has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
Recent Activities of and on Christopher Rodrigues
About me
Christopher Rodrigues (abstractruth)
I use the computer and Photoshop as my sole mediums to create images that are the basis for three ongoing series of works -- Planets, Islands, and Still Lifes. Employing techniques that resemble collage and painting by "borrowing" pixels of color from images found on the Internet using search engines, I entirely absent the camera from the artistic process. My “photographs” honor Nature while celebrating Technology, an important concern for me in an age when humans are struggling to find a balance with the planet that sustains them. I approach my work as a “regenerative” project in that it will change in a manner similar to how the Earth is diversifying in the face of global warming and other cataclysmic events.
The early stages of altering my images, which will be most noticeable in the plants, trees, and flowers, will take place over the earliest numbers in the edition. So while the edition of each work will remain fixed, the images that constitute the beginning numbers will differ from each other in modest ways. As the project advances, the deserts, swamps, forests, plains, oceans, and tundra will expand, each needing its own new, unique vegetation to conform to its vastly changed environment.
My research and direct observation of how Nature has solved its problems provides inspiration as I try to resolve the aesthetic and social issues this project presents. Through my art, I have found a way to showcase Nature's all-encompassing beauty while at the same time expressing my genuine concern for its preservation and safety.
- Biography
Born in Derby, England 1974
Moved to Ottawa, Canada 1982
Studied & worked in Toronto, Canada 1994-2001
Lived & worked in Manhattan, New York 2001-2007
Currently lives & works in Vancouver, Canada- Exhibitions
2009
Still Land, RARE Inc., New York
SCOPE Art Fair, RARE Inc., New York
Planet 11, Vivarium Gallery, Vancouver
2008
Paths of the Sea, Vivarium Gallery , Vancouver
SJCS 140th Anniversary, DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC
2007
Snap to Grid, Los Angles Center for Digital Art, Los Angles
Labyrinth Memorial Project, St John's Anglican Church, Ottawa
Animals & Plants in Abstract & Urban Worlds, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training & Research, New York
2006
A Story of Creation, The Vault, New York
La Joie De Vivre, White Rabbit, New York
Nurturing the Edge, CUE Art Foundation, New York
Drawing the Line Against Domestic Violence, 26 + Helen Mills Theater, New York
2005
Waiting for the Barbarians, curated by David Hunt, RARE, Inc., New York
Nurturing the New, Spike Gallery, New York
Impermanence, OM Yoga, New York
No BBQ, 1513 Pacific Street, Brooklyn
Sweet Brazil, C. Eule Dance, New York
Situation (Excerpt), Happy Ending Lounge, New York
Collage, Drawing Show, Gallery 402, New York
Situation (Excerpt), Antique Cafe, New York
2004
Relentless Proselytizers, curated by David Hunt, Feigen Contemporary, New York
2002
Circles, Crispo, New York
spRING, Philipp Mohr Residence, Brooklyn
2001
Up, up & away, curated by Margaret Bodell, The Chelsea Viewing Room, New York
Morning, thesis show in memory of David Buller, Art System, Toronto
2000
Eyeball, University of Toronto
Performance Night, University of Toronto
1999
Social Work, Tropicana 88, Toronto
Eyeball, University of Toronto
1997
Art Party Sundays, Goulash Party House, Toronto
1995
Flowers, Clair de Lune, Ottawa
Tools, Clair de Lune, OttawaEDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
2005-2007
M & W Graphics, Antique Poster Archiving & Restoration, New York
2003-2005
Ingo Günther, Artist Assistant, New York
2002-2003
Guggenheim Museum, New Media Department, New York
2001-2002
Guggenheim Museum, Education Department, New York
2001-2002
Karl Mann, Artist Assistant, New York
1999-2001
University of Toronto, Visual Studies
Specialist, Toronto
1995-1996
Ontario College of Art & Design, Foundation Studies, Toronto
1994-1995
University of Toronto, Fine Art Studio, Toronto
1993
West Island College, Class Afloat Program, South America & South Pacific- Announcements
Currently looking for gallery representation.
- Publications
Kanata Kourier: News & Community, St. John's Opens Kanata's First Labyrinth, Jun 29 2007
The New York Times: Arts, Art Listings, Ken Johnson, Jan 13 2006
The New York Times: Arts, ART IN REVIEW; 'Relentless Proselytizers', Ken Johnson, Aug 6 2004
Johannes Groht wrote on March 17, 2010 08:18:
Hi Christopher, thank you for adding my picture as a favorite!
Best regards, Johannes