Shellyne Rodriguez

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Shellyne Rodriguez (born 1977) is a visual artist, organizer, and professor based in the Bronx, New York City.[1][2]

Education[]

Rodriguez graduated with a BFA in Visual & Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts in 2011 and an MFA in Fine Art from CUNY Hunter College in 2014.[2]

Artistic practice[]

In 2014, Rodriguez attended the Shandaken Project Residency in Catskills, NY.[3] In 2015, she was the Artist-in-Residence in the Sculpture department at Hunter College, NY.[4] In 2017, Rodriguez collaborated with MoMA to create the Night Studio program a free, six-week art class for NYC residents currently in the process of taking the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion, formerly the GED).[5] In 2018, Rodriguez was awarded the Percent for Art public sculpture commission to create a permanent public sculpture in the Bronx NY. Shellyne has stated that the sculpture will serve as "a monument to the people of the Bronx."[6] In 2018, the Whitney released a video by Rodriguez where she responds and discusses Ja'Tovia Gary's film An Ecstatic Experience.[7]

In 2019, Shellyne Rodriguez became the inaugural artist-in-residence at , an initiative based at NYU that is dedicated to Latinx studies.[8] While at the Latinx Project, Rodriguez curated a show with the curatorial team focused around the ideas of displacement and how it affects the Latinx population in New York. The show included pieces by Rodriguez, , and anti-gentrification group .[8]

Exhibition history[]

Selected exhibition history:

  • Siempre En La Calle, Calderón - October 28, 2021 to January 29 2022[9][10]
  • PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity, Latinx Project, NYU - 2019 - Curator: Shellyne Rodriguez[11]
  • BRONX NOW - - July 14 to September 8, 2018 - curated by Laura James and Eileen Walsh, who work under the name [12]
  • Tamir Rice Photo Booth, Window Project, IMI Corona, Queens Museum, NY - 2016 - Curator: Prerana Reddy[13]

Community organizing[]

Shellyne is also a community organizer and an active member of the grassroots collective .[2] In March 2019, Rodriguez joined a group of latinx scholars, artists, and activists in penning and signing a letter to El Museo del Barrio demanding change at the East Harlem institution.[14] Rodriguez is a member of Decolonize This Place and spoke at the Safariland protests at the Whitney Museum of American Art in May 2019.[15]

Writing[]

Rodriguez has written for multiple publications including Hyperallergic.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "An Incomplete History of Protest: Shellyne Rodriguez on Ja'Tovia Gary". whitney.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  2. ^ a b c Rodriguez, Shellyne. "Shellyne Rodriguez". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  3. ^ "Shandaken: Projects | Alumni". www.shandakenprojects.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  4. ^ "MFA Program in Studio Art". 205 Hudson. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  5. ^ Zwicky, Calder (2017-11-20). "In The Night Studio". MoMA. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  6. ^ "Shellyne Rodriguez". Bronx 200. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  7. ^ "An Incomplete History of Protest: Shellyne Rodriguez on Ja'Tovia Gary". whitney.org.
  8. ^ a b "9 Art Events in New York This Week: Nari Ward, Jonas Mekas, Judith Linhares, and More". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  9. ^ Durón, Maximilíano (2021-08-18). "New York's Newest Gallery Spotlights Latinx Artists: 'We See the Lack of Representation and the Need for It'". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  10. ^ "Shellyne Rodriguez and Danielle De Jesus: Siempre En La Calle | 28 October 2021 - 29 January 2022". Calderón. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  11. ^ "PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity". wp.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  12. ^ "Bronx River Art Center :: Gallery :: BRONX NOW". www.bronxriverart.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  13. ^ "Queens Museum". Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  14. ^ "'We Need Change Now': Activists Circulate Open Letter on Future of El Museo Del Barrio". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  15. ^ ""You Can't Hide": Protesters March from Whitney to Warren B. Kanders's Home During Biennial Opening". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  16. ^ "The Unbridgeable Chasm Between the Bronx and the Police". Hyperallergic. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

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