Edel Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971. He was raised in El Gabriel, a small farm town surrounded by fields of tobacco and sugar cane. In 1980 Rodriguez and his family boarded a boat and left for America during the Mariel boatlift. They settled in Miami where Rodriguez was introduced to and influenced by American pop culture for the first time. Socialist propaganda and western advertising, island culture and contemporary city life, are all aspects of his life that continue to inform his work.
Group show, SEIU Gallery, NY, NY, 2007
Downright show, PEP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Las Fronteras Morales, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Tenerife, Spain, 2008
Spots show, Gallery 7, NY, NY, 2008
Power by Numbers, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Hidden Secrets, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, 2008
Cut to the Drummer, Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto, 2009
Obsessions, Gallery 7, NY, NY, 2009
Dime Bag 3, Giant Robot, NY, NY, 2009
Here | There, Solo Show, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2010
BLAB! Retrospective, S.I. Gallery, NY, NY, 2010
Things in My Head, Solo Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2010
The Blind Nymph, 4th Wall Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2010
KABOOM!, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
A Few of My Favorite Things, Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
The Hereafter, BLAB! Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Art Bazaar, Lyons Weir Ltd. Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
Foot, Oo Gallery, Kingston, NY, 2011
100 Euro Show, Wieden + Kennedy Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011
Art Trek, Mekanik Strip Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011
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Guest Lecturer
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, 2000
Pratt Institute, Graduate Program, NY, NY, 2005
Parsons The New School for Design, NY, NY, 2003 and 2005
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2008
Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, 2009
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
SOI, NY, NY, 2011
Brown University, Providence, RI 2011