Series

Sabato 18 luglio 1573

The Sighting

1930

Dress Rehearsal Chronicles

The Message

Maps of Silence

Deus ex Machina

La Gesta

My work has a strong narrative element, usually anchored in specific contents that could be: a moment in history, a literature piece, theater, film, music, or architecture. I like to prepare a “set” around the subject, and then explore and play with the possibilities that are going to be discovered during the process.

Murals

20,000 / San Francisco, California

Architecture / La Plata, Argentina

Law / La Plata, Argentina

Genoa

“The Greeks tells us that Theseus received a thread as a gift from Ariadne. With that thread he found his bearings in the labyrinth, located the Minotaur, and slew him. The myth says nothing about the traces that Theseus left as he made his way through the labyrinth.”

“Freud, Sherlock Holmes, clues and scientific methods”, Carlo Ginzburg.

Videos

the white ribbon (fragment)

Das Weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke

the sighting

The Sighting, Peugeot 404

1930

1930, Leipzig

e la nave va

E la nave va / Swimmer

genova . corpi urbani

Genoa

maps of silence

Maps of Silence / short

the forest

Redwood trees

the message

The Message (calendar)

domingos

Sundays

Anfibia 24 de marzo

Anfibia March 24th

Rafael Landea

Rafael Landea Artista Visual

A visual artist, Rafael Landea creates paintings and drawings in both traditional and digital media. His artistic style was greatly influenced by an early job as a theater stage designer resulting in artistic interpretations which are deeply narrative and inspired by historical facts, literature, theater, films, music and architecture.
His work has been recognized by institutions such as the San Francisco Arts Commission, Artery Project and Center for Cultural Innovation, plus was featured at Our Radar by Creative Capital New York.

He has shown his paintings at venues worldwide, including:

  • San Francisco, California: The Exploratorium, Grace Cathedral Gallery, Gensler Design.
  • Buenos Aires: Holocaust Museum, Malvinas Museum, Art and Memory Museum and Centro Cultural Haroldo Conti.
  • Participated in collective exhibitions in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Cuba.

Rafael’s murals can be seen today in Buenos Aires, La Plata and San Francisco. He was lead artistic collaborator on Munú Actis Goretta’s mosaic murals near Turin and in Genoa, Italy.

Rafael has developed illustrations media and publishers in Argentina including Anfibia, Malisia, EME Ediciones B and Universities.

Rafael received his MFA at La Plata University, Argentina and developed his professional career between Buenos Aires and San Francisco. Rafael moved to Catalonia, Spain in 2024

He is developing a digital series inspired by the lives of two Native American men from opposite regions in north and south America, whose stories and destinies present surprising similarities.