Raquel Salvatella de Prada, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Visual Arts

Raquel Salvatella de Prada is a computer artist and assistant professor of the practice of Visual Arts at Duke University. She practices graphic design, motion graphics and projection design. 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 and internationally.