Artist Statement
My practice starts from a desire for connection–from an embodied perspective of phenomenology, my content and material decisions are guided by the internal or constructed systems that relate us to one another. My goal is to critique systems that strain our connections or illuminate connective tissue that may otherwise go unnoticed. I examine these systems through the framework of humor and the abject. If humor can be a tool to point out underlying deep structures within society and illuminate arbitrary social standards, I am using its association with abject topics of bodily and societal waste to remind us of our tangible corporeal existence. I hope to use this typically avoided physicality as a point of familiarity.
Bio
Maddie Jones Rodriguez is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. She will graduate with her MFA in fiber and material studies from Tyler School of Art & Architecture in the spring of 2025. She received her BFA in painting from Texas State University in San Marcos Texas. Her current sculptural practice explores the creation of objects that subvert function and propose new avenues of connection. Rodriguez has worked across art and community as an educator and studio assistant while building her personal practice.
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Madeline Rodriguez
maddiejonesrodriguez.com
rodriguez.maddie@gmail.com
Education
2025 Temple University MFA Candidate, Fiber and Material studies Philadelphia, PA
2021 Texas State University BFA Studio Arts, Painting San Marcos, TX
Academic Leadership
2024-2025 Leadership/Social Media, Graduate A.C.-Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
2024 Studio Assistant-Pepon Osorio Philadelphia, PA
2022-2023 Fine Arts Teacher-Mendez Middle School Austin, TX
2021-2022 Sculpture Teacher-Totally Cool Totally Art/City of Austin
Studio Assistant-Gil Bruvel Inc. Wimberley, TX
2021 Muralist-Snappaheads San Marcos, TX
2020-2021 Intern & Paid Studio Assistant-ArtPace San Antonio, TX
Curatorial Work
2024 Fuzzy Forms, Co-curator, Stella Elkins Gallery, Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Lectures
2024 Fiber and Material Studies MFA Artist Talk Series Temple University Philadelphia, PA
2023 Fiber and Material Studies MFA Artist Talk Series Temple University
Exhibitions
2024 High in Fiber Abington Art Center Jenkintown, PA
The Sublime is Meow Big Ramp Philadelphia, PA
Fuzzy Forms Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
Material Matters Green Hallway,Tyler School of Art & Architecture
2020 The Violet Hour BFA Thesis Exhibition TXST(virtual) San Marcos, TX
You Had to Be There Exhibition TXST (virtual)
2019 Group Show Blue Dahlia Gallery
2017 The Gosh Dang Ol’ Puddin’ Party Taja’s Gallery
Friendshow The Homestead Gallery
Public Art
2021 Reimagined Landfill site specific installation-temporary San Marcos, TX
2018 Theater and Visual Arts Night site specific installation-temporary San Marcos, TX