| Self-taught Chicano Artist
Ralfka Gonzalez
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Self-taught Chicano artist Ralfka Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1958 and now lives and works in Chicago. Gonzalez is also well known in Philadelphia, where he spent several years in the 1980s and 1990s, participating in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Arthur Ross Gallery, Taller Puertorriqueno, Nexus Gallery, Afro-American Museum and The Painted Bride among other places. His mural, El Gran Conjunto del Fin del Mundo can be seen at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
Gonzalez’s work has also been exhibited at galleries and museums in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Chicago, New York, and Oaxaca, Mexico. He co-wrote and illustrated the award-winning children’s book, My First Book of Proverbs/ Mi Primer Libro de Dichos, published by Childrens Book Press in 1995. Among his other diverse projects have been the interiors for restaurants in San Francisco and Chicago, graphics for a new label of Mexican mescal, postcard and notecard designs, and the cover art for Sandra Cisneros’ book Loose Women (Random House, 1994). His work was featured in Raw Vision magazine in 1994. |
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Blue Devils
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas)
Oil paint on tin w/ wood frame by artist
(37 x 25), 1995
$630 (framed) SOLD 12/2003 |
Musica Sentimental de La Vida Cosmica
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas)
Serigraph (30 x 22),
#42,95,97/100 available, 1995
$300 |
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Blue Bug Bones
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas),
Acrylic on Canvas w/ steel nails around frame (20 x 16), 1995
$400 |
El Charro Joto (The Queer Cowboy)
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas),
Oil and acrylic on aluminum (23 x 25), 1995
$290 SOLD 12/2003 |
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Sireno Sandia (Watermelon Mer-man)
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas),
Gouache on hand-made paper (17 1/2 x 13), 1995
$400 SOLD 12/2003 |
4 Diablos
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas),
Oil paint on plywood (14" to 18" high),
#1,2,3,4 (l to r) 1995
$175 each
Cactus
Ralfka V. Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas),
Oil paint on plywood (14" to 17" high),
#1,2 (l to r) 1995
$125 each |
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