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Antonio Cortez is a multimedia artist and designer known for developing Mathematical Formulations in the Service of Art, a series of digital renderings and prints that explores the connection between geometries from abstract mathematical functions and their intersection with art. Presently, Mr. Cortez is exploring conceptual installation art through collaborations in photography, media arts and para-design.

Mr. Cortez was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a BS in Materials Science Engineering. During his college years, he studied photography at The Newman Foundation, a design school that followed Bauhaus principles.

In 1995, Mr. Cortez earned a Graduate Certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University. Continuing his interest in the visual arts, he pursued course work at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Emerson College, and New England School of Photography. In the 90’s Antonio traveled through Europe and pursued landscape architectural photography.

In 2001, he founded the firm Antonio Cortez Design in Cambridge, MA. The firm created advertising campaigns for several art organizations. His work has been published in several photo-editorials.

In 2007, Mr. Cortez explored digital cinematography as Assistant Director and VFX Supervisor for a short film shot in Boston. The film explored the integration of live action capture with CGI & classical animation techniques.

In 2008, Mr. Cortez relocated his practice to Beverly Hills and later to San Francisco. Since then he organizes exhibitions for Bay Area Artists at ArtZone 461 Gallery and provides production services to artists and curators.

Most recently, Cortez provided logistic support to four installments of the acclaimed exhibition The Seduction of Duchamp and collaborates to the YBCA:YOU pilot program at Yerba buena Center for the Arts.

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BIOGRAPHY

2011 Keeping An Eye On Surveillance (Group Show)

Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, California

2011 Art For Aids Auction (Juried Show)

SF Design Center, San Francisco, California

2011 Scrambled (Group Show)

Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley, California

2010 Mathematical Formulations in the Service of Art (Solo Exhibition)

Sagan Piechota Architecture, San Francisco, California

2010 Art For Aids Auction (Juried Show)

SF Design Center, San Francisco, California

2010 Photographic Currents (Group Show)

Berkeley City College, Berkeley, California

2010 Prints Byte (Group Show)

SOMARTS, San Francisco, California

Special Projects in Photography & Printing (Continuing Education)

Berkeley City College, Berkeley, California

Experimental Color & Digital Photography (Continuing Education)

New England School of Photography, Boston, Massachusetts

Creative Studies in Advertising (Continuing Education)

Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts

Video Production (Continuing Education)

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Graduate Certificate in Administration & Management

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

BS in Materials Science, Minors in Polymer Science & Technology

Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

Black & White Photography (Continuing Education)

School of the Newman Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela

Rosa Maria was born and raised in Costa Rica. Throughout her career, her Latina roots have fundamentally shaped and influenced her artistic vision. She has worked across a variety of media, but the common theme of her art remains the observation of the ever changing interplay between the values instilled by Latin American culture and those prized by cultures within the United States.

Building upon her background, she studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, with a curriculum strictly adhering to a Bauhaus ideas. Rosa Maria used this education as an Interior Designer and Colorist in her own design firm; she worked on a variety of residential and commercial projects throughout Northern California. In addition, Rosa Maria was able to pursue jewelry design, offering pieces in galleries across California as well as the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and the San Jose Museum of Art. She has also been recognized for her talents in designing and producing stained glass, displaying at both group and solo exhibitions at galleries within San Francisco.

Rosa Maria’s current projects focus on capturing the waste that urban society leaves behind, and the message being conveyed by it. Her photographs are taken across Mexico and the American West, exploring the differences and similarities between these cultures through the detritus they leave behind. By photographing the contents of public and private bins and scattered litter throughout the urban landscape, she intends to provide an intimate insight into the everyday lives and values of city residents.

Overall, the trash being left behind exposes how culture and socio-economic status effect what is or is not important in people’s lives; we see their care or indifference to their environment. By looking at features such as quantity, day of the week, products or packaging, the viewer can begin to understand the underlying values of a wide variety of modern urban residents. This ongoing project offers viewers a chance to understand humanity in their urban setting and the incidental beauty we create.

ROSA MARIA ALFARO

BIOGRAPHY

2011 Keeping An Eye On Surveillance (Group Show)

Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, California

2010 Scrambled (Group Show)

Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley, California

2010 Juxtaposed (Group Show)

Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley, California

2010 Graphic Group (Juried Show)

Jerry Adams Gallery, Berkeley, California

2009 Rosa María Alfaro (Solo Exhibition)

Thinkers Gallery, San Francisco, California