social Sciences, posters and records. A recent study by the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) has decided to use one of his works in cover. (Equality Policies and Gender Equity Mainstream What are we talking about?) also collaborates with the Art Association and Prison eV and the Association for Gender Equity in Latin America generates. http://www.americalatinagenera.org/es/