Arturo Rodríguez (born 1956) is a Cuban-born American visual artist. He is a painter, but also works in other mediums including
NFTs.
He is best known for his psychologically charged, figurative paintings. He lives in
Miami, Florida.
Biography
Arturo Rodríguez was born on February 6, 1956, in
Ranchuelo,
Villa Clara Province, Cuba.
In either 1971 or 1973, when he was a teenager his family moved from Cuba to
Asturias and
Madrid in Spain; followed by a move in 1973 or 1976 to Miami, where they settled.
He attended
Miami Dade Community College (now Miami Dade College).
In his early career he used the
pseudonym Hierommus Fromm to illustrate children's books.
He met his future wife at an art opening at Meeting Point Gallery in Miami in 1978, artist Demi, whom he married in 1984.
His artwork is often influenced by his relationship with his wife.
He is considered a self-taught painter.
His artwork is in public museum and art collections, including the
Whitney Museum of American Art, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...
, the
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum ( he, מוזיאון ישראל, ''Muze'on Yisrael'') is an art and archaeological museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and one of the world’s leading encyclopa ...
,
Norton Museum of Art,
Cintas Foundation,
Bass Museum
The Bass Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located in Miami Beach, Florida. The Bass Museum of Art was founded in 1963 and opened in 1964.
History Early years
John Bass (1891-1978) and Johanna Redlich (m. Feb. 21, 1921) were Jewish-imm ...
,
Perez Art Museum Miami,
Polk Museum of Art
The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College is a private, non-profit, and nationally accredited art museum in Lakeland, Florida. It is a member of the Florida Association of Museums, is ranked among the top art museums in the state of Flori ...
, Center for the Arts in
Vero Beach,
Tampa Museum of Art,
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is an art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originating in 1958 as the ''Fort Lauderdale Art Center'', the museum is now located in an modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. The current buildin ...
,
Lowe Art Museum,
Gulf Coast Museum of Art
The Gulf Coast Museum of Art was located at 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, Florida. It housed contemporary Florida art in the permanent collection.Gulf Coast Museum of Art"Permanent Collection" ''Gulf Coast Museum of Art website'', 2007. Retriev ...
,
Boca Raton Museum of Art, the
Frost Art Museum,
Museum of Latin American Art
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, and the
Miami-Dade Public Library System
The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Governance
The Miami-Dade Public Library System is a county department within Miami-Dade county government. The Board of County Commissioner ...
.
See also
*
Aaron Gilbert
Aaron J. Gilbert (born 1979), also known as "AJ", is an American visual artist. He is known for creating symbolically and psychologically charged narrative paintings. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Biography
Gilbert was born in 1979 in Altoo ...
*
List of Cuban artists
Below is a list of Cuban artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Cuba, of Cuban descent or who produced works that are primarily about Cuba.
A
*Agustín Drake Aldam ...
References
External links
Demi and Arturo Rodríguez papers, circa 1957-2016 from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Oral history interview with Arturo Rodríguez, 2020 August 26 from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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1956 births
Living people
People from Ranchuelo
Miami Dade College alumni
Cuban emigrants to the United States
20th-century Cuban painters
21st-century Cuban painters
20th-century American painters
21st-century American painters