Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez is a metal artist and educator.
He received his MFA and BFA at Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, where he is currently a Professor in the Metals and Jewelry Design Program.
Carlos is a New York State Foundation of the Arts Fellowship Recipient and a Craft Alliance of New York State Career Development Grant Recipient. His work is in several publications including “On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets” and “Breaking Ground: A Century of Craft Art in Western NY” both by Suzanne Ramljak; “Art Jewelry Today” Dona Meilach, “30-minute Necklaces” Lark Books and “500 BRACELETS” and “500 PENDANTS,” Lark Books
He has exhibited his work, lectured and taught workshops across the country and internationally at Hongik University, Konkuk and Seoul National University of Science and Technology, all in Seoul, South Korea; Kendall College, Grand Rapids, MI; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Australia, Appalachian Center for Crafts: Tennessee Tech University, East Carolina University, NC, and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, among others.
His work includes the creation of public sculptures; Kennelly Park, Historic Erie Canal, Fairport, NY, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, NY, American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester, NY, Rowan College at Burlington, Willingboro, NJ, Pieters Family Life Center, Rochester, NY, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, and the Meridian Center, Rochester, NY.
Carlos working in his studio.
Photography by Elizabeth Lemark