{{Short description|American artist, activist (b. 1978)}} {{multiple| {{Like resume|date=November 2023}} {{Overly detailed|date=November 2023}} {{COI|date=November 2023}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Favianna Rodriguez | image = Favianna Rodriguez.jpg | caption = Favianna Rodriguez at the 2018 National Women's Studies Association's conference | birth_date = September 26, 1978 | birth_place = Oakland, California, United States | occupation = Visual artist, activist, muralist, nonprofit director | known_for = Collage, painting, printmaking }}

'''Favianna Rodriguez''' (born September 26, 1978) is an American visual artist, and activist, known for her work in political posters, graphic arts, and public art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Favianna Rodriguez |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/favianna-rodriguez-31875 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183027/https://americanart.si.edu/artist/favianna-rodriguez-31875 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 25, 2012 |title=An artist's journey through time |url=https://eltecolote.org/content/en/an-artists-journey-through-time/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=El Tecolote |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922202248/https://eltecolote.org/content/en/an-artists-journey-through-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her artwork topics include global politics, economic injustice, interdependence, patriarchy, migration, and sexual liberation. She worked as a director of the National Arts Organization CultureStrike, in which writers, visual artists, and performers engage in migrant rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2014 |title=Radio Ambulante: Unscripted, Art & Activism |url=https://www.pri.org/programs/radio-ambulante-unscripted/art-activism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031153056/https://www.pri.org/programs/radio-ambulante-unscripted/art-activism |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |website=Public Radio International (PRI) |type=article and radio program}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Rodriguez was born in the Oakland, California in 1978, in the Fruitvale neighborhood.<ref name="Bañales"/> Her parents are Peruvian and migrated to California in the late 1960s. Rodriguez herself identifies as a queer latina with Afro-Peruvian roots.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Favianna Rodriguez – The Oakland Artists Project |url=https://artsinoakland.org/articles/favianna-rodriguez/ |website=artsinoakland.org |access-date=2025-03-12 |archive-date=2024-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622212340/https://artsinoakland.org/articles/favianna-rodriguez/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She attended Centro Infantil school in Oakland in her early childhood.<ref name=":0" /> In Mexico, Rodriguez became interested in political artwork. Learning from politically-engaged works of Frida Kahlo, she began to identify with both Kahlo herself and her powerful political works.<ref name=":1" />

Fruitvale is a predominantly Latino neighborhood. Here, Rodriguez experienced and became aware of anti-Latino racism. She observed that students from her community were under-served by the school system and were profiled as gang members, and that women of color suffered negative representation in the media.<ref name="Latina">{{cite web |last=Leal |first=Samantha |date=January 18, 2013 |others={{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=September 2024}} |title=Favianna Rodriguez Talks Immigration, Rosario Dawson and Her New Web Series |url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/artist-activist-favianna-rodriguez-talks-immigration-migrant-issues-documentary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103210547/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/artist-activist-favianna-rodriguez-talks-immigration-migrant-issues-documentary |archive-date=2021-01-03 |access-date=2013-12-22 |work=Latina |type=interview}}</ref> Rodriguez went to live in Mexico City from age 13 to 15, first with her aunt and then in a rented room.<ref name="Eastbay">{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Susan |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Favianna and the New Print Revolution |url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/favianna-and-the-new-print-revolution/Content?oid=1370282 |access-date=2013-12-22 |work=East Bay Express |archive-date=2021-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027091652/https://eastbayexpress.com/favianna-and-the-new-print-revolution-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She became interested in politically engaged artwork, learning about the political context of murals, and learning more about the work of Frida Kahlo, with whom she further identified.<ref name="bitchmagazine">{{cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Tina |date=2013 |others={{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=September 2024}} |title=Artist Statement |url=http://bitchmagazine.org/article/artist-statement-interview-Favianna-Rodriguez-art-poster-politics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216131530/http://bitchmagazine.org/article/artist-statement-interview-Favianna-Rodriguez-art-poster-politics |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |access-date= |work=Bitch |type=interview}}</ref><ref name="Eastbay" /> When Rodriguez returned to Oakland, she began to respond to anti-immigrant and anti-latino policies in California by associating herself with other Latino activists. She began staging walkouts and creating flyers. Her political artistic career began to really take shape.<ref name="Bañales">{{Cite journal |last=Bañales |first=Xamuel |date=2023 |title=A Conversation with Favianna Rodriguez: World-Making through Decolonial Feminist Artivism |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/902073 |journal=Feminist Formations |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=154–194 |doi=10.1353/ff.2023.a902073 |issn=2151-7371 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=2024-06-17 |access-date=2025-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617172949/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/902073 |url-status=live }}</ref> When she was 16, California Proposition 187 was introduced, marking state level anti-immigrant legislation.<ref name="bitchmagazine" /><ref name="Latina" />

