Celia Herrera Rodriguez

Celia Herrera Rodriguez (born November 26, 1952, in Sacramento, California^[1]) is an American educator, painter, and performance and installation artist.^[2]

Celia Herrera Rodriguez
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	BA California State University MFA University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Art and Criticism Art Institute of Chicago
Known for	Visual arts, ethnic studies

Biography

Rodriguez is originally from Sacramento, California, and she was born on November 26, 1952.^[3] She has taught programs including Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for seventeen years.^[4] She has also been an adjunct professor in the Diversity Studies program at California College for the Arts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Herrera Rodriguez is also the co-founder and co-director of Las Maestras Center for Xicana[x] Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Practice at UCSB, where she teaches Chicana[x] art history and studio practice in the Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies.^[5]

Education

Rodriguez received her B.A. in art and ethnic studies from CSU-Sacramento. She also received her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She went on to study art history, in 1987, theory and criticism at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[6]

Artworks

Un rezo en cuatro caminos

This work was originated presented in III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004.^[7] Its title means " A Prayer on Four Roads".

The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea

This production was created by Cherrie Moraga in 2005, with Herrera Rodriguez creating the set and costume concepts.^[8]

A Prayer to the Mother Waters for Peace

The multimedia performance was created in 2006 and presented at the Glass Curtain Gallery, in Chicago, Illinois.^[9]

Exhibitions

• 2006 Sola, pero bien acompañada: III Bienal Internacional de Estandartes Tijuana 2004^[10]
• 2010 La Semilla Caminante: Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
• 2024 Xican-a.o.x. Body, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida^[11]

Collections

• The Triton Museum, Santa Clara
• Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College of Chicago
• CN Gorman Museum, UC-Davis
• The DeSaisset Museum at Santa Clara University
• The Institute of American Indian Art Museum in Santa Fe
• The Oakland Museum of California
• Tufts University Gallery
• The Mexican Museum of San Francisco
• Name Gallery in Chicago

Publications

Her series of artworks was published in 2011, in a collection of essays by Cherrie Moraga: “Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness, Writing 2000- 2010". Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press , 2005^[12]

Bibliography

1. Alexander, Jacqui. “Pedagogies of Crossing.” Google Books, Duke University Press , 2005
2. Casiano, Catherine, and Elizabeth C. Ramirez. “La Voz Latina.” Google Books, University of Illinois Press, 2011
3. Moraga, Cherríe, and Celia H. Rodriguez. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000-2010. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.
4. Perez, Laura E. “Chicana Art.” Google Books, Duke University Press, 2007