b. 1958
Davila Rinaldi is a mid-career painter and sculptor presently living and working in Puerto Rico. Though he was born on the island his family moved to Japan in the early 60’s setting off a series of relocations due to his father’s years serving with the USAF. After numerous assignments in the far east and bases on the U.S. mainland his family moves back to Puerto Rico after his father retires. Davila Rinaldi finished his last 2 years of High School on the island and later obtained a BA from DePauw University in Indiana in 1980. Upon graduating he returns to PR once again where he has lived since.
Over the years as an abstract artist his work has been exhibited in Puerto Rico, U.S. and abroad; having a prominent presence as one of the island’s most prolific creators. In the early 90’s he began a series of parallel works that were figurative, with deep social concerns. These works feed off the island’s social political arena where Davila Rinaldi basically ridicules the current happenings and island situation. Though the abstract work continues to be at the forefront of his production these sporadic series of works that are full of sarcasm and dark humor have provoked in depth conversations among the spectator that expose different sides of the issues portrayed. In the artist’s words… “These works have allowed me to feel I have a say in the matter. I’m able to rant, condemn and make fun of some serious issues we face on the island then go on my merry way.”
As mentioned Davila Rinaldi’s parallel production of abstractions presents the spectator with a complex visual language full of gesture, color and movement. Sometimes minimalistic and other times complex networks of shapes and line that create vibrant canvases buzzing with his signature mark. The Accumulation Series is an on going body of work for which he has become known. It is here where the artist is most comfortable projecting his feelings, and surroundings of his happy place… his dream studio on a small plot of land nestled on Lake Caraízo in Caguas. “This is my Eden…”