Favianna Rodriguez Explained

Favianna Rodriguez
Birth Date:September 26, 1978
Birth Place:Oakland, California, United States
Occupation:Visual artist, activist, muralist, nonprofit director
Known For:Collage, painting, printmaking

Favianna Rodriguez (born September 26, 1978) is an American visual artist, and activist, known for her work in political posters, graphic arts, and public art.[1] [2] Her artwork topics include global politics, economic injustice, interdependence, patriarchy, migration, and sexual liberation. She worked as a director of the National Arts Organization CultureStrike, in which writers, visual artists, and performers engage in migrant rights.[3]

Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in the Oakland, California in 1978, in the Fruitvale neighborhood.[4] Her parents are Peruvian, having migrated from Peru to California in the late 1960s.[5] Rodriguez self-identifies as queer and Latina with Afro-Peruvian roots. She attended Centro Infantil school in Oakland in her early childhood. Rodriguez's artistic talents emerged at a young age; during primary school Rodriguez once appeared on a Spanish television show to share her artwork.[6] Her parents supported her art but pressured her to pursue a career in medicine or engineering.[7]

Fruitvale is a predominantly Latinx neighborhood. Here, Rodriguez experienced and became aware of anti-Latinx racism. She observed that students from her community were under-served by the school system, profiled as gang members, and women of color having negative representation in the media. Rodriguez went to live in Mexico City from age 13 to 15, first with her aunt and then in a rented room. She became interested in politically engaged artwork, learning about the political context of murals, and the work of Frida Kahlo with whom she immediately identified. Upon her return to Oakland, she became involved with activism and other Latinx organizers. She created the first Latino club at her school. When she was 16, California Proposition 187 was introduced, marking state level anti-immigrant legislation.

After graduating from Skyline High School in Oakland in 1996, Rodriguez received numerous scholarships and chose to attend the University of California, Berkeley. She withdrew at age 20 indicating she wanted to follow her path rather than limit herself to her parents' wishes. She was inspired by printmaking, introduced to her by Chicana artist Yreina Cervantez, and decided to pursue a career in political art.

Career

Rodriguez began as a political poster designer in the 1990s in the struggle for racial justice in Oakland, California. Her designs and projects range on a variety of different issues including globalization, immigration, feminism, patriarchy, interdependence, and genetically modified foods.[8] Rodriguez studied the history of political art, including the artwork and graphics associated with the Black Panthers and the 1970s feminist movement, through her residency at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.Rodriguez was drawn to posters and reproducible art like printmaking for their power to educate, organize, and liberate communities.[9]

Rodriguez has worked closely with artists in Mexico, Europe, and Japan, and her works have appeared in collections at Bellas Artes, The Glasgow Print Studio, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[10] In 2003, with Jesus Barraza, Rodriguez helped establish the Taller Tupac Amaru print studio to promote the practice of screen printing among California-based artists and foster its resurgence.[10] [11] Rodriguez also co-founded EastSide Arts Alliance and Cultural Center, an organization of artists and community organizers intended to promote community sustainability through political and cultural awareness and leadership development.[12] She serves on the board of Presente.org, a national online organizing network dedicated to the political empowerment of Latino communities.[13]

Awards and exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Favianna Rodriguez . 2024-01-27 . . en.
  2. Web site: November 25, 2012 . An artist's journey through time . 2024-09-22 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: May 22, 2014 . Radio Ambulante: Unscripted, Art & Activism . https://web.archive.org/web/20141031153056/https://www.pri.org/programs/radio-ambulante-unscripted/art-activism . October 31, 2014 . Public Radio International (PRI) . article and radio program.
  4. Bañales, Xamuel. "A Conversation with Favianna Rodriguez: World-Making through Decolonial Feminist Artivism." Feminist Formations 35, no. 1 (2023): 154-194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ff.2023.a902073.
  5. Web site: Leal . Samantha . January 18, 2013 . Favianna Rodriguez Talks Immigration, Rosario Dawson and Her New Web Series . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210103210547/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/artist-activist-favianna-rodriguez-talks-immigration-migrant-issues-documentary . 2021-01-03 . 2013-12-22 . Latina . interview. .
  6. Web site: Vasquez . Tina . 2013 . Artist Statement . https://web.archive.org/web/20130216131530/http://bitchmagazine.org/article/artist-statement-interview-Favianna-Rodriguez-art-poster-politics . February 16, 2013 . . interview. .
  7. Web site: Cohen . Susan . Favianna and the New Print Revolution . East Bay Express . July 1, 2009 . 2013-12-22.
  8. Web site: Spark . 25 July 2007 . Favianna Rodriguez . KQED Public Media for Northern CA.
  9. Web site: March 30, 2015. Global Voices. Favianna Rodríguez: 'Artists are Risk Takers and Truth Speakers'.
  10. Web site: Favianna Rodriguez . Stanford . 2016-05-16 . 2019-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190912152615/https://diversityarts.stanford.edu/people/favianna-rodriguez . dead .
  11. Web site: About Us . tallertupacamaru . 2016-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210050332/http://www.tallertupacamaru.com/index.php?s=14 . 2007-12-10 . dead .
  12. Web site: About Us . EastSide Arts Alliance . 2013-12-22 . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161014204905/http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com/about/index.php . dead .
  13. Web site: About Us . Presente.org.
  14. Web site: January 2024 – The Humanities Institute . 2024-01-27 . thi.ucsc.edu.
  15. Web site: 2020-08-17 . New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century . 2024-01-27 . BAMPFA . en.
  16. Web site: Winter Art Exhibit: The Radical Imagination UCSB Multicultural Center . mcc.sa.ucsb.edu . 14 October 2024.
  17. Web site: Phillips . Frances . Favianna Rodriguez and Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Creative Work Fund . creativeworkfund.org \. 14 October 2024.
  18. Web site: Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area . YBCA . 14 October 2024.
  19. Web site: #CarvingThroughBorders CultureStrike . El Museo del Barrio . 14 October 2024.
  20. Web site: :: CCI :: Grant Submissions :: . www.cciarts.org . Center for Cultural Innovation . 14 October 2024.
  21. Web site: Favianna Rodriguez - 2010 - Women's Hall Of Fame - Alameda County . www.acgov.org . Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame . 14 October 2024.
  22. Web site: :: CCI :: Grant Submissions :: . www.cciarts.org . Center for Cultural Innovation . 14 October 2024.
  23. Web site: National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago . National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago . 14 October 2024 . en.
  24. Web site: GRANTEES – Belle Foundation . Belle . Belle Foundation . 14 October 2024.
  25. Web site: Past Award Honorees . political-graphics . Center for the Study of Political Graphics . 14 October 2024 . en.
  26. Web site: ARCHIVES - PARCO MUSEUM - 平和ポスター展 「Yo! What Happened to Peace?」　～平和って、どうしちゃったんだっけ？～ . art.parco.jp . Parco Museum . 14 October 2024.

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