RAUL was born in Mexico City where he studied graphic design at the Academia Bernal and later engraving at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas in Guadalajara.
During his first stay in Germany from 1990 - 2000 he attended the art school „Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart“ worked as a visual artist, graphic designer and in experimental ceramics workshops.

Between 2001 to 2007 he lived in Barcelona and Paris, where he was the beneficiary of a studio granted by the „Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris", he attended the sculpture workshop of "Paris Ateliers" and later of engraving in Barcelona.

His work has been exhibited in different international art festivals and biennials in Asia, America and Europe. Part of his artwork is in private collections and in museums and institutions.

From 2008 he has lived and worked in Switzerland and Germany.

The main creative source in my work is on the one hand, the human being, his trail, his nomadism and secondly the protocultural symbolism of signs such as glyphs, ideograms. These are frequently used elements in my work, expressing my fascination for discovering graphic language analogies among primitive, ancient and contemporary iconographies.

To carry out my work I use traditional and digital techniques such as painting, ceramics, assemblages, drawing, photography, and digital art. Each concept means an exploration, a reinvention of its meaning. Signs and Trails, R-Books, Eternal Human, Silent Tribal Sounds are some concepts where I find an archaic and modern bridge, a journey through universal analogies without distinction between past and future.

Raúl

CURRICULUM VITAE EXHIBITIONS 2024 • »Aleaciones« – Werk II – Dußlingen, Germany. (solo) • »Arte Binningen« – Contemporary Art Fair – Binningen, BL Switzerland. (group) • Artüthek – Tübingen Landratsamt (District Office) – Tübingen, Germany. (group) 2023 • »Aleaciones« – Werk II – Dußlingen, Germany. (solo) • »Touched, Untouched« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2022 • »ARTe Sindelfingen« – Art Fair – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2021 • »SMU« – Instituto Cultural de México / Mexican Embassy – Berlin, Germany. (group) • »Prognose« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) • »Dialog:21« – Scala Theater – Basel, Switzerland. (duo) 2020 • »Homotracking« – Arten Gallery – online. (solo) 2019 • »Könnte aber doch« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2018 • »Mixtures« – BPS (Suisse) – Basel, Switzerland. (solo) • »Archaeology & Me« – Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki, Greece. (group) • »Arte Binningen« – Contemporary Art Fair – Binningen,BL Switzerland. (group) 2017 • »Archaeology & Me« – Museo Archeologico Nazionale Romano – Rome, Italy. (group) • »Frontofbicycle« – Braswell Arts Center – Basel, Switzerland. (group) • »Arte Binningen« – Contemporary Art Fair – Binningen, BL Switzerland. (group) • Basel Art Center – Basel, Switzerland. (group) 2016 • »Menschenspuren« – Frankfurter Künstlerclub – Frankfurt, Germany. (solo) • »Archaelogy & Me« – Museo Nazionale Romano – Rome, Italy. (group) • »Arte Binningen« – Kronnenmattsaal – Binningen, BL, Switzerland, Germany. (group) • »Affinitäten« – Kulturmühle Rechberghausen – Rechberghausen, Germany. (group) • »Sach« – Galerie L33 – Werdenberg, SG, Switzerland. (group) 2015 • »Kunstwerke im Dialog« – Kunsthalle Tübingen – Tübingen, Germany. (group) • »14th International SKV-Artprize 2015« – Verwaltungsgericht – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) • »Lange Nacht der Museen 2015« – Bestattungshaus Haller – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2014 • »Silent Tribal Sounds« – Galerie Dalmau – Tübingen, Germany. (solo) • »Muerte Subita« – Galerie 59 Rivoli – Paris, France. (group) • »ST ART 2014« – Foire d’Art Contemporain – Strasbourg, France. (group) • »4. Kunst-Boulevard« – Galerie Katapult – Basel, Swizerland. (group) • »Muerte Subita« – Lieu d'Europe (Conseil européen) – Strasbourg, France. (group) • »2041. Endlosschleife« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) • »4. internationale Kunstausstellung« – Burg Kalteneck – Holzgerlingen, Germany. (group) 2013 • »Künstlergalerie« – Art Fair Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (solo) • »Ciclo« & »Generaciones« (permanent exhibition) – General Consulate of Mexico – Frankfurt, Germany. 