Education 

Current Studio Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Current USLT, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Grad Associate of Fine Arts, Montgomery Community College, Silver Spring, MD

Grad. 2017 Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD

2015-2017 Visual and Performing Arts Program, Northwestern High School

2016-2017 CreativeWorks, Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mt. Rainier, MD 

2017 Apprentice, Arts on the Block, Kensington, MD

Exhibitions 

Solo 

  • 2024 Por que somos “Ilegales”?. American Poetry Museum, Washington, DC

  • 2024 El Primer Muro / The First Wall. Rhizome DC, Takoma MD

  • 2018 In My Shoes. Solo show, Red Dirt Studios, MD

Group

  • 2019 Hispanic Heritage Exhibition, Publick PlayHouse, MD

  • 2019 Emerging Painters of the East, Embassy of El Salvador 

  • 2018 Perpestivas Latinas, Anne Arundel Community College

  • 2018 Pivot Exhibition. Pepco Edison Place Gallery, DC

  • 2018 Studios (In My Shoes). Art Works Now. MD

  • 2018 Generation Zero. Riverside Art Museum, CA                                                   

  • 2018 Passages exhibition. Target gallery, Torpedo Factory VA

  • 2017 Senior exhibition, Northwestern High school, Hyattsville, MD                       

  • 2017 CreativeWorks Showcase, Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mt. Rainier, MD 

  • 2017 Eyes Choose Love, Gateway Media Arts lab, Mt. Rainier, MD

  • 2017 Littlewins, The Fridge DC, Washington, DC

  • 2017 The Latino Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • 2017 Salvador Home and Belonging, Montgomery College Art Center, MD

  • 2017 La Peña, Salvadoran Consulate, Montgomery County, MD 

  • 2017 Noche Cultural. Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

Public art

  • 2022 (El Florecer de las Orquídeas) Mural en Queens Chapel Town Center. 2906 Hamilton St #3707, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 05/05/2023 17x60 pies

  • 2021 (Primavera Rubi) Mural at Chillum Center. Dimensions: 32x100 feet

    3130 Queens Chapel Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782

  • 2019 ALDI, Store #6, 3025 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, Maryland 2078

Press and Publications 

Univision Washington DC, 2020

El Lienzo De Un Inmingrate Part 1

El Lienzo De Un Inmigrante Part 2

By Jacqueline Quijano

Route One Fun, 2019

New Mural by Rafael Rodriguez at ALDI Hyattsville

Hyattsville Life and Time, 2019

Young Hyattsville artist’s work displayed at Embassy of El Salvador

Washington Post, 2017

He picked up a paint brush — and discovered a world of opportunity

By Arelis R. Hernández

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