After graduating from Skyline High School in Oakland in 1996, Rodriguez received numerous scholarship offers and chose to attend the University of California, Berkeley.<ref name="Eastbay" /> She withdrew at age 20, indicating she wanted to follow her path rather than limit herself to her parents' wishes.<ref name="Latina" /> She was inspired by printmaking, to which she was introduced by Chicana artist Yreina Cervantez, and decided to pursue a career in political art.<ref name="Latina" />

==Career== Rodriguez began as a political poster designer in the 1990s in the struggle for racial justice in Oakland, California. Her designs and projects range across a variety of different issues including globalization, immigration, feminism, patriarchy, interdependence, and genetically modified foods.<ref name="spark">{{cite web |author=Spark |date=25 July 2007 |title=Favianna Rodriguez |url=http://ww2.kqed.org/spark/favianna-rodriguez/ |publisher=KQED Public Media for Northern CA |access-date=16 May 2016 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610095346/http://ww2.kqed.org/spark/favianna-rodriguez/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rodriguez studied the history of political art, including the artwork and graphics associated with the Black Panthers and the 1970s feminist movement, through her residency at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.Rodriguez was drawn to posters and reproducible art like printmaking for their power to educate, organize, and liberate communities.<ref name="bitchmagazine" /><ref name="spark" /><ref name="Eastbay" /><ref name="global">{{cite web |date=March 30, 2015 |publisher=Global Voices |title=Favianna Rodríguez: 'Artists are Risk Takers and Truth Speakers' |url=https://globalvoices.org/2015/03/30/favianna-rodriguez-artists-are-risk-takers-and-truth-speakers/ |access-date=July 12, 2016 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815131906/https://globalvoices.org/2015/03/30/favianna-rodriguez-artists-are-risk-takers-and-truth-speakers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rodriguez has worked closely with artists in Mexico, Europe, and Japan, and her works have appeared in collections at Bellas Artes, The Glasgow Print Studio, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.<ref name="Stanford">{{cite web |url=https://diversityarts.stanford.edu/people/favianna-rodriguez |title=Favianna Rodriguez |publisher=Stanford |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912152615/https://diversityarts.stanford.edu/people/favianna-rodriguez |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, with Jesus Barraza, Rodriguez helped establish the Taller Tupac Amaru print studio to promote the practice of screen printing among California-based artists and foster its resurgence.<ref name="Stanford"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallertupacamaru.com/index.php?s=14 |title=About Us |publisher=tallertupacamaru |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210050332/http://www.tallertupacamaru.com/index.php?s=14 |archive-date=2007-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rodriguez also co-founded EastSide Arts Alliance and Cultural Center, an organization of artists and community organizers intended to promote community sustainability through political and cultural awareness and leadership development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com/about/index.php |title=About Us |publisher=EastSide Arts Alliance |access-date=2013-12-22 |archive-date=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014204905/http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com/about/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> She serves on the board of Presente.org, a national online organizing network dedicated to the political empowerment of Latino communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presente.org/about/ |title=About Us |publisher=Presente.org |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-date=2016-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524140142/http://presente.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and exhibitions== * 2024, ''Favianna Rodriguez: Power From The Roots'', solo exhibition, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |title=January 2024 – The Humanities Institute |url=https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/from-the-roots-favianna-rodriguez-artist-talk/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=thi.ucsc.edu |archive-date=2024-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183030/https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/from-the-roots-favianna-rodriguez-artist-talk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2021, ''New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century'', group exhibition, BAMPFA, Berkeley, California, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-17 |title=New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century |url=https://bampfa.org/program/new-time-art-and-feminisms-21st-century |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=BAMPFA |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601211610/https://bampfa.org/program/new-time-art-and-feminisms-21st-century |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2017 Multicultural Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California<ref>{{cite web |title=Winter Art Exhibit: The Radical Imagination {{!