The Art of Isis Rodriguez - Résumé / Resume
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| ISIS RODRIGUEZ |
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| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| 2001 | DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA, Storyboard Workshop and History of Animation | |||||||||
| 1998 | The Associates in the Arts, Van Nuys, CA, Basic Animation and Character Design, Script Writing and Comic Book Layout | |||||||||
| 1997 | City College of San Francisco, Photoshop, Quark and Illustrator | |||||||||
| 1989 | University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting | |||||||||
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | ||||||||||
| 2005 | "Cartoons and Illuminations", Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | Curator: Kathy Aoki | ||||||||
| 2004 | "Cartoons and Illuminations", Build Gallery, San Francisco | Curator: Elliot Lessing | ||||||||
| 2004 | "Inside of the Inside" The Lab, San Francisco, CA | Curators: The Big Ballyhoo | ||||||||
| 2003 | "Brave New Girl" Flanders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | Curator: Doug Flanders | ||||||||
| 2003 | "25 Years of Heart and Struggle", Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Renee Yanez | ||||||||
| 2003 | "Three Ways to Keep a Secret", G.R.O/Gallery, Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA | Curator: Jaime Crespo | ||||||||
| 2003 | "Casa Dulce", Norcal Sanitary Fill Studio, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Isis Rodriguez | ||||||||
| 2003 | "Out of Line" Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland CA | Curator: Carol Ladewig | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Upraise of the Urban Goddess", Maestras Atelier 2002, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA | Curator: Diane Gamboa | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Ladies of Lowbrow", Capronason Gallery, Culver City, CA | Curator: Gary Pressman | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Hysterical Girl", Davidson Gallery , Seattle WA | |||||||||
| 2002 | "New Symbols" A National Juried Painting Exhibition, Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville, MD | Juror: J.W. Mahoney | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Toys in Babeland", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, Ca | |||||||||
| 2002 | "Fight Like A Girl!" Arts Benicia, Benicia CA | Curator: Nancy Elliott | ||||||||
| 2001 | "Las Dos Rok Stars" Pond Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Curators: Marissa Jahn and Steve Shada | ||||||||
| 2000 | "Amigo/Racism", Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Carolina Ponce DeLeon | ||||||||
| 2000 | "Spray, Power, Speak, Pride" Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco CA | Curators: GiGi Otalvaro and Jaime Cortez | ||||||||
| 1999 | "The Adventures of Betty Ramirez & Little Miss Attitude" Two person show with Carolyn Castano, MACLA,San Jose, CA | Curator: Anjee Helstrup | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Los Cartoonists", Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA | Curators: Laura Molina and Rafael Navarro | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA | Curators: Dianne Hoover and Stephanie Parkhurst | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal", McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA | Curators: Dianne Hoover and Stephanie Parkhurst | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Dangerous Dolls", Roc la Rue, Seattle, WA | Curator: Lisa Petrucci | ||||||||
| 1999 | "Secret Language of Girl", The Lab, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Laura Brun | ||||||||
| 1998 | "What's Left in Political Cartooning?", Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Gary Huck | ||||||||
| 1998 | "Poptarts" 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Sacha Eckes | ||||||||
| 1997 | "Tweakville: A Bi-Coastal Exhibition Exploring the World of the Psychologically Frenetic," Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Catherine Clark | ||||||||
| 1997 | "My Life As A Comic Stripper", Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Yolanda M. Lopez | ||||||||
| 1997 | "Bay Area Now," Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco | Curator: Renny Pritikin | ||||||||
| 1996 | "Sex Work Show," 848 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Jack Davis | ||||||||
| 1995 | "Lagrimas y Sonrisas," (Re) Generation Project of the Galeria de la Raza,San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1994 | "Relation, Generation," MACLA, San Jose Center for Latina Arts, CA | |||||||||
| 1993 | "Quincentennial Chicana and Latino Perspectives," Fort Mason, San Francisco,CA | |||||||||
| 1993 | "La Fe," Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA | Curator: Amalia Mesa Bains | ||||||||
| COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC ART | ||||||||||
| 2005 | "Beautiful Life" Richmond Mural Project with Safe Neighborhood, The Nevin's Recreation Center, Richmond, CA | |||||||||
| 2003 | "Parque Ninos Unidos" Public Art Commission (in progress): Design/fabrication of cartoon mosaics for a children's park in the Mission District, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 2002 | "Keeping the Faith" #2 mural update for Clarion Alley Mural Project (C.A.M.P.), Clarion St., San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1997 | "Women Bookbinders: A Commemoration of Women Unions," mural for interior of the Red Stone Labor Temple, 2940 16th St., San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1995 | "Another Life Up Inside Her Head," billboard mural, 24 th & Bryant, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco | |||||||||
| 1993 | "Keeping the Faith," mural for Clarion Alley Mural Project (C.A.M.P.), Clarion St., San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1992 | "500 Years of Resistance for Women," collaborative mural with high school students latinas , for Roots Against War (R.A.W.) | |||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE | ||||||||||
| 2003 | Spring Semester Meridian Interns Program | |||||||||
| Teaching valuable art, design and business skills to high school teens. Emphasis on the art of cartooning. Final project to be determined. | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Art with Elders | |||||||||
| Teaching art to the disabled and frail at various care facilities in San Francisco and San Bruno | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Teen Visionaries "Populous Project", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco | |||||||||
| Final Project: Nine high school students developed their own unique comic book characters based on their alter egos. Characters were cut out of plywood and students created environments in downtown display windows on Minna and Natoma St. May of 2001 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | G.I.R.L Project (Giving Inspiring Responsibility for Life), Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco | |||||||||
| Final Project: "Today and Tomorrow" Part 1 & Part 2 Exhibition of one year accumulation of teen girls at risk art works based on their own interpretation of fashion at Crucible Gallery, San Francisco. The young women also created a teen fashion and art magazine using their artwork in the exhibit. | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Youth Ambassador Program "Labyrinth for the Dead", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco | |||||||||
| Teens at risk were employed to develop their own collaborative installation around the theme of the Day of the Dead. We asked them the question "If an earthquake was to demolish your school, what kinds of objects would you find?" Students learned video, drawing, woodshop and installation skills. | ||||||||||
| PERFORMANCES | ||||||||||
| Solo Performances: | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "La Chicana Suprema" Covered Wagon Saloon, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1998 | "Marriage Made in Heaven", Vesuvio, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1998 | "Love American Style" Covered Wagon Saloon, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1998 | "Love American Style" Luna Sea, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| Collaborative and Group Performances: | ||||||||||
| 2005 | "The Sex Worker Art Tour" with Tara Perkins and Guests | |||||||||
| 1998 | "The Mexterminator Project" with Guillermo Gomez Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and Sara Shelton Mann, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1995 | "Frisco Dancers" with Daisy Anarchy, Victoria Theatre, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1986 | "Happenings" with John Cage, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
| LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS | ||||||||||
| 2005 | "In Conversations" with Yolanda Lopez, Isis Rodriguez , and Yadira Cazares, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco,CA | |||||||||
| 2003 | Envisioning the Future: "Cultural Identity in a Global Context" Western University, Pomona Ca | |||||||||
| 2002 | "Making a Statement with Cartoons and Tattoos" Workshop at Liberty High school, Benecia, CA | |||||||||
| 2001 | "How to Become an Illustrator and Cartoonist" Presentation for high school seniors, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco | |||||||||
| 2001 | "The Body Language of Cartoons and Animation" Presentation for teens, Thourgood Marshall High school, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 2000 | "Art as Activism" Presentation San Francisco State University, San Francisco | |||||||||
