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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, Art Institute of Atlanta, Georgia
EXHIBITION RECORD
SOLO - TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Proximity Spectacle, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Sense and Vision, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Art on Paper, NY
2022 Sense and Vision, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Light and Loud, Union College Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts Crowell and West Galleries, Schenectady, NY
2019 Embolden - Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Convergence - Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Amorphous Dislocations of Ultramarine, Glass Cube - Indigo Hotel, Athens, Georgia
2016 Pink Sultan, Savannah College of Art - Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
2015 Opposites, KAI-LIN Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Wonderment, KAI-LIN Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 A Paper Affair, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
2011 Fluoressence, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Mixed Media, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Inner Glam, Blue Gallery, Lacoste, France
2010 Encore Series, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2010 Encore Series, ACA Gallery, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Oliver and Lucha, Twist Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2009 Pink Seductions, Gallery Stokes, Castleberry Hill, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Monsters Need Love Too, Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 The Day The World Was Pink, Art House Gallery, Castleberry Hill, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Creatturetes Pop Out, Blue Gallery, Lacoste, France
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - ART FAIRS
2023 Paradice Palase, Cultural Partner, NADA Miami, Miami, FL
2023 Backstory, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2023 Who’s To Say I Am Awake; Are You? Geary, Millerton, NY
2023 San Francisco Art Market, Gallery 1202, San Francisco, CA
2022 San Francisco Art Market, Gallery 1202, San Francisco, CA
2022 LA Art Show, Gallery 1202, Los Angeles, CA
2022 A soft many-colored plain, Paradice Palase, Virtual Exhibition
2022 Texture, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, North Carolina
2021 Apparitions, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Art on Paper, Gallery1202, Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan, NY
2021 In the wake of slumber, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Paper and Fiber Exhibition, Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
2021 Where Are You Now? Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Of Care and Destruction, 2021 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2021 Latinx Origin, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2021 AFTERIMAGE, Maake, a virtual exhibition curated by Alex Paik
2020 Romancing Sustainability: Figuring Change, ChaShaMa Space, NY, NY
2020 Paper Routes, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C
2020 Summer Exhibition, The Wassaic Project, online + book format, Wassaic, NY
2020 Art on Paper 2020, Paradigm Gallery, Booth A05, Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan, NY
2020 TEN, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Flat Files 2020, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Paper Routes: Georgia Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2019 Coalesce, University of Central Florida, UCF Gallery, Orlando, Florida
2019 Paper as a Medium, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 - 2021 Cut & Paste, Telfair Museum Savannah, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking Atlanta, The Lyndon House Arts Center, The Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and the Albany Museum of Art, Georgia
2019 On Paper, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, North Carolina
2019 Introverted, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2019 Shadows, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 INFINITY, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Never Met Her, Cunsthaus - Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
2018 Paper View, The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, North Carolina
2017 10 Artists 10 Bottles, Pop Gallery, World of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gallery@ Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2017 Hypercolor, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, Georgia
2016 Hambidge, The Great ARTdoors - Fall Installation, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2016 Somos Sur, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 Sprawl: Drawing Outside the Lines, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 Portalism, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 Crown, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Continuum, The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 The Brightness, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Revealed, Ponce City Market Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 Atlanta Print Biennial, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 Gallery Culture: Part Two Exhibition, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 Pretty in Ink, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2013 Day Glow Night Mare, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 Blue Doors, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Public Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 Culture Shock: Fiesta para Frida, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Passport to Celebrations, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Bloom, KAI-LIN Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Vynil Show, Borderline Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Alchemy, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Movers and Shakers, MOCA GA, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 FLORA, KAI-LIN Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Art on the Beltline, Gordon White Park, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Latin GA, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Generation SCAD, SCAD Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Plastic, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Culture Shock: Surreal Soiree, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Cycle Through, Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Split Level of Consciousness, Underground Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Miscellaneous Use of Imagination, Studioplex, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 L5P, Music Center, Open House Show, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 American Print Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Bite-Sized, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Measure Up, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Alexander Ink, Alexander Hall SCAD, Savannah, Georgia
2008 Elemental Exhibition, Works on Paper, Blue Tower Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 40/40 University of Madras, Chennai, India
2007 Boys and Girls Exhibition, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Casa de la Cultura, Cultural Center of Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico
COLLECTIONS
The High Museum of Art Atlanta, Modern, and Contemporary Art Collection
The Bascom Center for Visual Arts, North Carolina
The Savannah College of Art and Design
The World of Coca-Cola Museum
Montefiore Medical Center
Microsoft Art Collection
GRANTS – AWARDS – RESIDENCIES
2020 Georgia Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts - Women to Watch 2019-2020
2019 ChaNorth (Chashama North), Artist Residency, Hudson Valley, NY
2019 The Wassaic Project, Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2018 MASS MoCA, Assets for Artists Studio Residency, North Adams, MA
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017 Individual Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Fulton County Arts and Culture
2016 Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences Residency, Rabun Gap, GA
2016 The Carroll House Fellowship - a partnership between the Atlanta - Nürnberg Sister Cities Committee
2014 – 2015 Walthall Artist Fellowship - Sponsored by WonderRoot Arts Center
2011 City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs, Artist Grant Award – Atlanta, GA
2011 Art on the Beltline, Artist Grant Award - Public Art Sculpture - Gordon White Park
2010 The Forward Arts Foundation, Emerging Artist Award
2010 Best Emerging Artist Award, The Creative Loafing
Selected Bibliography
2022 ‘Sense and Vision’ combines different mediums for one exhibit by Molly Given
2020 Loud and Light " at Feigenbaum Center, "Jane Swavely" at Mandeville Gallery, Albany Times Union, by William Jaeger
2019 Patrons and Players, The Atlantan Magazine by Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Photography by Patrick Heagney
