A event held at Spike Island on Thursday 4th January. The event starts at 12:00.
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The first major survey exhibition by Ofelia Rodríguez, bringing together paintings, prints and sculptures made over the last five decades. Though based in London for most of her adult life, Rodríguez’s work is influenced by memories of her native Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. She combines found objects and images rich in symbolism to construct humorous yet critical tableaus and ‘magic boxes’ that examine cultural and gender identity.
OFELIA RODRÍGUEZ
Ofelia Rodríguez (b. 1946, Colombia) studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, and later at Yale University, New Heaven. Between 1978-79, she travelled to Paris, where she exhibited her first assemblages and magical boxes. In 1984 she settled in London. She has exhibited her work at venues such as The Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA (1988); the 5th Havanna Biennale, Cuba (1995); Museo de Arte Moderno ‘La Tertulia’, Cali, Colombia (1995); MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California (2011, 2017 and 2021); and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá, Colombia (2017). Her work is held in collections such as ESCALA, Essex Collection of Art from Latin America, The University of Essex and MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
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The first major survey exhibition by Ofelia Rodríguez, bringing together paintings, prints and sculptures made over the last five decades. Though based in London for most of her adult life, Rodríguez’s work is influenced by memories of her native Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. She combines found objects and images rich in symbolism to construct humorous yet critical tableaus and ‘magic boxes’ that examine cultural and gender identity.
OFELIA RODRÍGUEZ
Ofelia Rodríguez (b. 1946, Colombia) studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, and later at Yale University, New Heaven. Between 1978-79, she travelled to Paris, where she exhibited her first assemblages and magical boxes. In 1984 she settled in London. She has exhibited her work at venues such as The Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA (1988); the 5th Havanna Biennale, Cuba (1995); Museo de Arte Moderno ‘La Tertulia’, Cali, Colombia (1995); MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California (2011, 2017 and 2021); and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá, Colombia (2017). Her work is held in collections such as ESCALA, Essex Collection of Art from Latin America, The University of Essex and MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
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