Elio Rodriguez
Elio Rodriguez was born in 1966, and lives and works in Spain. His practice is engaged with the system of judgments about a person, a culture or phenomenon. Tapping the prism of Caribbean popular culture, its underlying humor and clichés formed about the culture, he builds witty and sensual works that seemingly incarnate that reality, and subtly and continuously question it. The ambivalence of genres is key to understanding the essence of his work. Rodriguez conceives a game of illusions with the viewer using the language of form and surface — and ultimately reveals traces of doubt in the identity of a concept or an image. His practice encompasses painting, installations, sculptures, prints, ceramics, and soft sculpture interacting with chosen objects, his style referring to marks of Caribbean popular craftwork.
In 1994, he completed his arts studies at Havana’s Higher Institute of Art (ISA). He has been awarded Art Residencies at Hutchins Institute, Harvard University, at Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburg, and given lectures at Harvard University, NYU, and Swarthmore College. His artwork has been displayed in several solo and group shows around the world. He is in public collections such as National Arts Museum, Cuba; Jersey City State University; Foundation AMBA, Brazil; Hainaut City Hall, Belgium; Peggy Crafitz Collection; Center For Cuban Studies, New York; Von Christierson Collection, London; Shelley & Donald Rubin Collection, New York; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University.
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XL: This Is Not Another Latino Exhibition
6 Oct - 12 Nov 2022What you see is not always what you get, but this time in a good way. Rather than a journey from a bird's eye view, the artworks gathered in 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel’s current exhibition entices its audience into a metaphysical trip in which topics such as identity, race, and belonging are constantly pulsating under the surface.Read more -
Elio Rodriguez: Junglas
9 Jun - 17 Jul 2022In his third solo exhibition at 532 Gallery, Cuban artist Elio Rodriguez returns with a new selection of his signature wall-mounted soft sculptures, including a large-scale diptych completed on the...Read more -
Fall Breeze
6 Oct - 28 Nov 2020Chelsea, New York: 532 Gallery is pleased to present 'Fall Breeze'. Among a variation of themes and motifs, from abstract to figurative, this group exhibition presents a selection of distinct...Read more -
On The Edge Of The Wilds
2 Jul - 1 Aug 2019"On The Edge of the Wilds" (2019) at 532 Gallery explored nature and culture through works by Electric Coffin, Lennart Rieder, Elio Rodríguez, and Amy Wilson.Read more -
Art Wynwood 2018
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Ten Years After
11 Jan - 16 Feb 2018Gustavo Acosta Gustavo Acosta was born in in Havana, Cuba in 1958, and is currently based in Miami. His intensely hued portrayals of sites in Havana, Miami, New York, and...Read more -
LAST PICTURE SHOW
11 May - 29 Jun 2017there is no harm in repeating a good thing -Plato An exhibition of work which posits the idea that creativity exists in not knowing, maybe the answer is “I can’t...Read more -
Elio Rodriguez: Puzzled
1 Apr - 14 May 2016Elio Rodriguez’ first solo exhibition in New York City is comprised of large scale soft sculptures and will be on view at 532 West 25th Street until May 9, 2016....Read more -
EN VOZ ALTA (ALOUD)
27 Feb - 21 Mar 2015We are pleased to present En Voz Alta (Aloud), an exhibition of works by twelve Cuban-born artists: María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Alberto Casado, Duvier del Dago, Meira Marrero & José Toirac,...Read more
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SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles 2023
