Joel Rosario Tapia
Urban Aboriginal Artist/Designer/Performer
contact@tapianow.com @tapiauno1
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Lit Lounge, 420 Wrap-Up, Providence RI
2018 Hope Outdoor Gallery, SXSW by PVD, Austin, TX
2018 PVD Fest, Sarobei Line Fashion Show at Taino Areito, Providence, RI
2018 Skye Gallery, Neo Taino, Providence, RI
2017 Sumter Street, Taino City Areito Day Party, Providence, RI
2017 Spider House, SXSW by PVD, Austin, TX
2017 Baker Street Café, Providence Cultural Equity Initiative Des Blanqueamiento, Providence, RI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Latinx, Providence, RI
2019 Skye Gallery & Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Coastal Skye – Providence & Newport, RI
2018 Teatro ECAS, Inside & Out Open House, Providence, RI
2018 Fete Ballroom, When Stars Align, Providence, RI
2017 Skye Gallery, Holiday Happening, Providence, RI
2017 Tantric, Puerto Rico Se Levanta, Providence, RI
2017 Skye Gallery, Opening Celebration, Providence, RI
2017 Urban League of RI, Power Culture Pop Up, Providence, RI
2017 Barnaby Castle Carriage House, AS220 People’s Portal 2.0 curated by Puerto Rican Institute
for Arts & Advocacy, Providence, RI
2015 University of Rhode Island Shepard Building Gallery, Images of Veterans, Providence, RI
2012 Full Sail University, Student Exhibition, Winter Park, FL
2011 Full Sail University, Student Exhibition, Winter Park, FL
2010 State of Rhode Island Atrium Gallery, Emerging Latin American Artists, Providence, RI
CREATIVE PROJECTS
Live Painting
2018 PVD Fest, Skye Gallery LIVE, City Hall, Providence, RI
2018 Roger Williams School of Continuing Studies, PVD LIT 2 Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
Commissions
2018 Food 4 Good, food truck mural
2008 – 2010 Tap’s Spot, custom painted canvas, apparel, vehicles, Providence, RI
2005 – 2008 The Hip Hop Spot, custom painted apparel, Lawton, OK
Music Production
2012 Escape Velocity, Tapia, album available on iTunes, Amazon, & Spotify
Videography
2012 – 2016 Producer & Host, Style Out TV, YouTube Web Series
2011 Documentary Subject, Tapia Ride with Me 14, The Rockumentary Moves, YouTube
2008 – 2010 Producer & Host, Neo Intellect TV (17 episodes), Rhode Island Public Access
TEACHING
2018 Brown University, The Psychology of Creativity, Joachim Krueger, Modern Indigenous Identity, Providence, RI
2017 Roger Williams University, The Indigenous Peoples Cultural Conference, Viable
Knowledge, Providence, RI
2017 Foster Gloucester Middle School, In Dios Cultural Conversation, Foster, RI
2016 Roger Williams University, The Indigenous Peoples Cultural Conference, Phenotypes and the Spanish Caste System, Providence, RI
EDUCATION
2011 Full Sail University, BA Recording Arts, Winter Park, FL
2013 Full Sail University, MSc Entertainment Business, Winter Park, FL
2002-2007 US Army
25 Fox Network Switching Systems Operator Maintainer, Communications Specialty
21 Mic Heavy Wheeled Equipment Operator, Convoy Security Gunner 50 Cal
Fort Gordon, Georgia, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Hood, Texas,
LSA Anaconda, Tikrit, IRAQ, Camp Ariffjan, KUWAIT
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
- Federation of Aboriginal Nations of America, founding member nation chief
- The Cibuco-Bayamon Taino Tribe and Nation, Superior Chief
- Eastern Medicine Singers, Choreographer, New World Wave dance group with performances to date in Philadelphia, DC, Virginia, and Texas
- Zulu Nation, Vice President & Secretary, Providence RI Chapter
- Skye Gallery, Represented Artist
