EDUCATION
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, 2010
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, 2006
ANTIOCH COLLEGE, Yellow Springs, OH
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England (study abroad)
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, Japan (study abroad)
Bachelor of Arts in Language, Literature and Culture, 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Worlds Within. Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy. Milton, MA. 2022
all that moves. INSTALLATION SPACE. North Adams, MA. 2021
Layered Time: Allison Maria Rodriguez – “Once in a Lifetime”. curated by Kathleen Bitetti. Spoke Gallery. South Boston, MA. 2021
The Strength of Very Small Things. (a Jewish Arts Collaborative Boston “Brighter Connected” project), Boston Cyberarts Gallery. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2020
Subversive Dreams. Emerson Contemporary Media Art Gallery, Emerson College. Boston, MA. 2020
Wish You Were Here: Greetings from the Galápagos. The Boston Children’s Museum. Boston, MA. 2018
Quickening the Dust: Rekindling our Living Link. The Dorchester Art Project. Boston, MA. 2018
In the Presence of Absence. (Latinx Heritage Month installation), 13FOREST Gallery. Arlington, MA. 2017
TWO & THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Exquisite Entanglement. (with Yuko Oda) 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA. 2022
A Thread, Extended. (with Odette England & Justin Levesque) curated by Amy Halliday. Gallery 360, Northeastern University. Boston, MA. 2021
Flickering at the Edge of Anthropocene. (with Barry Underwood & Kathy Vajda) curated by Darren L. Miller. Blockfort Gallery, Columbus, OH. 2020
Secrets of the Unseen. (with Marie Craig), Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2019
Personal Ecologies. (with Yuko Oda) curated by Caitlin Foley. Hynes Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2019
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
New England Triennial 2022. curated by Sarah Montross and Shana Dumont Garr, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum & Fruitlands Museum, (installation at deCordova), Lincoln, MA. 2022
Paradoxical Objects: Video Sculpture Art from 1968 to Today. curated by Sue Bachmeier and Peggy Schoenegge, peer to space, Berlin, Germany (virtual). 2021
TBD. curated by Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance’s Ena Kantardžić , Juan Omar Rodriguez & Jasper A. Sanchez, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA 2021
Approaching Maximum: The Climate Crisis Now. VAE Raleigh. Raleigh, NC. 2021
Off World: Arctic Origins. curated by Isabel Beavers & Richelle Gribble, featured at Culture Hub Re-Fest 2021, SUPERCOLLIDER. Inglewood, CA (virtual). 2021
ACCESS: Art. curated by Amanda Contrada, featuring recipients of the Boston Red Bull Arts Microgrant. Boston Center for the Arts & Red Bull Arts, Boston, MA (virtual). 2021
Land Akin. curated by Gabriel de Guzman. Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY. 2021
Upended. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA. 2021
After Spiritualism: Loss and Transcendence in Contemporary Art. curated by Lisa Crossman. The Fitchburg Art Museum. Fitchburg, MA. 2020
State of the Environment / Fate of the Earth: The Art of Environmental Justice. Dana Hall Gallery, Dana Hall School. Wellesley, MA. 2020
Read Between the Lines. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2019
Contours of Meaning. curated by Jameson Johnson. The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA. 2019
Networked. SciArt Center Initiative exhibition, The Nook Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2019
Twist and Twine. Paradice Palase, ChaShaMa Space, juried by Tiffany Smith, Long Island City, NY. 2019
I Wanna Dance with Somebody – The Every Woman Biennial (formerly the 3rd Whitney Houston Biennial). La MaMa Gallería & 222 Bowery Gallery. New York City, NY. 2019
Call of the Wild. 13FOREST Gallery. Arlington, MA. 2019
Not Just Us: Women Artists Speak Out for Social Justice. The Dana Hall Art Gallery, Dana Hall School. Wellesley, MA. 2019
Art Affair. Chase Young Gallery. Boston, MA. 2019
Breaking the Rules. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2018
The Cube Art Project. The Railyard. Lincoln, NE. 2018 – 2019
Mapping Worlds II. Spaceus. Cambridge, MA. 2018
Art on the Marquee: Round 25. Collaboration with painter Ashley Billingsley. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2018 – 2019
Thank You Kindly. The CreateWell Fund, Makeshift Boston. Boston, MA. 2018
Environmental Textures. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Boston, MA. 2018
How Nature Instructs Us. Suffolk University Gallery, Suffolk University. Boston, MA. 2018
Barnstorm 2018. PUNCH Projects, Bluestone Academy. Ellensburg, WA. 2018
Electric Women. electric-women.com, online curated gallery featuring women of color working at the intersection of art, science, tech, and social practice. 2018
