PERRITA RAFAELA BY RAFAELA DE ASCANIO frieze While gang leader Botwe and

While gang leader Botwe and his cohorts are actively plotting overhead

Or all the way back there

Every tile is painted by hand

her work is an exuberant coalescion of craft

these milky glasses embody vintage New York and a classic Dalmatian pattern

PERRITA RAFAELA BY RAFAELA DE ASCANIO frieze While gang leader Botwe andRafaela de Ascanios work unfolds through a process of layering. Materials, histories, and personal narratives merge in paintings and sculptural installations that blur the lines between past and present. Figures emerge in contorted dejected, or defiant postures, caught in moments of transformation. They do not belong to any single time or place but are informed by mythology, literature, and lived experience.