Celia Herrera Rodriguez (born November 26, 1952, in Sacramento, California [1]) is an educator, painter, and performance and installation artist. [2]
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 for 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
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 [11]
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
References
- ^ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Ramírez, Elizabeth C.; Casiano, Catherine (2011). La Voz Latina. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252036224. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Galería de la Raza: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". www.galeriadelaraza.org. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "CELIA HERRERA RODRIGUEZ – Las Maestras Center". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Bio – Celia Herrera Rodriguez". Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hungry Woman… A Mexican – Celia Herrera Rodriguez". Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Celia Herrera Rodriguez - Prayer to Mother Waters for Peace (2006)". celiahrodriguez.turnpiece.net. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Sola, pero bien acompanada: Celia Herrera Rodriguez". gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Drawings by Celia Herrera Rodríguez | A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 | Books Gateway | Duke University Press". read.dukeupress.edu. May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2019.