Mil Destinos

 I had a solo art show at VAMP, Vintage Music & Art for the People,
in August 2017. I had been wanting to do an art show at this small
neighborhood record store for a while. I was happy to take this
opportunity to create some new paintings and drawing as well as
generate some concepts for new work. Having a place like VAMP to
hang work is a great. The place is cozy. The neighborhood is friendly &
I've been hanging out with the owners, Fernando and Tracy for about
3-4 years. Since I moved to the Lake Merritt, Oakland area in 2013, I've
seen some of my favorite live music performances here.








 

  


  

Shout out to my friend & artist Jon Chao for coming through & helping me hang the show!!!

 

 

 

I had prints for sale and got lucky with this 

ground score of a wooden print rack

This is the typeface I used for the show flier. I have been working on developing this typeface for a few years.

This typeface is large and monumental for images to be placed inside of the letter shapes.

MAGNARVELOUS Typeface
Rafael Tapia III

MAGNARVELOUS typeface
Rafael Tapia III

Grey version of the show flier.

Rafael Tapia 3 Photography: Traveling landscapes & portraits

A stash of photos from my archives

make it rain

I made an illustration for my version of a

political poster for the current occupy movement.

I was inspired by my participation in the general

strike down the street from my apartment in

downtown Oakland, CA.

I would have used the Black and white version

for a picket sign. I got more grotesque with the

colored versions:

Close up of the grotsque-ness digital color:



Here are a few

photos I took from the Oakland general strike on November 3rd 2011: