» Omar Rodríguez-Graham

Omar Rodríguez-Graham Mexico, 1978

Translated from Spanish

My work creates an ambiguous relationship between abstraction and representation. I compose paintings that depict constructed scenes and objects that borrow from the language of painting, marks are constructed with wooden blocks and painted. By depicting these objects, or more directly the experience that they incite, I present the language of painting. While working within the tradition of still life painting, my process is taken to what must be its obvious conclusion. The objects painted must initially be that thing which they wish to re-present, the language of painting.

Mi obra crea una relación ambigua entre la abstracción y la representación. Realizo pinturas que representan escenas construidas y objetos que toman elementos del lenguaje pictórico, construyo marcas con bloques de madera pintada. Al presentar estos objetos, o más directamente la experiencia que incitan, presento el lenguaje de la pintura. Al trabajar desde la tradición de la naturaleza muerta, mi proceso se entiende como lo que debe ser la conclusión más obvia. Los objetos pintados deben ser inicialmente esa cosa que buscan representar; el lenguaje de la pintura.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

2005: Tyler School of Art, M.F.A. Painting, Philadelphia, P.A. USA.
2002: Drew University, B.F.A. Studio Art, Madison, N.J., USA.

Prizes / Fellowships

2013-2014: Fonca Jovenes Creadores, Mexico.
2010: Fonca / The Ban! Centre, Ban!, Alberta.
2006-2007: Fonca Jovenes Creadores, Mexico.

Solo Exhibitions

2013: “Mise en Abyme”, Bogota, Colombia.
2012: “Pintura Construida”, Queretaro, Mexico.
2011: “Variaciones sobre un Tema”, Mexico City, Mexico.
2008: “Reposo”, Querétaro, Mexico.
2008: “La Muerte Reina Bella y Melancólica”, Mexico City, Mexico.

Group Exhibitions

2013: “After the Object”, Manhattan, USA.
2013: “Ensamble”, Mexico City, Mexico.
2012: “Sugar and Wood”, Dallas, USA.
2011: Bienal de Pintura Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010: “Bella y Terca”, Mexico City, Mexico.

Publications

2012: Ostrander, Tobias (Compilador), Castillo, Erik & Perez, Daniela: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, Arroniz. Print.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #4”, 2010, Oil on wood, 20 x 20 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #7”, 2011, Oil on canvas, 30 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #10” , 2011, Oil on canvas laid on wood, 40 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #12” , 2011, Oil on canvas laid on wood, 27.5 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #14” , 2011, Oil on canvas, 58 x 46 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #17” , 2011, Oil on canvas laid on wood, 28 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #19” , 2011, Oil on linen, 180 x 144 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #25 “, 2011, Oil on canvas, 30 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #28” , 2011, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #44” , 2012, Oil on canvas laid on wood, 25 x 25 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #47” , 2012, Oil on linen laid on wood, 21 x 20 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #55” , 2012, Oil on linen, 24 x 26 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #57” , 2012, Oil on linen, 60 x 51 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #63” , 2013, Oil on linen, 45 x 60 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #83”, 2013, Oil on canvas, 34 x 30 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #66”, 2011, Oil on wood, 20 x 27.5 x 2.5 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #66”, 2011, Oil on canvas, 45 x 50 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #28”, 2011, Oil on wood, 18 x 15 x 4 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #7”, 2010, Oil on wood. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #14”, 2011, Oil on wood, 35.5 x 30 x 4 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #19”, 2011, Oil on wood. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #44”, 2012, Oil on wood, 15 x 16 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #4”, 2010, Oil on wood, 12 x 9 x 4 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #47”, 2012, Oil on wood, 13 x 14 x 5 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #57”, 2012, Oil on wood, 41.5 x 36.5 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Omar Rodriguez-Graham, “Composición #10”, 2011, Oil on wood. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

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