Christopher Rodrigues
ARTIST STATEMENT
I use the computer and Photoshop as my sole mediums to create images that are the basis for three ongoing series of works -- Planets, Islands, and Still Lifes. Employing techniques that resemble collage and painting by "borrowing" pixels of color from images found on the Internet using search engines, I entirely absent the camera from the artistic process. My “photographs” honor Nature while celebrating Technology, an important concern for me in an age when humans are struggling to find a balance with the planet that sustains them. I approach my work as a “regenerative” project in that it will change in a manner similar to how the Earth is diversifying in the face of global warming and other cataclysmic events. Through my art, I have found a way to showcase Nature's all-encompassing beauty while at the same time expressing my genuine concern for its preservation and safety.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Snap, The Rymer Gallery Nashville
Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum New Jersey
Immigration & Alienation, Vivarium Gallery Vancouver
Thinking about Green, Port Moodie Arts Centre Vancouver
2009 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art Los Angeles
Still Life, Vivarium Gallery Vancouver
Still Land, SCOPE NYArt Fair New York
Planet 11, Vivarium Gallery Vancouver
2008 Paths of the Sea, Vivarium Gallery Vancouver
SJCS 140th Anniversary, DAR Constitution Hall Washington DC
2007 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art Los Angeles
Labyrinth Dedication, St John's Anglican Church Ottawa
Animals & Plants in Abstract & Urban Worlds, IPTAR WEST New York
2006 La Joie De Vivre, White Rabbit New York
Nurturing the Edge, CUE Art Foundation New York
Drawing the Line Against Domestic Violence, 26 + Helen Mills Theater New York
2005 Waiting for the Barbarians RARE, Inc. New York
Nurturing the New Spike Gallery New York
Impermanence OM Yoga New York
No BBQ 1513 Pacific Street Brooklyn
Sweet Brazil C. Eule Dance New York
Situation (Excerpt) Happy Ending Lounge New York
Collage, Drawing Show Gallery 402 New York
Situation (Excerpt) Antique Cafe
New York
2004 Relentless Proselytizers Feigen Contemporary
New York
2002 Circles Crispo New York
spRING Philipp Mohr Residence
New York
2001 Up, up & away The Chelsea Viewing Room New York
Morning Art System
Toronto
2000 Eyeball University of Toronto Toronto
Performance Night University of Toronto
Toronto
1999 Social Work Tropicana 88 Toronto
Eyeball 1999 University of Toronto
Toronto
1997 Art Party Sundays Goulash Party House
Toronto
1995 Flowers Clair de Lune Ottawa
Tools Clair de Lune Ottawa
POST EDUCATION
2005-2007 M & W Graphics, Art Restoration New York
2003-2005 Ingo Günther Artist Assistant New York
2002-2003 Guggenheim Museum New Media Department New York
2001-2002 Guggenheim Museum Education Department New York
2001-2002 Karl Mann Artist Assistant New York
EDUCATION & AWARDS
1999-2001 University of Toronto Visual Studies Specialist Toronto
1995-1996 Ontario College of Art Foundation Studies Toronto
1994-1995 University of Toronto Fine Art Studio
1993 West Island CollegeClass Afloat Program South America & South Pacific
1992 Earl of March S. S. Special Arts Certificate Kanata
1991-1989 West Carleton S. S. Dunrobin
Award of Distinction for Architectural Design
Award of Distinction for Drafting
Award of Distinction for Visual Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Shaw Cable Television, Channel 4 Broadcast, The Express show, April 27-28, 2010
Vivarium Gallery, Press Release, Aug. 1 2008
Kanata Kourier, News & Community, St. John's opens Kanata's first labyrinth, Jun 29 2007
The New York Times, Arts Listings, Ken Johnson, Jan 13 2006
RareArt Properties, Inc., Press Release, Waiting for the Barbarians, curated by David Hunt, Dec 17, 2005
The New York Times, Arts, ART IN REVIEW; 'Relentless Proselytizers', Ken Johnson, Aug 6, 2004
Feigen Contemporary, Press Release, Relentless Proselytizers, curated by David Hunt, Jul 1, 2004