Fátima Rodrigo
Bio
Fátima Rodrigo (Lima, 1987) lives and works in Lima, Peru.
Her most recent solo shows include: Plató América, in collaboration with Jaime Oliver, Museum of Art of Lima (MALI), Lima, Peru; Fiesta en América at the ICPNA Cultural, Lima, Peru; UNAP, Many Studios at the Glasgow International Festival, Glasgow, Scotland; Otras Tardes at Garúa, Lima, Peru; and Romántico Elegante at the Ricardo Palma Cultural Center, Lima, Peru; among others.
She has participated in the following collective exhibitions: Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI, Lima; OSTRALE Dresden Biennale, Dresden, Germany; 22nd Biennial of Sidney, Sidney, Australia; Gassworks, London, UK; Fashion and Textile Museum, London, England; Museum of The City of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico; Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany; Memory and Reconciliation Center, Bogotá, Colombia; Bienal Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina; El cuarto de máquinas, Mexico City, Mexico; Bienal Tropical, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Flux Factory, New York, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Netherlands.
Statement
Fátima Rodrigo’s work has evolved towards mixed media and interactive installations exploring the representation of Latin American modernism and gender identity through different devices such as architecture, modern art and pop culture. She is particularly interested in problematizing the structures of power that in a post-colonial context continue to organize the world in hierarchical binaries, veiling the fuid relations between colonizers and colonized that compose what we understand as “modern.”
Her work has focused on understanding how modernity—understood broadly as an aesthetic, a moment in history, and an aspiration that becomes embodied in landscapes and human bodies— not only coexists with, but enables violence against vulnerable populations, including women and non-gender normative people. Her investigation raises questions regarding the ways in which these representations infuence our desires and interactions based on repeated behaviors over time, shaping conventions that eventually become a sort of canon.
