BIOGRAPHY
Carlos Raphael Vera
DOB: 5-3-73

A native of Los Angeles, California, Carlos Vera spent the first few years of his life with his family in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. At the age of four, six months after the family broke up, he and his older brother returned to L. A. He was to remain in Southern CA for the next 14 years with his father, Rosendo Vera, a Los Angeles based fine artist and commercial illustrator where he would receive most of his inspiration and encouragement in pursuing his art. During his senior year of high school, Carlos applied and was accepted to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, contingent on his high school diploma. Carlos’ year in Boston became an important stepping-stone for the years to come, but he found his studio to be of greater value. He felt the need to experience New York; he spent one year there, painting murals, waiting tables and falling in love with the city. Then came a stroke of bad luck —he put too much trust in the wrong people and lost his entire portfolio. Carlos decided it was time to return to Los Angeles and see what the entertainment industry held. He was broke and starting from scratch, but his talent soon found him work in the film industry, designing sets, props, costumes, etc., as a conceptual artist, and with exhibitions of his fine art. He also worked with a political campaign consultant, Sue Burnside & Associates, on projects such as the school repair bond (Measure BB) and a Fireman's Bond, not knowing if this experience would become useful to him in the future. Carlos opened up an Art Gallery (Our Story), which he used as a personal showing space and a starting point for a youth arts organization in 2001, California Artists for Humanity.

Carlos Vera is currently designing interiors for a variety of clients, including nightclubs, restaurants, and residential interiors. Carlos develops a theme-based concept with each individual client. His mission is not just too create an original environment, it is also too express the clients persona into the environment.

• Three person show with his Father and Uncle at the Repertory Arts Theater, Hollywood, CA, 1997
• One man show at the John Rayte Theater, Hollywood CA, 1999
• Rotating exhibit at Our Story Artist Gallery in North Hollywood, 2000 to 2002
• Group show at the Creative Center in North Hollywood, CA, 2002
• Group Sow at the Lankershim Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA, 2002
• Four back-to-back Cannibal Flower shows, Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood CA, 2002
• Performance Painting at various events and venues, August, September, October 2002
• Ongoing Live Performance Painting at Barfly, Thursdays in West Los Angeles 2002-2003
   Performance Painting and promotion for 310 Lounge and Bistro (Santa Monica Ca) 2005
   Performance Panting and promotions for Spider Club (Hollywood Ca) 2005-2006