Victor Rodriguez (b. 1970) A member of the Hyper-realist movement, Victor Rodriguez has consistently set himself apart from his colleagues through his innovative choices of subject matter, unexpected juxtapositions and unique compositional arrangements. Since very early in his career, the excellence of Rodriguez’s work has been recognized through the grant of numerous prizes, scholarships and awards.
| Awards |
| 1994 |
Award, Pinturerías, Arte Taurino Beca para pintar un mural, Abeno Soho Art Project, Osaka, Japan |
| 1995 |
Scholarship for “Young Creators,” Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico |
| 1996 |
Acquisition Prize, XVI Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1997 |
Acquisition Prize, I Concurso BID de Pintura Joven, Mexico City, Mexico Honorable Mention, III Bienal Monterrey, Mexico |
| 2000 |
Scholarship for “Young Creators,” Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico |
| 2002 |
First Prize, Bienal Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 1997 |
Victor Rodriguez, OK Harris Gallery, New York |
| 1998 |
The D Series, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan Serie R, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico |
| 1999 |
Sous la Grisaille de Mexico, Space d’Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris New Paintings, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan Victor Rodriguez, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2000 |
Les Peintures Rouges, Space d’Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris Powder Box, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan UP, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico |
| 2001 |
La Tour Series, Galeria Mateo Sariel, Panama City, Panama |
| 2002 |
Snowbox, Galeria Ramis Barquet, ARCO ’02, Madrid Glass of Water, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Pohone Call, Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo, Escazu, Costa Rica Dos Años, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico Cinema Notebooks, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York |
| 2003 |
Jose de Ribera Series, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid |
| 2004 |
1541, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico |
| 2005 |
Cold Song, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
| 2006 |
Stockholm Syndrome, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York |
| 2007 |
White Variations, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexcio |
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| Selected Exhibitions |
| 1994 |
II Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexcio Pintuerías, Arte Taurino, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1995 |
Pinturerías, Arte Taurino – traveling exhibition: Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes, AGS Mexico Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico Instituto Cultural de Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Pinacoteca de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico XV Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes, Mexico |
| 1996 |
Creación en Movimiento, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico VII Osaka Triennale, Mydone Osaka, Japan Pinacoteca de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico XVI Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Instituo Cultural de Aguascalientes, Mexico |
| 1997 |
I Concurso BID de Pintura Joven, Centro Cultural SHCP, Mexico Pinacoteca de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico III Salón Bancomer, Fundación Cultural Bancomer, Mexico City, Mexico New Artists from the ‘90s, Flint Institute of Contemporary Art, Flint, Michigan Faces and Figures, Nassau County Museum, Long Island, New York III Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Mexico An Assessment in Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan |
| 1998 |
Summer Show, Soma Gallery, La Jolla, California In the Nineties: A View of Contemporary Mexican Art, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington, D.C. |
| 1999 |
IV Bienal Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Mexico Sous la Grisalle de Mexico II, Space d’Art Yvonamor Palix/Passage de Retz, Paris Bajo la Grisalla de Mexico, Capella de l’Antic Hospital, Barcelona American Artists, New York Picture This – New Contermporary Figuration, Associated |
| 2000 |
Paisaje Urbano, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico Grupo de los 16, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, New York Foira d’arte Bologna 2000, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bolgna, Italy |
| 2001 |
Flor y Canto, Salt Lake City Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, Utah VII Salon Bancomer, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2002 |
MexArtFest, Midome Art Center, Kyoto, Japan Photorealism Revisited, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona Gerazionale, LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy XI Bienal de Pinturas Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2003 |
Dubrow International, Roger Smith Gallery, Kravetz/Wehby, New York Paper, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York The Artist and the Model, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California Trans-Figuration, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy |
| 2004 |
Prodigios de Fin de Siglo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico Cinco Pintores Mexicanos, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru Prodigios de Fin de Siglo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MARCO, Monterry, Mexico Mexico: Today and Yesterday/Mexico: Ayer y Hoy, Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, Connecticut |
| 2005 |
ARCO ’05, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Madrid, Spain Art Basel Miami Beach, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Miami |
| 2007 |
Palm Beach 3, Scott White Contemporary Art, West Palm Beach, FL Los Angeles Art Show, Scott White Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California |
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