2019 Coalesce, Exhibition Catalog, produced by Curator Love, Author Erika Hirugami, MAAB, Editor Giovanna Violi, MA.
2019 VoyageATL, Check out Lucha Rodriguez Artwork, Local Stories
2019 Rigby ink, Lucha Rodriguez - Artist Q&A by Aileen Farshi
2017 10 Artists, 10 Bottles and 10 Stories: Meet the Atlantans Behind World of Coca-Cola's Newest Exhibit
2017 Flagpole, Art Notes, Artists Demonstrate a Range of Techniques in "Rock Paper Scissors" by Jessica Smith
2015 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Visual Arts, Cut-Paper Maestro Lucha Rodriguez at Kai Lin Art by Felicia Feaster
2015 Common Creativ ATL, Q & A with Lucha Rodriguez by Lisa Highfill
2015 Burnaway Column Feature: 5x7 Michi, Lucha, Nathan, Katie, and Pete by Stephanie Cash
2014 Creative Loafing, Visual Arts, A few questions with Lucha Rodriguez. Curating the new exhibition: The Brightness by Muriel Vega
2013 Forward Arts Foundation, Emerging Artist Award Exhibition Catalog by The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
2013 Lucha Rodriguez, Nuestra Gente en las Artes, Mundo Hispánico by Alberto Brown
2012 Burnaway.org - Dodge & Burn: Reminiscing Over Past Art Crush Interviews by Sandy Hooper
2011 Creative Loafing, Visual Arts, Lucha Rodríguez at The Swan Coach House by Wyatt Williams
2011 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Visual Arts Lucha Rodríguez at The Swan Coach House by Cathy Fox
2011 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Award-winning emerging artist dazzles in group show by Cathy Fox
2011 Creative Loafing, Lucha Rodríguez: Spills her guts in Fluoressence by Felicia Feaster
2011 Atlanta Magazine, Local talent showcase international inspiration by Felicia Feaster
2010 Burnaway.org - Lucha Rodríguez - Art Crush
2010 News Brief: Lucha Rodríguez, ArtsCriticAtl by Catherine Fox
2010 Lucha Rodríguez. Artista de Mundo, Mundo Hispánico by Alberto Brown
2010 The Dream Starts. The Hong Kong Standard by Joyce Kam
2010 Nashville Examiner. A new month, a new moon, and new artists on the scene by Chuck Beard
2010 Nashville Scene. Oliver and Lucha. It Takes Two by Joe Nolan
2010 FORM: Artistic Independence - WE DESIGN Atlanta, 2010
2009 The Art of the Deal. Creative Loafing Arts & Entertainment by Cinque Hicks
2009 YB Heartbeat Vol. 02, Young Blood Gallery
2008 Creative Loafing, Art House: Group Efforts by Cinque Hicks
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS - PANELS - LECTURES
2023 CraftNOW, Moderated Artist Panel, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Union College, Department of Visual Arts, Visiting Artist, Undergraduate Program Critiques, Schenectady, NY, February - 2020
2020 Paper Routes GA Women to Watch 2020, Artist Talk, MoCA GA, Atlanta, GA, January - 2020
2019 Cabarrus Arts Council, A Closer Look - Artist Talk & Demonstration, Concord, NC, July - 2019
2018 Emory University, Recognizing, Empowering, and Affirming Latinx - Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies, Panelist
2018 Kai Lin Art Gallery, Convergence Exhibition, Artist Panel, Atlanta, GA, January - 2018
2017 UGA, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Visiting Artist, Graduate Program Critiques, Athens, GA, November - 2017
2016 Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Seventh Collectors Print Project, Atlanta, GA, December - 2016
2016 The Art Process, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, GA, October - 2016
2016 Murmur Gallery, Somos Sur: Artist Panel Talk, Panelist, Spanish / English, Atlanta, GA, June - 2016
2016 The Carroll House, Artist Panel Talk, Panelist, Atlanta, GA, Jun. 2016
2016 SCAD Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2016
2015 Paper Explorations Workshop - Walthall Fellowship, MOCA GA, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 Studio Artist - Boulevard Youth, Ponce City Market Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2013 A Paper Affair: Installation Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
2012 BLOOM, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Fluoressence for the Forward Arts Foundation - Emerging Artist Award at Swan Coach House Gallery
2011 Four Coats, Public Art Murals, Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 FLORA, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Inner Glam, Blue Gallery - SCAD, Lacoste, France
2010 Generation SCAD, SCAD Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Organic Artificiality for Plastic Exhibition, Eyedrum Gallery
2010 ENCORE SERIES - Pink Seductions, ACA Gallery of SCAD at The Woodruff Arts Center
2009 Pink Seductions, Stokes Gallery, Castleberry Hill, Atlanta, Georgia