}} UCSB Multicultural Center |url=https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/2017/01/09/winter-2017/winter-art-exhibit-the-radical-imagination |website=mcc.sa.ucsb.edu |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> *2016 Recipient of the Creative Work Fund Award, San Francisco, CA<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Frances |title=Favianna Rodriguez and Mobilize the Immigrant Vote {{!}} Creative Work Fund |url=https://creativeworkfund.org/?portfolio=favianna-rodriguez-and-mobilize-the-immigrant-vote |website=creativeworkfund.org \|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> * 2016 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area |url=https://ybca.org/event/take-this-hammer-art-media-activism-from-the-bay-area/ |website=YBCA |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=10 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010075310/https://ybca.org/event/take-this-hammer-art-media-activism-from-the-bay-area/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2015-2016 Museo del Barrio, Manhattan, New York, U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=#CarvingThroughBorders {{!}} CultureStrike |url=https://www.elmuseo.org/exhibition/carvingthroughborders-culturestrike/ |website=El Museo del Barrio |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919142231/https://www.elmuseo.org/exhibition/carvingthroughborders-culturestrike/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *2011 Recipient of Innovation Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=:: CCI :: Grant Submissions :: |url=https://www.cciarts.org/cgi/page.cgi/_memberlog.html?meta_Funding_Status=Approved&mem_first_name=favianna&mem_last_name=&mem_organization=&meta_Year=&meta_Program=&meta_Round=&type=ia_arc_grant&section_id=1&log=do_search_form |website=www.cciarts.org |publisher=Center for Cultural Innovation |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> *2010 Inducted into Women's Hall of Fame (Alameda County) in Arts & Culture, Alameda County, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=Favianna Rodriguez - 2010 - Women's Hall Of Fame - Alameda County |url=https://www.acgov.org/whof/inductees/2010/rodriguez.htm |website=www.acgov.org |publisher=Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=12 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241012002204/https://www.acgov.org/whof/inductees/2010/rodriguez.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2007 Recipient of Innovation Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA<ref name=":2" /> * 2006-2007 Mexican Fine Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago |url=https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/events/atencion |website=National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago |access-date=14 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *2006 Recipient of the Belle Foundation Individual Artist Award, San Jose, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=GRANTEES – Belle Foundation |url=https://bellefoundation.org/grantees/ |website=Belle |publisher=Belle Foundation |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127045627/https://bellefoundation.org/grantees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *2005 Art Is A Hammer Award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Award Honorees |url=https://www.politicalgraphics.org/past-award-honorees |website=political-graphics |publisher=Center for the Study of Political Graphics |access-date=14 October 2024 |language=en |archive-date=15 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015114005/https://www.politicalgraphics.org/past-award-honorees |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2005 Parco Museum, Tokyo, Japan<ref>{{cite web |title=ARCHIVES - PARCO MUSEUM - 平和ポスター展 「Yo! What Happened to Peace?」 ～平和って、どうしちゃったんだっけ？～ |url=https://art.parco.jp/acr/web/archives/parcomuseum/heiwa_poster/index.html |website=art.parco.jp |publisher=Parco Museum |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712183343/https://art.parco.jp/acr/web/archives/parcomuseum/heiwa_poster/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links== {{wikiquote}} *[http://www.favianna.com/ Favianna Rodriguez's webpage] *[http://culturestrike.net/ Culturestrike] *[http://presente.org/ Presente] *[https://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/cema/favianna-rodriguez/ Favianna Rodriguez Papers] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160620194929/http://www.culturestrike.org/project/migration-is-beautiful Migration is Beautiful]}}

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