Calida Garcia Rawles

Place: Wilmington

Born: 1976

Biography:

Calida Garcia Rawles is a Los Angeles-based contemporary visual artist. In her large-scale paintings and murals, Rawles merges hyperrealism and abstraction. The artist is interested in questions of identity and race in relation to Western art history. Her portraits often depict representations of water and Black life. She is a practicing artist and a mother.