Refraction, 2012 Mixed Media on Panel, 40 x 40 inches
Microcosm 163, 2011 Mixed Media on Panel, 20 x 60 inches
REFRACT, 2012 Digital Print on Vinyl Film, 36 x 36 inches
CONSTANT MOTION 1, 2010 mixed media on 10 panels, 65 x 300 inches (installation view)
MICROCOSM 159, 2008 mixed media on paper, 40 x 40 inches
MICROCOSM 155, 2008 mixed media on paper, 40 x 40 inches
MICROCOSM 161, 2008 mixed media on paper, 40 x 40 inches
MICROCOSM 158 Mixed Media on Paper, 40 x 40 inches
AUTOMOTION 120, 2007 mixed media on acrylic panel, 36 x 72 inches
AUTOMOTION 121, 2007 mixed media on acrylic panel, 36 x 72 inches
LOCOMOTION, 2008 archival injet print on paper, edition of 27, 20 x 96 inches
Exhibitions
Constant Motion, 2010
Microcosm, 2009
STATEMENT
Rangel de Maria's work investigates the multifaceted composition of contemporary life. He creates "visual essays" that are an integration of layered images connected by wax, a substance that replicates our own transparent and transitory qualities. By juxtaposing black and white archetypal images, he encourage the viewer to see beyond the limitations of the physical.
BIO
Benito Rangel de Maria was born in Michoacan, Mexico, and educated in the United States and Europe. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from Lake Forest College, Chicago, and completed his studies at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. He later joined the ARCH Foundation in Lugano, Switzerland, where he coordinated conservation and restoration projects. Rangel de Maria returned to the US in 1999 to focus on his development as a visual artist. He has since developed a significant body of work as well as broadening his focus to include duties as Curator and Director of Monarch Contemporary in Seattle, and Southern California.