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

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, Florida.

Biography

Arturo Rodríguez was born on February 6, 1956, in

Ranchuelo Ranchuelo is a town and municipality in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1734 and has a municipal population of 50,708, of which about 15,000 in the town itself. History Originally named Boca de Ranchuelo, the settlement was fo ...

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, Cuba. In either 1971 or 1973, when he was a teenager his family moved from Cuba to

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and

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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

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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

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, the

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, the

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, Cintas Foundation, Bass Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami,

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, Center for the Arts in

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, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale,

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, Gulf Coast Museum of Art,

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, the

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, and the

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez, Arturo 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

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