Rodrigo Lara

                                                                           
National Prize of Visual Arts 2010

1st. Place
200 Years, Stop the Violence 2010

Rodrigo Lara

Artist Statement

The human figure is the meeting point of the gravity of the matter and the ethereality of emotion. I portray emotion and psychology as they course through, and alter the form of, the mundane human body. Many of my works explore the fact that fear and love affect the body with similar intensity.



After he graduated from University, he has been teaching courses and workshops in Mexico and the U.S.A. He has had 19 solo shows and participated in over 50 collective exhibitions in and out of his country. Currently some of his work exists in private collections all over in Mexico, Canada, United States, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Republic and China. Currently, he lives and works in Querétaro, México.

Education:

June 1999 - June 2002 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Méx. Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts, Suma Cum Laude

Courses and Workshops Attended:

2007 “Visual Arts Pruduction” (Jordi Boldó) Art Museum of Querétaro. Querétaro, Méx.
2006 International Mural Encounter, Casa de la Cultura de Coyacán. Mexico City.
2003 - 2004 Self-Help Graphics- Monoprints, Yollacalli Youth Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
2004 “Figurative Scultpure” (Susan Clinard) Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL, USA
2003 “Figurative Sculpture” (Omar Vera) Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA
2003 “Ceramics and Drawing” (Jason Walker) Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA


Scholarships:

2010 “Apoyarte” Art Project Support. Instituto Queretano de la Cultura y las Artes, Querétaro, Qro. Méx.
2008 Sculpture production of the series “Masks” DRT Foundation, Querétaro, Qro. Méx.

Awards:

2010 1st Place in Sculpture “National Prize of Visual Arts” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro. Méx.
2010 Honorific Mention, National Ceramic Award. Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Méx