Sandy Rodriguez
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Sandy Rodriguez (born 1975 in National City, California)[1] is an American interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles.
Rodriguez earned her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the California Institute of Arts.[2] A transitional moment for Rodriguez happened in 2014 on a visit to Oaxaca, a southern Mexican state, where she first procured cochineal, a red pigment produced in the pre-Columbian era. Prior to this, Rodriguez had painted exclusively in modern paint. The encounter with cochineal happened while she was painting fire paintings, and during protests began in Ayotzinapa in response to forty-three missing college students.[3]
In April 2022, Rodriguez participated in a three-week residency at Cornell University as part of the interdisciplinary project "From Invasive Others toward Embracing Each Other: Migration, Dispossession, and Place-Based Knowledge in the Arts of the Americas." This project aimed to examine Latinx, Indigenous, and Chicanx histories through visual and performance arts.[4]
During her residency, Rodriguez led workshops, focusing on themes of nature, activism, and traditional bioregional art practices.[4][5] These workshops allowed participants to engage with indigenous pigments and their historical significance.[5] On April 28, 2022, Rodriguez delivered a keynote presentation at Cornell, discussing her artistic practice and the research underpinning her work with indigenous pigments.[6][4]
Museum exhibitions
[edit]She has exhibited in various major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[7] the New Mexico State University,[8] the Art, Design and Architecture Museum,[9] the Denver Art Museum,[10] The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Garden,[11] the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[12] Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[13] Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,[14]and the MOCA Busan Busan Bienniale,[15]
Collections
[edit]Her works are held in the permanent collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[16]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sandy Rodriguez". Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- ↑ "RAM :: Sandy Rodriguez: Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón". www.riversideartmuseum.org. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ↑ Miranda, Carolina A. (November 30, 2018). "How artist Sandy Rodriguez tells today's fraught immigration story with pre-Columbian painting tools". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- 1 2 3 Aimee, Eicher (April 24, 2022). "Artist and Researcher Sandy Rodriguez to Give Keynote Presentation - The Cornell Daily Sun". cornellsun.com. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- 1 2 Global Cornell (August 29, 2022). From Invasive Others Toward Embracing Each Other Keynote. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Artist and Researcher Sandy Rodriguez to Give Keynote Presentation". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Past/Present/Future: Expanding Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Perspectives in Thomas J. Watson Library". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Contemporary Ex-Voto: Devotion Beyond Medium |". UAM. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance | Art Museum - UC Santa Barbara". museum.ucsb.edu. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Malinche". Denver Art Museum. February 6, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "New Works by Sandy Rodriguez". The Huntington. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Sandy Rodriguez in Isolation". Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Mixpantli: Contemporary Echoes". LACMA. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Artist Reception: Prospect 2024 New Acquisitions". Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "2022 Busan Biennale". Museum of Contemporary Art Busan. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Collecting Color 2020". Amon Carter Museum. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
