George Rodriguez

George Rodriguez is a Seattle-based ceramic artist and sculptor who, throughout his career, has used oversized ceramic personalities he creates to tell universal stories. He was born and raised in El Paso, where he received a BFA in ceramics from the University of Texas. He received a Bonderman Travel Fellowship, in 2009 through which he traveled extensively, expanding his studies of global culture and ceremony. He combines his Chicano heritage with Thai, Peruvian, Bolivian, Mongolian, Egyptian, Taiwanese, and Indonesian civilization and mythologies. His work is the manifestation of the individual against the backdrop of community, and the modern world against the backdrop of the ancient. He holds an MFA in ceramics from the University of Washington, and his work has  been widely exhibited in museums in the Pacific Northwest, including the Foster White Gallery in Seattle, The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, Oregon,  and can be found Eutectic Gallery in Portland and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. 

Sculptor George Rodriguez. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
Sculptor George Rodriguez
Sculptor George Rodriguez. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
Sculptor George Rodriguez
George Rodriguez, Mykyta, 2016. Courtesy of the artist. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
George Rodriguez, Mykyta, 2016. Courtesy of the artist
George Rodriguez, El Chapulin, 2018. Courtesy of the artist. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
George Rodriguez, El Chapulin, 2018. Courtesy of the artist
George Rodriguez, Offering in White, 2014. Courtesy of the artist. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
George Rodriguez, Offering in White, 2014. Courtesy of the artist
George Rodriguez, Narmer. Courtesy of the artist. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
George Rodriguez, Narmer. Courtesy of the artist
George Rodriguez, Mexican American Gothic, 2019. Courtesy of the artist. Craft in America STORYTELLERS
George Rodriguez, Mexican American Gothic, 2019. Courtesy of the artist