Creating artwork and design for over 40 years.
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Papaha writes: “Art can no longer evolve except towards the Divine. Going into the 21st Century we find the mental and conceptual evolution of art has lost fulfillment and connection with the common man. To rekindle man’s aspiring oneness with art, we must now evolve from creating with the mind to creating with the heart, and eventually, with the Soul.”
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Papaha began his art career with the hobby of drawing countless cartoon and sci-fi illustrations in his early teens. He entered UCSD majoring in computer engineering, but graduated with a degree in Studio Visual Arts after being influenced by Allan Kaprow, Chip Lord, Lewis Hawk and Phil Cohen. His artwork in his senior year captured nationwide media coverage including the front page of the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Reader, Times Tribune, and statewide television coverage. He then began a study of meditation and spirituality with the renowned spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy, receiving the name “Papaha” after ten years of intensive practice, and is still an active member of the Sri Chinmoy community today. Over the past forty years, he has shown artwork in San Diego, the Bay Area, Houston and New York. He has done stage design for off-Broadway play productions and for Peace Concerts in California, New York, Minnesota and Washington. He has been the artistic director for multiple feats that have set Guinness World Records, has been interviewed on the nightly news for sculpting record albums, has designed a line of furniture, and done digital and print design for major corporations. Papaha has also offered his time and talent to the local community by creating a fundraising concept and art show that donated over $4500 for the San Diego Children’s Hospital, and is the founder of Art Around Adams, an art event that highlights local performance art along with installation, painting and sculpture in Normal Heights and Kensington. Currently he is focusing on large oil pastel drawings, sculptural installation, digital art and site-specific digital projections. Papaha’s Gallery and Studio can be viewed at 4683 33rd St. in Normal Heights, San Diego, just South of Adams Ave. Private showings are available by appointment. Current works by Papaha and other artists can be viewed from the street. Please feel free contact Papaha regarding his artwork or design.
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