ORLANDO RAFAEL
Visual artist
Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Orlando Rafael dos Santos is a Brazilian visual artist whose practice spans painting, installation and socially engaged projects developed over five decades.He studied painting at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (EAV) under Luiz Áquila and received guidance from Edson Motta at the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro. Since the late 1970s, his work has been presented in institutions including Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, SESC, IBEU and the World Trade Center Gallery in Amsterdam.