<p style="text-align: center;"><b>December 2 – January 21, 2012</b></p>
Rafael Trelles born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Trelles began studying painting at the age of eleven, under the guidance of Spanish painter Julio Yort. He has a BFA from the University of Puerto Rico from 1980. In 1983, he traveled to Mexico where he pursued graduate studies at the Universidad Autónoma de México.  He has been awarded with the first prize for best exhibition in contemporary media from the Puerto Rico Art Critics Association; the “Emeritus Award” for the excellence of his artistic career from the National Endowment of Puerto Rico, as well as the Art Medal from the Puerto Rican Association of Artists with UNESCO. The imagination of Rafael Trelles produces images that inspire a world transformed into a beautiful habitat for enigmatic creatures. His creations are characters that exist in extraordinary environments and are like theater performers for his poetic visions. Together with magical realism and the mythical world, Trelles shows a predilection for Renaissance painting and its techniques.