Sculptor Pasha Rafat to speak at Nevada Arts Council OXS reception May 11
Light sculptures and constructions by Las Vegas artist Pasha Rafat will illuminate the Office eXhibition Series Gallery May 11 to July 10. A recipient of a Nevada Arts Council 2015 Artist Fellowship Grant, Rafat holds a bachelor of science in design from Arizona State University and a Master of Fine arts from California State University, Fullerton. He is a professor at University pf Nevada, Las Vegas where he teaches photography and multimedia courses. The public is invited to an exhibit reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, with an artist talk at 6:15 p.m. The OXS Gallery is located in the NAC Carson City office at 716 N. Carson Street, Suite A, and is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rafat’s light constructions echo the work of a group of 20th century artists interested in real and physical phenomena, rather than illusion. Of particular note in his work, he said, is the Russian Constructivists’ stressing of transparency of material and the California Light & Space Artists’ exploration of perceptual, spatial and atmospheric aspects of art.
The artist’s work has been shown at Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Ace Gallery, Los Angeles; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; and in Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Cypress and Turkey. His art is in the permanent collections of the IPG Building, La Jolla, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Sprint Collection; Rio and Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas; Center for Photography, Woodstock; and the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation.
Managed by NAC's Artist Services Program, the Office eXhibition Series Gallery features artists who have been recognized by the agency through its artist fellowships and exhibits from the agency’s Nevada Touring Initiative-Traveling Exhibition Program. For more information, contact (775) 687-6680 or visit the department’s website at nac.nevadaculture.org.
The Nevada Arts Council, a division of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, is the agency charged with ensuring that state and national funds support cultural activity and encourage participation in the arts throughout Nevada. In addition to providing hundreds of grants to arts and community-based organizations, schools, artists and local municipalities throughout the state, the Arts Council coordinates a variety of statewide programs and activities such as the annual Poetry Out Loud recitation competition for high-school aged students, traveling exhibits, artist residencies, workshops and cultural assessments. For more information, contact (775) 687-6680 or visit the department’s website at nac.nevadaculture.org.
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