Raul Rene Gonzalez

Raul Rene Gonzalez (1981) is a Houston-native but has been residing in San Antonio since 2012 where he lives with wife and two daughters. Raul has a Master of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Houston. Raul also spent two years at Washington University in St. Louis School of Art from 1999 – 2001.

Embracing a wide range of mediums—including painting, drawing, sculpture, clothing, murals, installations, and both live and recorded dance—Gonzalez constructs a dynamic visual language that merges formal experimentation with deeply personal narratives. His practice reflects a commitment to process and play, while remaining rooted in the realities of lived experience.

Gonzalez’s work interrogates intersecting themes of fatherhood, labor, gender roles, identity, science, and abstraction. In his paintings and drawings, Gonzalez often employs a labor-intensive mark-making process that both references and resists modernist abstraction. Gonzalez invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries of art-making—where it happens, who it includes, and how it speaks to the complexities of contemporary life.

Gonzalez’s work is held in numerous esteemed public and private collections, including The McNay Art Museum, The National Museum of Mexican Art, The National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Mexic-Arte Museum, among others. These institutional affiliations underscore the cultural and critical relevance of his contributions to contemporary art, particularly within the contexts of Latinx identity, American labor history, and the evolution of interdisciplinary practice.