| 1997 | "Artist Growth without Compromise," Presentation with Barry McGee, Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1997 | "My Life as a Comic Stripper," Artist Talk at Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Isis Rodriguez, An Artist Speaks," Presentation, City College Concert Series, sponsored by Women's Studies Program, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1995 | "Chicana Artists," Presentation, Chicana/Latina Summer Research Institute, sponsored by MALCS University of California, Davis, CA | |||||||||
| 1992 | "Emergence of a Chicana Visual Aesthetic," Presentation sponsored by Centro Chicano, Stanford University, Stanford, CA | |||||||||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||||||||||
| Barbara Morris, "'Fight Like A Girl!' at Arts Benecia", Artweek, May 2002 Vol. 33, Issue 4, pgs13-14 | ||||||||||
| Monique Beeler, "Cartooning inspires artists in 'Fight Like a Girl!'", Oakland Tribune, Preview March 29 2002, pg 25 | ||||||||||
| Lily W. Heyen, 'Fight Like a Girl!' opens, BeniciaNews.com | ||||||||||
| Eric Zass, "Little Miss Attitude & Jocelyn Superstar", Punk Planet, #46 Nov/Dec 2001, pgs 72-77 | ||||||||||
| Anjee Helstrup, "Art Events Around the Bay Area" Fishwife Tales | ||||||||||
Guillermo Gomez-Peña, "Dangerous Border Crossers: The Artist Talks Back" , New York, NY 2000 pg 227 |
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| Min Sook Lee, "Comic Stripping: Sex Work & the Art of Isis Rodriguez ," Mix Magazine Independent Art and Culture, Vol. 26 no. 1 Summer 2000 pg 24-31 | ||||||||||
| Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith, "Women and Art: Contested Territory", New York, NY, 1999 pg 110-111 | ||||||||||
| Martin, Bonnie, "Bay Area Now Celebrates Emerging Artist," North Beach News, San Francisco, CA July 1997, pg 12 | ||||||||||
| Burnside, Bob, "New C.A.M.P. Murals Unveiled," Castro News, San Francisco, CA, March 1997, pg 4 | ||||||||||
| Wilson, Becky, "Isis Rodriguez", Juxtapoz, San Francisco, CA, Fall 1997, pg 23 | ||||||||||
| Baker, Kenneth, "Quick Draw Artists and Tender Hearts," San Francisco Chronicle, July 15th, pg C11Col. 1 | ||||||||||
| Scarlata, Karim, "My Life As A Comic Stripper," San Francisco Guardian, July 9, 1997 pg 88 | ||||||||||
| Boulware, Jack "Stripped Down Art," SF Weekly, July 16th, 1997 pg 4 | ||||||||||
| Gutierrez, Charlotte "This Chica's Life As A Comic Stripper", Frontera, Fall 1997 | ||||||||||
| "Local Art: Isis Rodriguez", Spunk, July 1997 | ||||||||||
| Burnside, Bob, "Diary of a Comic Stripper," Castro Star, San Francisco, CA, July 1997 | ||||||||||
| Lopez, Erika, "Her Life As A Comic Stripper," San Francisco Bay Times, San Francisco, CA, June 26, 1997, pg 82 | ||||||||||
| Torres, Anthony, "Linkage, Generation/Relation at the San Jose Center for the Arts," ArtWeek, July 7, 1994, Vol..25, No. 13, pg 28 | ||||||||||
| Baker, Sarah, "Artist Profile: Lilly Rodriguez," North Mission News, San Francisco, CA, June 1991, pg 17 | ||||||||||
| Annie Nakao, "An arts tradition thrives in the Mission", San Francisco Chronicle, Tues., July 22 nd 2003 pg D10 | ||||||||||
| PUBLISHED WORK | ||||||||||
| "Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists", pgs 132-139, 2002 Schiffer Publishing Ltd & Design, Sherrie Cullison |
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| "Aztlan Journal of Chicano Studies", Vol. 27 #2 Fall 2002, Front Cover and pgs, 175-179, The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, | ||||||||||
| "Women and Art: Contested Territory", pgs 110-111, 1999 Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY, Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith |
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| CD Cover for Los Delicados, 2000, San Francisco, CA | ||||||||||
| CD Cover for "Shadowhead", Joe Gallant and Illuminati, 2000, New York, NY |
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| Magazine cover for "Tonantzin", Feb.l 1995, issue 19, San Antonio, TX Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center | ||||||||||
| AWARDS, HONORS, AND RESIDENCIES | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Jentel Residency Program | |||||||||
| 2003 | Individual Arts Commission Grant of San Francisco | |||||||||
| 2003 | Norcal Artist in Residency Program, collaboration with Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn Superstar, San Francisco, CA | |||||||||
| 1990 | San Francisco Art Institute Grant | |||||||||
| 1989 | Daniel McMorris Art Scholarship, Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
| 1989 | University of Kansas Minority Award of Excellence | |||||||||
| 1988 | Daniel McMorris Arts Scholarship, Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
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