Naked Lunch -Renaissance Revels and Rites 15 - 19 Feb 2023SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles 2023 FEBRUARY 15 - 19, 2023 Skylight Booth A18 5880 Adams Blvd, Culver City Collectors Preview February 15th | 12pm...Read more -
SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2022
7 - 12 Sep 2022Booth: 1111 For SPRING/BREAK New York 2022, 532 Gallery presents five artists whose work celebrates, explores, and explodes the idea of artistic rebirth through the...Read more -
Art on Paper 2022
6 - 30 Sep 2022Art On Paper NY 2022 Pier 36 532 Gallery presents at Art on Paper works by Per Adolfsen, Carlos R. Cardenas, Diana Copperwhite, Susana Guerrero,...Read more -
Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2022
14 - 17 Jul 2022Featuring works by Diana Copperwhite, Susana Guerrero, Ian Hughes, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, John Alexander Parks, Danny Rolph, Elio Rodriguez, Alberto Alejandro Rodriguez, & Per Adolfsen....Read more -
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary: Art Wynwood 2021
4 Feb - 14 Mar 2021Piers Secunda, Diana Copperwhite, Danny Rolph, Julie langsam, Ian Hughes, John Alexander Parks, Carlos Rodriguez Cardenas, Elio Roriguez, Gustavo Acosta, Jose Angel VincenchRead more -
2020 Pinta Miami LIVE
2 - 15 Dec 2020PINTA MIAMI – Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show, in its 14th edition continues to present projects with international curators showcasing Latin American art...Read more -
2020 CONTEXT Art Miami
1 - 20 Dec 2020Vew Works on Artsy (link) CONTEXT Art Miami fair is a proven destination and serious marketplace for top collectors to acquire important works from the...Read more -
CONTEXT Art Miami 2019
3 - 8 Dec 2019Lien Truong, Carlos R. Cardenas, Diana Copperwhite, Susana Guerrero, Paco Marcial,Marlon Portales, Elio Rodriguez, Jose Vincench, Brian Cirmo, John Parks, Danny Rolph, Electric CoffinRead more -
2018 CONTEXT Art Miami
4 - 9 Dec 2018Arghavan Khosravi, Lien Truong, Carlos R. Cardenas, Diana Copperwhite, Jose Vincench, Brian Cirmo, Danny Rolph, John Parks, Sky Kim, Cecilia Charlton Rime, Elio RodriguezRead more -
2017 CONTEXT Art Miami
5 - 10 Dec 2017Booth C117 Exhbiting Artists: Gustavo Acosta, Bernard Ammerer, Diana Copperwhite, Susana Guerrero, Ian Hughes, Nadja Verena Marcin, Julie Langsam, John Parks, Armando Marino, Elio Rodriguez,...Read more -
CONTEXT Art Miami 2016
29 Nov - 4 Dec 2016Diana Copperwhite, Julie Langsam, Armando Marino, Rachel Valdes, susana Guerrero, Jose angel vincench, Tanja Selzer, John A Parks, Elio Rodriguez, Ian HughesRead more -
CONTEXT Art Miami 2015
1 - 5 Dec 2015Piers Secunda, Danny Rolph, Diana Copperwhite, Julie Langsam, Ian Hughes, Elio Rodriguez, Jose Angel VincenchRead more
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Harvard University, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Annual Report 2012
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Rialta Magazine - A conversation with Cuban artist Elio Rodríguez: "In the game is where we are more human beings"
Edgar Ariel, Rialta Magazine, August 15, 2023 -
Eltoque.com - THE OFFICIAL CUBAN CULTURE: "A FACTORY OF OBLIVION" (Translated to English from Spanish via Google Translate*)
Melissa C New, eltoque.com, January 12, 2023 -
Pac-shop.com:Elio Rodriguez - Tremendous outburst, BY ANDRÉS ISAAC SANTANA - LA COMARCA, DECEMBER 16, 2022
ANDRÉS ISAAC SANTANA, Pac-shop.com, December 16, 2022 -
On Cuba News - "My Past": the art of Cubans of African descent is exhibited at Harvard (Translated to English from Spanish via Google Translate)
Eric Caraballoso, On Cuba News, September 16, 2022 -
Wall Street International Magazine: On The Edge Of The Wilds, July 23 2019.
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C& ÁMERICA LATINA - In Focus: Cuba “Afro-” and “-Cuban”: A Possible Nation?, by Yasser Socarrás Fri 9 Mar, 2018
Yasser Socarrás, C& ÁMERICA LATINA, March 9, 2018