Isa Rodriguez

My name is Isa Rodriguez. I am a Queer, Venezuelan American artist based in Oklahoma City.

My work presents creativity as a technology for liberation. I see creative practice as a means to exercise agency.

Recent Works:

Jaguars

Leg vessel

I’m using contemporary ceramic techniques to reinterpret traditional “pre-Columbian” gestures, like double-spout-and-bridge vessels (Nazca). By multiplying these gestures on a single pot, I create futuristic, mutated vessels, whose function becomes less legible and increasingly symbolic.

Recent Projects:

Practice Practice (ongoing)

I collaborate with Dylan Cale Jones on a community-based project called Practice Practice. We publish accessible resources that support your creative practice.

We have a bi-weekly newsletter, an awesome podcast, and a brand new book! For more information about Practice Practice, visit our website!

Creative Drawing Class (ongoing)

I teach a unique curriculum called Creative Drawing at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center’s Studio School. Creative Drawing helps you unblock your creativity and embrace your style. We cover contemporary drawing using Radical Drawing foundations: (1) Drawing is a verb! (2) Everyone can draw (3) Your drawing is not “good” or “bad”.

Drawing Radical Futures (2023)

Drawing Radical Futures is an interactive drawing exercise commissioned by the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center for the 2023 ArtNow biennial exhibition. The exhibition, titled “ArtNow: The Soul is a Wanderer”, is based on the poem A Map to the Next World by poet Joy Harjo. My drawing exercise guides visitors as they draw a map to their future.

Draw Every Day This Week (2022)

Draw Every Day This Week is a new mini zine from the Radical Drawing Project. This tiny workbook has big ideas in a small format. It will help you build an everyday drawing practice starting with this week.