“La Flor El Nicho y sus Memorias,” 2020, stoneware with glaze, clay, wood, steel, installation approx. 6 x 6 x 8 ft.; Mictlantecuhtli (God of Death) 30 x 18 x 18 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Teaching Artist Cohort
2025
Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, Texas, George Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, ceramic sculptures, often underlined by a connection to sociopolitical themes. His guardian figures, tomb sculptures, and installations commemorate and build community. His most recent projects include a permanent installation at the new Kansas City International Airport, a community tile mural at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and an outdoor public sculpture at CASA of Maryland, an immigration advocacy organization in Baltimore.
His sculptures are part of the collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen College of Computer Science and Engineering (Seattle), the James Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D.C.), and the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, amongst others. Rodriguez holds a BFA from the University of Texas El Paso and an MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is an assistant professor at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia and was featured on the PBS series Craft in America in the "Storytellers" episode.
Selected works
“Love You Carnal,” 2023, stoneware with glaze, 85 x 28 x 22 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Memoria Ancestral,” 2023, stoneware with glaze, ceramic bowl, clay, 77 x 23 x 20 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Mexican American Gothic,” 2018, stoneware with glaze, wood, screws, 84 x 60 x 30 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“La Flor El Nicho y sus Memorias,” 2020, stoneware with glaze, clay, wood, steel, installation approx. 6 x 6 x 8 ft.; Mictlantecuhtli (God of Death) 30 x 18 x 18 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“An Altar,” 2018, stoneware with glaze, 100 x 60 x 60 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Suited Lion,” 2021, stoneware with glaze, 27.5 x 12 x 28 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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