Celia Herrera Rodriguez
American educator and artist (born 1952)
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Celia Herrera Rodriguez (born November 26, 1952, in Sacramento, California[1]) is an American educator, painter, and performance and installation artist.[2]
MFA University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Art and Criticism Art Institute of Chicago
Celia Herrera Rodriguez | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 26, 1952 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Education | BA California State University MFA University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Art and Criticism Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Visual arts, ethnic studies |
Biography
Rodriguez is originally from Sacramento, California, and she was born on November 26, 1952.[3] She has taught programs including Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for seventeen years.[4] She has also been an adjunct professor in the Diversity Studies program at California College of the Arts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Herrera Rodriguez is also the co-founder and co-director of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Practice at UCSB, where she teaches Chicana[x] art history and studio practice in the Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies.[5]
Education
Rodriguez received her B.A. in art and ethnic studies from CSU-Sacramento. She also received her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She went on to study art history, in 1987, theory and criticism at the Art Institute of Chicago.[6]
Artworks
Un rezo en cuatro caminos
This work was originated presented in III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004.[7] Its title means " A Prayer on Four Roads".
The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea
This production was created by Cherrie Moraga in 2005, with Herrera Rodriguez creating the set and costume concepts.[8]
A Prayer to the Mother Waters for Peace
The multimedia performance was created in 2006 and presented at the Glass Curtain Gallery, in Chicago, Illinois.[9]
Exhibitions
- 2006 Sola, pero bien acompañada: III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004[10]
- 2010 La Semilla Caminante: Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- 2024 Xican-a.o.x. Body, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida[11]
Collections
- The Triton Museum, Santa Clara
- Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College of Chicago
- CN Gorman Museum, UC-Davis
- The DeSaisset Museum at Santa Clara University
- The Institute of American Indian Art Museum in Santa Fe
- The Oakland Museum of California
- Tufts University Gallery
- The Mexican Museum of San Francisco
- Name Gallery in Chicago
Publications
Her series of artworks was published in 2011, in a collection of essays by Cherrie Moraga: “Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Writing 2000- 2010". Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2005[12]
Bibliography
- Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2005
- Casiano, Catherine, and Elizabeth C. Ramirez. “La Voz Latina.” Google Books, University of Illinois Press, 2011
- Moraga, Cherríe, and Celia H. Rodriguez. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000-2010. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.
- Perez, Laura E. “Chicana Art.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2007