Tony Rodrigues

In residence:

Erie, Pennsylvania – September, 2021

Tony Rodrigues’ work mostly involves painting, but also includes drawing, printmaking, photography, collage and multimedia combinations. Tony has woven a rich tapestry of appropriated imagery culled from the chronicles of the 20th century such as vintage textbooks, postcards and snapshots. He repurposes and reshapes these images into scenarios and vignettes that subtly convey feelings ranging from quiet levity to somber introspection. There is often an open-ended quality in the work that offers the viewer some mystery to contemplate. While Rodrigues’ style has evolved over the years, there is a sentiment and awareness throughout his work that remains his own and is easily recognizable to those that are familiar with his art. His confident and adroit use of materials as well as his selection and juxtaposition of imagery lends a timeless quality to his work. Rodrigues’ recent exhibitions include Frail History & Future Regrets (When the Past Was What It Used To Be) a solo exhibition at University of North Florida Gallery and 1:1,  a group exhibition, at The Front, New Orleans, Louisiana and has forthcoming exhibitions at The Baker Museum – Artis, Naples in Naples, Florida and Alabama Contemporary in Mobile, Alabama.

Rodrigues is also a teaching artist with Cathedral Arts Project–a Jacksonville-based non-profit arts organization–where he has earned awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to fund his work at the John E. Goodman Pretrial Detention Facility for his work with incarcerated youths being tried as adults. In 2017 this work culminated in an institutionally supported visual art exhibition titled “County Missives – Expressive Works by Incarcerated Juveniles Adjudicated as Adults.”

EDUCATION:
BFA, The Atlanta College of Art

AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:
2021
Long Road Projects, Erie, PA
The Mildred Thompson Estate Lineage Grantee

2018
National Endowment for the Arts

2017
National Endowment for the Arts

SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Deutsche Bank, New York, New York
Neuberger Berman, New York, NY
Holland and Holland, London, England
The Vescor Companies, Jacksonville, Florida
Armor Holdings, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida
Monumental Interactive, Atlanta, Georgia
The City of Bihai Blanco, Argentina
The City of Yinkou, China
The City of Masan, Korea
The City of Nantes, France
The City of Murmansk, Russia
The City of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Collection of Bishop Desmond Tutu
Long Road Projects Foundation, Inc.
Cathedral Arts Project

Artist's Website: https://www.tonyrodriguesart.com