Rafael Cazares

RAFAEL CÁZARES, (Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, 1971). 53 individual exhibitions and has participated in 46 group exhibitions. His glass and aluminum recycling techniques have taken him around the world (Germany, Austria, Cuba, France, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore and the USA). He has more than 10 years of experience in the field of cultural promotion and management, as well as in the administration of projects and social organizations.
He received the awards: Tlaxcala 2000, Agustín Rivera for Drawing 1993 and First Prize for Young Art 1994 in Querétaro, Prize for Painting Tlaxcala 2000. He has been a fellow of the Tecnológico de Monterrey to study Architecture, and has obtained scholarships from Tlaxcala institutions for artistic production.
He edited the book TLAXCALA 400, and collections of poems such as "Psalms of the heart", "Construction time", "Seed of ficus" and "Be a lamp". He made covers of books and magazines such as Casa del tiempo de la UAM.
During 2004 he was a distinguished guest at the Honhardt Castle in Germany within the Artist in Residence program.
He founded a NETWORK of cultural organizations in Tlaxcala for community cultural development
He currently directs the WATER GALLERY, a cultural space for raising...

THE LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION, online, by the Carlos III University of Madrid, 2021.
ART AND ACTIVITIES, online, interactive strategies for teaching through art, Museum of Modern Art, 2019.
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN PAINTING, online, by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2015.
MASTER STUDIES IN CRITICAL THEORY, year 2010, at the 17 Institute of Critical Studies, specializing in aesthetic and political thought.
ARCHITECTURE, at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Querétaro Campus, 1991-1996.

2013-2021, permanent exhibition, open workshop at Galería del Agua, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2016
TANDARTE, private exhibition for collectors and patrons of the Galería del Agua, Atlzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2015.
TANDARTE, private exhibition for collectors and patrons of the Galería del Agua, Atlzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2014
Production assistance for 3 glass murals in Atlzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2013
Production assistance for 3 glass and ceramic murals in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Restoration and remodeling of the Water Gallery.
2010
PINTURAS, in New Haven, CT, USA, on the occasion of the twinning of the cities Tetlanohcan-New Haven,
September 2010.
PINTURAS, on the occasion of the MEXICAN FESTIVAL, June 2010, Martel, France.
COPAS, in La Aceituna, Apizaco, Tlaxcala.
2008
PAINTING WITH LIGHT, ART IN GLASS, Art in Flight Festival, Totolac, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2007
WOMEN, drawings, Municipal DIF of Calpulalpan, Tlaxcala
2006
RAFAELEFANTE, Autonomous University of Tlaxcala
THE NEST, Las Lilas School, Singapore
2005
INSELN (ISLANDS), aluminum drawings, Manfred Kligner Gallery, Berlin, Germany
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, lamp-object exhibition, Arteria-gallery, Tlaxcala, Mexico
GUAJOLOTES, traveling exhibition in the State of Tlaxc...