Rafa Alvarez is a spanish illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York.

Group Exhibitions include "Punkt Punkt Komma Strich" (Art Affair Gallery, Munich, Germany) and "The Book Show" (SVA Gallery, New York). Partial list of clients include Playboy Magazine, Grand Central Station, Etihad Airways, American Express, Europe Assistance and Paramount Pictures.

Awards include Paula Rhodes memorial for exceptional achievement in Illustration (School of Visual Arts of New York) and American Illustration 31.

He has published a graphic novel with spanish awarded novelist and journalist Rosa Montero and keeps a monthly comic strip for AUX Magazine. Recently he has been working on interactive books and animated storytelling for the iPad.