The Globe Project. Center for Sundhed og Samfund, University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2018
13WOMEN. 13FOREST Gallery. Arlington, MA. 2018
Thrive. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2018
Space Invaders: International Juried Exhibition. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2018
Creative Climate Awards Exhibition. Human Impacts Institute, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. New York, NY. 2017
Nasty Women Boston: A Nasty Art Exhibition. Laconia Gallery. Boston, MA. 2017
Traces: Imprints on the Natural World. Arts Letters & Numbers. Averill Park, NY. 2017
Art on the Marquee: Round 21. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2017
Mujeres 2017. La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Boston, MA. 2017
Apple Pie: An American Art Show. Goodyear Arts. Charlotte, NC. 2017
A Group Thing. The Thomas Young Gallery. Boston, MA. 2016 – 2017
Out of the Woods: Fairy Tales Re-imagined. The Nave Gallery, Nave Annex. Somerville, MA. 2016
Artist Statement. Czong Institute of Contemporary Art. Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. 2016
Art on the Marquee: Round 18. Collaboration with sculptor Nathalie Miebach. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2016
Threads: Pride Alliance of Columbus Juried Art Exhibition. Pop-Up Gallery. Columbus, IN. 2016
Emerging Latino Artists 2016. La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Boston, MA. 2016
Art on the Marquee: Round 16. Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Boston Convention Center. Boston, MA. 2015 – 2016
Out of the Office. The Karen Aqua Gallery. Cambridge, MA. 2015
L’éclair: Coming Soon #7. Maverick Marketplace. Boston, MA. 2014
Scidentity. The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
A3: Antioch, Art, Alumni: Juried Exhibition. Uptown Arts Center, Preston Bradley Center. Chicago, IL. 2012
Identity Element: Works from the New Axiom Group. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2011
MFA Thesis Exhibition. Koppleman Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University. Boston, MA. 2009 – 2010
The Mind is A Beautiful Beast. OKW Gallery and Medicine Wheel Gallery. Boston, MA. 2009
MEZCLA: Six Emerging Latino Artists. New England Gallery of Latin American Art. Boston, MA. 2008
Authorship/Context. Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
I Was Just Looking for a Pot of Gold. Weems Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
Midnight Blooming. GASP Gallery. Brookline, MA. 2007
NEW MEDIA EVENTS, PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS
AREA CODE ART FAIR: Drive-In Video/ Digital Art Projects. curated by Dr. Leonie Bradbury, O’Keefe Sports Complex, Salem State University. Salem, MA. 2020
Illuminus: New Media Festival. curated by David Guerra, The Financial District. Boston, MA. 2019
The Salon for Experimental Sound & Image (SESI). curated by Maya Erdelyi in conjunction with “The Skin Has Eyes: Animated Visions”. The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA. 2019
PRISM. The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA. 2019
Lightworks 2016: New Media Festival. We Must Create, Nelson House. Grimsby, United Kingdom. 2016
Like Life, Only Shorter: Independent Film Series. The Jam Factory. Manchester, NH. 2012
NewFilmmakers New York: Spring Fest 2010. Courthouse Theater, Anthology Film Archive. New York, NY. 2010
The Best of Student Filmmaking. The Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2010
10th Annual Reality Bytes Independent Film Festival. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL. 2010
Electric Shadows Film Festival. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2008
Axiom & Non-Event Presents: A Live Experimental Sound and Video Performance. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2008
Freefall Video Performance Festival. The Squealing Pig. Boston, MA. 2008
SMFA Film Annual. The Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. 2008
SunDeis Film Festival. Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. 2008
HONORS AND AWARDS
Brother Thomas Fellowship, 2021 Fellowship Award, The Boston Foundation, MA, 2021
Artist’s Resource Trust Grant Award (A.R.T Grant), Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Sheffield, MA, 2021
Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalist Award, Film & Video, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA, 2021
Distinguished Artist Award Nominee, St. Boltoph Club, Boston, MA, 2021
Red Bull Arts Boston Microgrant Award, Red Bull Arts Program, Santa Monica, CA, 2020
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award Nominee, The Boston Foundation, Boston, MA, 2019
Activist Artist Award, Medicine Wheel Productions, Boston, MA, 2019
The ARTery 25, featured recipient, honoring 25 millennials of color impacting the Boston arts and culture scene, The ARTery, WBUR, Boston, MA, 2019
