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Raquel Salvatella de Prada

Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708
114 S. Buchanan Blvd, Smith Warehouse [BAY12, Room 218], Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Tuesday-Thursday: 12:00-1:30pm  

Overview


Raquel’s areas of interest include commercial and video art, kinetic typography, graphic design, video integration in performance, motion graphics and instructional multimedia development. Her work often focuses on integrating computer animation and motion design with different traditional art forms by collaborating with artists of diverse backgrounds such as printmaking, painting, installation art, poetry, puppetry, theater, and musical performance. She finds that the combination of her digital medium with physical visual media can be a powerful way to communicate social issues. Her experimental animation work and her collaborative performance pieces have been featured at festivals and on stages across the country. Prior to joining Duke, Salvatella de Prada was Creative Director at HG Media, a multimedia design company in Princeton, NJ, and also worked in Madrid and London. She studied Music Education at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Computer Arts at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and the School of Visual Arts in New York, and Computer Arts & New Media at Academy of Arts University located in San Francisco. 

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies · 2020 - Present Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies of Art, Art History & Visual Studies · 2023 - Present Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


Academy of Art University · 2015 M.F.A.
Istituto Europeo de Design (Italy) · 2004 B.F.A.
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) · 1999 A.B.