2012 • »Naturwunder Mexikos« – General Consulate of Mexico – Frankfurt, Germany. (group) • »Random Project 2012« – Rich Mix – London, UK. (group) • »Stimme der Erde, Stimme des Himmels« – VHS – Esslingen, Germany. (group) 2011 • »Miscellaneous« – Galerie Dalmau – Tübingen, Germany. (Solo) • »Am Nabel der Welt« – General Consulate of Mexico – Frankfurt, Germany. (group) • »Urbanes Leben« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2010 • »2nd Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, 2010« – BRONX ART SPACE – Bronx, New York. (group) • »Kunst und Gesellschaft« – Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) • »Südamerika in der Lahrensmühle« – Leonberg, Germany. (group) • »Iberoamerika; Magie, Mythos und Legende«« – Stuttgart Civic Center – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) 2009 • «Signos y Huellas« – Galerie von BÜZ – Minden, Germany. (solo) • «México Pinta« – Galerie El Pacifico – Stuttgart, Germany. (group) • «AAF» – Espace Champerret – Paris, France. (group) 2008 • «Zeichen und Spuren« – Heyd Gallery – Hildrizhausen, Germany. (solo) • «Biennial Polylog» – City Hall – Cologne, Germany. (group) 2007 • »Metamorfosis« – Museo del Periodismo y las Artes Gráficas – Guadalajara, México. (solo) • »Small Rays of Hope« - Gallery Rhonda Schaller – New York, NY. (group) • »Dia de Muertos« - MPLUSF – Berlin, Germany. (group) • »Köln-Barcelona« - SIDISPOT – Cologne, Germany. (group) 2006 • «Segni e Tracce« – Apollo Spaziocinema – Milano, Italy. (solo) • «Figuració 2006-2007« – Galería Tuset – Barcelona, Spain. (group) • La Galería Arte y Diseño – Málaga, Spain. (group) 2005 • «In Memoriam« – Fundació Catalunya-América – Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. (solo) • «Fusiones« – Central Library – Gavà, Barcelona, Spain. (solo) • «Outside Art» – Inside Art Gallery – Figueras, Spain. (group) • Hakone Art Festival – Hakone, Japan. (group) • Galería Pagés – Barcelona, Spain. (group) 2004 • «5nturas« – Galería Marc Sabata – Barcelona, Spain. (solo) • Forum 2004 Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain. (group) • Worldwide Itinerant ART exhibition – ACNUR, UNO Committee. (group) • I Bienal Internacional de Barcelona, «Japó l’art actual» – Casa Batló – Barcelona, Spain. (group) • II Salón Internacional Acea’s, Petit Format – Barcelona, Spain. (group) 2003 • «Art by 7» – Galería Mehr Licht – San Juan, Puerto Rico. (group) 2002 • «Destinos» – Itinerant exhibition in various centers of the Universidad de Guadalajara – Jalisco, México. (solo) • «A louer« – Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris – Paris, France. (group) • «3éme Salon International des Rencontres Picturales» – Mairie du XIX arr - Paris, France. (group) • «In Memoriam» Latin American Art Museum – Miami, USA. (group) • Galeria Mehr Licht – San Juan, Puerto Rico. (group) 2001 • «Destinos: Dualidad Humana y Urbana« – Centro Cultural Casa Vallarta – Guadalajara, México. (solo) 2000 • «Presenze Urbane« – Rapsodia / Spazio d’arte – Milano, Italy. (solo) 1999 • «Raúl a Milano« – Apollo Spaziocinema – Milano, Italy. (solo) • «Contemporary Artists» Haus der Wirtschaft und Industrie – Düsseldorf, Germany. (group) • «Artesanos Art Gallery – Miami, USA. (group) 1998 • «Open-Air-Gallery ‘98» – Minden, Germany. (group) • «Chiapas» Mail Art – GALERIA AEBU – Montevideo, Uruguay. (group) PRIZES AND SELECTED WORKS • Artistic promotion by the Gwärtler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland • Audience award – SKV International 2015 – Stuttgart, Germany • First prize to the best in show - Gallery Rhonda Schaller Studio – New York, NY, USA. • First prize to the best foreign artist – II Salón internacional ACEA’S - Barcelona, Spain. • Selected artwork - XXI Premi de Pintura Cinquè Internacional - Cercle de Belles Arts de Lleida – Lérida, Spain. • Artistic promotion by the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris – Paris, France • Selected artwork – III Prize National Painting Julio Quesada – Crevillent, Alicante, Spain. • Selected artwork – «Marimbistas» – For the publication: Escuela Rural y Organización Comunitaria – UNAM. Luisa Paré/Elena Lazos Chavero. • Selected artwork – «Mi Ciudad» – For the cinema poster of the film «Ciudades Oscuras» by Alta Vista Films – Directed by Fernando Sariñana. • Selected artwork – «3 easy ways and the right choice» – For the publication: «Revista Mexicana de Sociología» – UNAM. Publication 3/2001. ARTWORKS IN MUSEUMS AND INSTITUTIONS • Museo del Periodismo y Artes Gráficas - Guadalajara, Mexico. • Regierungspräsidium Tübingen - Stuttgart, Germany. • Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany. • Casa Museo Javier de la Rosa – Las Palmas, Canarias, Spain. • CCCV – Universidad De Guadalajara – Mexico. • UNHCR – Acnur – Uno Spanish Committee. • Fundació Catalunya-Amèrica – Badalona-Barcelona, Spain. • Cercle de Belles Arts Lleida – Catalunya, Spain. PUBLICATIONS IN ART CATALOGUES [selection] • Homotracking – Basel/Stuttgart 2021 • Mexican proffesionals in Germany – Germany 2020 • Archaeology & Me – Rome, Italy 2017 • Profesionistas Mexicanos en Alemania – Germany 2017 • Emotions, Viaggi et Cultura 01/25/2017 – Rome, Italy • Finkenau Elf 2/2011 - Hamburg, Germany • Matrix – 4/2008 – Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg, Germany. • Figuració 2006-2007 – Galería Tuset – Barcelona, Spain. • Quartet – 2005 – Hakone Art Festival – Hakone, Japan. • Guia de Arte – 2004 – Barcelona, Spain. • Artist Window –1998 And 1999 – Bremen, Germany. • Netmail – Yearbook 1998 – Minden, Germany. ART ASSOCIATIONS • Visarte, Basel, Switzerland • Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany • Frankfurter Künstlerclub Frankfurt, Germany • Mexphil, Frankfurt, Germany • Académie Européenne des Arts France, FR • IAA / AIAP