CEANYC Cooperative Leadership Intensive, selected cohort member, Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City, New York, NY, 2019
Boston Center for the Arts Studio Artist, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 2018 – 2021
Opportunity Fund Grant, The Boston Cultural Council / Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture for the City of Boston, Boston, MA, 2018
Earthwatch Communications Fellowship, The Earthwatch Institute, Boston, MA, 2018
Creative Climate Awards, grand prize winner, The Human Impacts Institute, New York, NY, 2017
Latinx Heritage Month & Día de los Muertos Installation Grant, In the Presence of Absence, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington Cultural Council & Massachusetts Cultural Council, MA, 2017
CreateWell Fund Artist Grant, The CreateWell Fund, Boston, MA, 2017
Core Gallery Member, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2017 – 2022
Salon 2017 Exhibition Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Arts, Dallas, TX, 2017
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, 2017
Assets for Artists Matched Savings Grant Award, Assets for Artists, 2017
Juror (with Nicholas Capasso, Dana Filibert & Jen Mergel), Massachusetts Cultural Council 2017 Sculpture, Installation, New Genres Fellowship, 2016
Princess Grace Award Nomination, The Princess Grace Foundation, 2010
Dean’s Award & Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009
Sir Henry Herbert Bartlett Travel Scholarship, The Bartlett, 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 – 2009
RMS Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Forest City Education Foundation, 2007 – 2009
Curriculum Committee Student Representative, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2007 – 2008
Graduate Student Grant, Tufts University, 2006 – 2009
Best Actress Award, SunDeis Film Festival, Brandeis University, 2008
Active Citizenship Fellowship Grant, Tufts University Tish College of Civic Life, 2007
Nelson Urban Scholarship, Antioch College, 1998 – 2002
Ohio Foundation Scholarship, The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, 1998 – 2002
Horace Mann Scholarship, Antioch College, 1998 – 2002
Michener-Pillard Scholarship, The Michnener Institute, 1998 – 2002
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba, Canada. 2018
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. 2018
The Dorchester Art Project (invited as inaugural resident), Boston, MA. 2018
The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY. 2017
Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY. 2017
The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA. 2016
RECENT ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS
“Moving Image in Contemporary Art”, visiting artist/guest lecturer, Emerson College International Film Program, Emerson College, Boston, MA (virtual). 2022
Spotlight Artist, artist presentation,“Crafting Thoughtful Artist Residency Experiences” workshop, Artist Communities Alliance “Strengthening Your Equitable Capacity” Workshop Series, Providence, RI (virtual). 2022
Catalyst Conversations: Looking for Answers in the Galápagos, panel artist, Catalyst Conversations, Boston, MA (virtual). 2022
Creative Practice as Research, keynote speaker with Nathalie Miebach, National Art Education Association, Research Preconvention, New York City, NY (virtual). 2022
Worlds Within, artist presentation alongside solo show, Milton Academy, Milton, MA (virtual). 2022
Art, Climate and Boston – WeSpoke Gallery Series, panel discussion, Spoke Gallery, South Boston, MA. 2021
Layered Time, artist talk with curator Kathleen Bitetti, Spoke Gallery, South Boston, MA. 2021
Media Arts Intensive, guest speaker, professional development educators conference, Davis Publications, Worcester, MA (virtual). 2021
Grinnell College Film Society Lecture Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez, guest speaker, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA (virtual). 2021
Art + Climate, panelist, Harvard ArtLab & the Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship, (virtual). 2021
Impending Beauty: Fashion, Relationship to Land & Identity, roundtable discussion, hosted by Tatiana Arocha and Gabriel de Guzman in conjunction with “Land Akin”, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (virtual & live). 2021
Intermedia MFA Fall Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez, guest lecturer, University of Maine, Orono, ME. (virtual). 2020
Resilience, Survival, Extinction Lecture Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez, guest lecturer, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (virtual). 2020
Society for Photographic Education Conference: Flickering at the Edge of Anthropocene, “To Be Continued . . “ South Central Chapter, panel artist, (virtual). 2020
