The green cultural moment, with its emphasis on redemption, harmony, and healing, was less a response to the fear of future ecological disasters than to present - day social ones.
Recent exhibitions and publications include New American Paintings, issue 107; the LA Art Show 2018, Los Angeles, CA; Present Standard, Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago; Transient Visitant (with Marimba, Clarinets, Body and Chair), Truman State University, Kirksville, MO; performance piece in collaboration with composer Victor Marquez - Barrios; Mutual Dealings, Bert
Green Fine Art, Chicago; The
Moments Between: New Work by Rafael E. Vera, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Chicago; Pillow Talk: New Sculptures by Rafael E. Vera, Seerveld Gallery, Palos Heights, IL; Nothing Concrete, Bert
Green Fine Art, Chicago; and the 23rd Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, IL.