Bio

Rafael Brango was born in 1982 in Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia and had lived in Bogota and Cali in Colombia, Kaiserslautern, North Rhine Westphalia and Wurzburg, Bavaria, in Germany; New York, Miami, Washington DC, Chapel Hill, and now lives in Virginia, USA. Rafael has always loved and regards nature as the greatest artistic expression to exist and so he pursued and obtained a degree of sciences in Biology and Genetics from Barry University in Miami and eventually transitioned into the technology field obtaining a master’s in cyber security.

Rafael started his artistic journey at the beginning of 2020 after returning from a trip to the amazing lake of Atitlan in Guatemala; this astonishing lake provided a fresh breath of inspiration that had to be artistically paid tribute to. Out of this, Rafael started experimenting with glass tile pieces with the idea of creating a design that could shine out with the light like a lamp. (click here to see this design).

Rafael continued experimenting with ideas and techniques and decided to start recycling and using small glass bottles from a yogurt he was buying at the store, transforming them into
candles decorated with unique designs that would shine out with the light of the wick. (click to see these pieces).

Rafael also experimented with sculpturing using glass tiles and recently he has moved to designing and painting his original cubism and abstract style on canvas with acrylic. 

For Rafael, painting is a direct reconnection with the happiness of his inner child and allows him to express himself creatively. Rafael is an outsider, autodidact and visionary.

Not troubled by any art education or experience, he experiments with different materials and art techniques like painting, sculpturing, origami, wood working, candle making and glass torching among others. He is adventurous, curious, and playful. The result? Vivid, fresh, and super

eye-catching art pieces; unique works with a simple, pure, and a very authentic
signature, that’s Brango Art Studio.