Climate Change and Contemporary Art Lecture Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez, guest speaker, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA (virtual). 2020
Utopia Now: Contemporary New England Artists, “AREA CODE Conversations” featured event, panel artist, moderated by curators Sarah Montross and Shana Dumont, Boston, MA (virtual). 2020
Art, Agency & Audience, guest lecturer, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (virtual). 2020
Art & Climate Change: Allison Maria Rodriguez, artist talk, The Engagement Lab, Emerson College, Boston, MA. 2020
Constructing an Exhibition – Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow, guest lecturer in Contemporary Curatorial Studies for Dr. Leonie Bradbury, Emerson College, Boston, MA. 2020
Curator Talk: Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow, curator, Ellison Campus Center, Salem State University, Salem, MA. 2020
Contours of Meaning Artist Panel Discussion, panel artist, moderated by curator Jameson Johnson, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. 2019
The Relationship Between Trauma, Art & Resilience, panel discussion featuring Angela Counts, Umeleni Mhlaba-Adebo and Allison Maria Rodriguez, moderated by Dell Marie Hamilton, Ellison Campus Center, Salem State University, Salem, MA. 2019
Social Justice Day of Learning: Art & Social Justice, artist presentation featuring Allison Maria Rodriguez & Chanel Thervil, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA. 2019
Art From Trauma: A Forum, visiting artist lecture featuring Dell Marie Hamilton & Allison Maria Rodriguez, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. 2018
Artist-in-Residence Lecture Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez, artist lecture, Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. 2018
Thank You Kindly, panel artist, The CreateWell Fund, Makeshift Boston, Boston, MA. 2018
Art & Tech // Show & Tell Series: Allison Maria Rodriguez + Catherine Siller – Projection & Performance, artist lecture, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA. 2018
Women Speak: A Conversation with the Artists of 13WOMEN, artist talk, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA. 2018
Rekindling our Living Link: Art & Environmentalism in a Contemporary Context, artist talk and panel discussion in conjunction with solo exhibition, The Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA. 2018
Decolonizing the Body: Marca X Panel & Artist Talk, guest speaker/curator, La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Boston, MA. 2018
Space Invaders: Curator Talk & Artist Panel, panel artist, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
In the Presence of Absence: an Exploration of Ecological and Cultural Loss, artist presentation with solo exhibition, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA. 2017
COMMISSIONS
Public Art Community Workshop Commission, New Art in Old Colony workshop series, collaborative with artist Franklin Marval, Spoke Gallery/Medicine Wheel Productions, Old Colony, South Boston, MA, 2021
Public Art Commission, Brighter Connected, The Strength of Very Small Things, Jewish Arts Collaborative, Boston, MA, 2020
Public Media Art Commission, Illuminus Boston, Legends Breathe – Divine Night, Illuminus Boston & LuminArtz, 2019
Public Media Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, Vanishing Points, a collaboration with painter Ashley Billingsley, Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2018
Public Media Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, One Girl’s Fantasy, Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2017
Public Media Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, Unknown Refuge, a collaboration with sculptor Nathalie Miebach, curated round, Boston Cyberarts/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2016
Public Media Art Commission, Art on the Marquee, A Poem for Lonesome George, Boston Cyberarts/Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, 2015 – 2016
Documentary Production Commission, Community Arts Initiative Project, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Raul Gonzalez III, 2011
Documentary Production Commission, Community Arts Initiative Project, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Caleb Neelon, 2010
RECENT PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
“Exquisite Entanglement Exhibit in Arlington Explores Climate Change Through a Surreal Lens“ (feature/interview), The Boston Globe, Metro Section, Katie Mogg, July 25, 2022
“Where We Fit in the Firmament: A Conversation with Allison Maria Rodriguez” (feature/interview), Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Marcus Civin, University of California Press, Volume 49, Issue 1, March 2022
“Instinctive, Playful, Meticulous: Rodriguez Uses Her Art to Overcome Past Trauma” (artist spotlight feature), Artscope Magazine (print), Rachel Flood Page, Volume 16, Number 6, January/February 2022
