Artistas en residencias

Isis Rodriguez

julio - diciembre 2008

Creció en Topeka, Kansas y recibió sus primeras lecciones de arte al copiar historietas de Hanna-Barbera a mano. Asistió a la Universidad de Kansas en donde recibió su BFA en Pintura en el año de 1988.

Dos años más tarde, se mudó a San Francisco para seguir usando a la historieta el material gráfico del cual se inspira y que usa varias en formas de arte: murales, pinturas, pantallas de seda y carteles. Isis trabajó sobre murales para el Proyecto de Mural de Callejón de Corneta en San Francisco a partir de 1993 hasta 2002 y por consiguiente, surgió como uno de los artistas de un movimiento ad hoc artístico conocido como " la escuela de Misión ", esto incluido a pintores como Barry McGee, Margarita Kilgallen, Rigo, Carolina Castaño, y Aarron Noble.

Desde entonces, ha tenido numerosas piezas de arte expuestas en todas partes de California, incluyendo Centro para las Artes Yerba Buena, Museo de Arte San José y el Centro de McPherson en Santa Cruz entre otros. Su material gráfico ha sido publicado en varios libros, como " Mujeres y Arte: Territorio Impugnado ", " Vicioso, Delicioso, y Ambicioso: Artistas de Mujeres de siglo XX " y revistas como LowRider Arte, Aztlan, Planeta de Punk, Juxtapoz y Mix Magazine.

Actualmente, Isis trabaja sobre una animación titulada "The Re Awakening " financiado por Individual Arts Commission Grant.

mas información: www.isisrodriguez.com

Isis Rodriguez 

is a second generation Mid-Western Latina who grew up in Topeka, Kansas and received her first lessons in art from copying Hannah-Barbera cartoons by hand. She attended the University of Kansas where she received her BFA in Painting in 1988.

Two years later, she moved to San Francisco to pursue her cartoon inspired artwork using various art forms: murals, paintings, silk screens, graffiti, flyers, and posters. Isis worked on murals for the Clarion Alley Mural Project in San Francisco from 1993 to 2002 and as a result, she emerged as one of the artists from an ad hoc artistic movement known as "The Mission school", that included painters like Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Rigo, Carolyn Castaño, and Aarron Noble.

Since then, she has had numerous art exhibits throughout California, including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Jose Museum of Art, and The McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, to name a few. Her artwork has been critiqued and published in several books, such as Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie Smith's "Women and Art: Contested Territory", "Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists" and magazines such as LowRider Arte, Aztlan, Punk Planet, Juxtapoz and Mix Magazine.

In 2003, Isis completed her first public art commission of designing cartoon mosaics for "Parque Niños Unidos" at 23rd and Treat, San Francisco and received the Norcal Sanitary Fill Artist in Residency Program, San Francisco.

Currently, Isis is working on an animation short entitled "The Re Awakening" funded by the Individual Arts Commission Grant.

more information: www.isisrodriguez.com