Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, TX, George Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, figurative ceramic sculptures, often underlined by a connection to the sociopolitical issues the artist explores.
His world curiosity grew as a recipient of a Bonderman Travel Fellowship, where he traveled the world through most of 2010. His work has been exhibited at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA; Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH and others.
His sculptures are part of the collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen College of Computer Science and Engineering, Seattle, WA; the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem, OR; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. and the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been featured on a PBS Craft in America "Storytellers" episode, and has created a large public sculpture for the new Kansas City Airport, which opened March 2023.
MFA, University of Washington, Seattle
BFA, University of Texas El Paso