On the evening of Friday, March 1st we proudly presented electronic musician Jim Petty’s (NYC) solo project Crew Called Self, experimental musician/multidisciplinary artist Rafael Vargas Bernard (FL), David Reed’s (CMH) solo project Envenomist, and Reon Moebius’ (CMH) solo project Seagull Died on Impact.
Supporters of our 2023-2024 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Columbus Foundation.
About the artist:
Rafael Vargas Bernard (b. 1979, Puerto Rico) is a Miami-based Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist and cultural worker with a background in visual art, noise/experimental music, computer engineering, education, and performance. Formerly managing the Education Department at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, he later co-directed the Mana Contemporary Miami / 777 Mall art complex. Rafael is co-curator and event co-producer for The Fake It Up Club and Operations Manager for the Chopin Foundation of the United States. His work explores vulnerability, power structures, autonomous systems, chance, chaos, and the human experience through combinations of performance, sound, programming, sculpture, and painting. Rafael’s art has been featured in exhibitions by Exit Art NYC, VOLTA NY, Mana Contemporary, Clocktower Productions, Oolite Arts, La Trienal Poligrafica del Caribe, and the Wrong Biennale. His work is included in private collections and the permanent public collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico and the Museum of Art of Caguas and has been reviewed in the Art Newspaper, Vice Magazine, Medium, and Art in America.