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Victor Rodriguez BIOGRAPHY
Born 1970 Mexico City, Mexico. Known for: Photo realism.
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York,... Read full biography
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York, Panama and Monterrey. His work has been awarded in important venues such as Bienal de Pintura Rufino... Read full biography
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York, Panama and Monterrey. His work has been awarded in important venues such as Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, among others. "Of voyeuristic vocation, Rodríguez paints women that are an archetype that transforms itself into a pictorial pretext. He... Read full biography
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York, Panama and Monterrey. His work has been awarded in important venues such as Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, among others. "Of voyeuristic vocation, Rodríguez paints women that are an archetype that transforms itself into a pictorial pretext. He says that he seeks to create a 'language that is pictorial, universal, easy to absorb and understand', he never felt uncomfortable doing things that required a sophisticated explanation. "The women he paints abandon their human condition and become... Read full biography
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York, Panama and Monterrey. His work has been awarded in important venues such as Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, among others. "Of voyeuristic vocation, Rodríguez paints women that are an archetype that transforms itself into a pictorial pretext. He says that he seeks to create a 'language that is pictorial, universal, easy to absorb and understand', he never felt uncomfortable doing things that required a sophisticated explanation. "The women he paints abandon their human condition and become a vehicle to analyze color and form, to part from hyperrealism to interpretation and alteration. A trajectory w... Read full biography
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Biography from Morton Subastas
He is a self-taught artist and, since 1997, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has exhibited individually in cities such as Madrid, Paris, Mexico City, California, Milan, Berlin, New York, Panama and Monterrey. His work has been awarded in important venues such as Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, among others.
"Of voyeuristic vocation, Rodríguez paints women that are an archetype that transforms itself into a pictorial pretext. He says that he seeks to create a 'language that is pictorial, universal, easy to absorb and understand', he never felt uncomfortable doing things that required a sophisticated explanation. "The women he paints abandon their human condition and become a vehicle to analyze color and form, to part from hyperrealism to interpretation and alteration. A trajectory within the large format, in which a clean and precise brushstroke, with violent dazzling colors turn reality into a delirious fiction. Female presence is a duality that manifests the distance of painting from photographic realism". Avelina Lésper. Fuente consultada /
Source: LÉSPER, Avelina. "Víctor Rodríguez". México. El milenio visto por el arte, Milenio, 20 de julio de 2013, http://arte.milenio.com/artistas/14victorBiography from Setdart
Victor Rodriguez is a leading Mexican visual artist and painter, primarily self-taught, born in Mexico City in 1970. He moved to New York at the age of 26 and currently lives and works in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dumbo. Rodriguez gained recognition in New York after sending over a thousand letters with photographs of his work to various galleries. His persistence paid off when Ivan Karp, founder of Ok Harris Gallery, responded to his work and invited him to exhibit, acquiring several of his pieces. This support allowed Rodriguez to establish himself in the city and become a leader in the new generation of hyperrealist artists.