“On the Way: A Thread Extended at Northeastern University’s Gallery 360” (review & image featured), Boston Art Review Magazine (print), Maya Rubio, Issue 07: Rooting, Fall 2021
“Stitches in Time” (review & image featured), The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, Aug. 19, 2021
“What’s Happening in the Art World – Layered Time: Allison Maria Rodriguez – Once in a Lifetime” The Boston Globe, The Ticket, Cate McQuaid, Jul. 9, 2021
“Exploring Climate Change with Allison Maria Rodriguez”, podcast interview, Art Uncovered with Kimberly Ruth, BTRtoday, May 11, 2021
“Land Akin at Smack Mellon” (exhibition review), Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, Sophia Ma, Feb. 2021
“Your Concise New York Art Guide for January 2021 (image featured), Hyperallergic, Art, Dessane Lopez Cassell, Jan. 13, 2021
“Woods & Wilds: The Podcast”, podcast interview, Woods & Wilds, episode 9, produced by Dogwood Alliance and SlayTheMic, Kimala Luna and Elizabeth Lashay, apple podcasts/spotify, Jan 11, 2021
“03: Thylacine – with Allison Maria Rodriguez”, podcast interview, Artists Looking at Animals, episode 3, hosted and produced by Andy Pepper, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Dec. 9, 2020
“A Festival of Art and Lights for All Who Need it”, (review of “Brighter Connected”), The Boston Globe, Holidays, Cate McQuaid, Dec. 8, 2020
“Flickering at the Edge Should Serve as a Warning Beacon”, (review & image featured), Columbus Alive, Andy Downing, Entertainment, Oct. 15, 2020
“Fantasy is a Place to Retreat, Recharge in these Artist Videos”, (solo show review), The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, Aug 18, 2020 (online), Aug 21, 2020 (in print)
“Experimental Art Leaves the Museum and Heads for the Drive-In”, (image & interview featured), Boston Art Review, Jacquinn Sinclair, Aug. 20, 2020
“Area Code: More than just a Drive-In Experience”, (image featured), Creative North Shore, Joey Phoenix, Aug. 20, 2020
“Fitchburg Art Museum Explores Mortality and Remembrance with After Spiritualism”, (image featured), Boston Art Review Magazine (print), Daria Semco, Issue 5, Summer 2020
“Artists Delve into Death, Loss and Hope in Fitchburg Art Museum Exhibition”, Worcester Magazine, Nancy Sheehan, Mar. 7, 2020
“At Fitchburg Art Museum, revisiting Spiritualism and finding new pathways to the dead”, (image featured), The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, (online & in print) Feb. 21, 2020
“Inquiry: Lisa Crossman, Imna Arroyo & Allison Maria Rodriguez”, podcast interview, Mark Lynch, 90.5 WICN Public Radio, Feb 13, 2020
“The Ticket – What’s Happening in the Local Arts World”, Galleries, (curatorial), The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, Feb. 13, 2020
“Artists Mourn and Remember In Fitchburg Art Museum’s After Spiritualism”, (image featured), The ARTery, WBUR, Pamela Reynolds, Feb. 6, 2020
“Illuminus 2019 Artists Talk About the Importance of a Digital, Public Art”, (image featured & interview), The Boston Hassle, Chris Hues, Dec. 4, 2019
“Boston’s Illuminus Festival Lights Up the Financial District with Socially Engaged Art”, (image featured & interview), The Boston Globe, Arts, Chris Triunfo, Nov. 27, 2019 (online) print version on Dec 1, 2019
“At the BCA, an Artist’s Show-Stopping Video Ties Personal Loss to Ecological Disaster”, (work referenced in title & image featured), The Boston Globe, Galleries, Cate McQuaid, Sept. 25, 2019 (online) print version published as “The Personal is Ecological” on Sept. 27, 2019
“Climate Change Art: Speaking of Travel’s Climate Listening Project Explores Nature Through Art”, (podcast interview) Speaking of Travel + Climate Listening Project Podcast Series, hosted by Marilyn Bell & Dayna Regerro, iHeart Radio, aired August 17, 2019
“Best Photo Picks May 2019”, What Will You Remember? – Photography Views | Reviews | Interviews, Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy, May 2, 2019
“Meet The ARTery 25 – Millennials Of Color Impacting Boston Arts And Culture”, (featured recipient) The ARTery, WBUR, Amelia Mason, Amy Gorel, Andrea Shea, Arielle Gray, Cristela Guerra and Maria Garcia, Mar. 25, 2019
“An Artist’s Notebook: Recognizing the Unseen”, The ARTery, WBUR, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Dec. 10, 2018
“A Holiday Gallery, Coat Drive and Education Awards “ The Boston Globe, Informer, Cynthia Fernandez and Ysabelle Kempe, Dec. 7, 2018
“5 Things to Do This Weekend, From ‘Black Nativity’ to Rule-Breaking Art ”, The ARTery, WBUR, Amelia Mason, Dec. 6, 2018
“28 Artists Break the Rules at SoWa’s Fountain Street Gallery”, (curatorial interview and art image) The ARTery, WBUR, Pamela Reynolds, Nov. 27, 2018
“An Artist’s Notebook: How Creativity and Science Converge”, The ARTery, WBUR, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Aug. 3, 2018
“Lauren Valley’s Electric Women Project Provides a Space for Women of Color”, Art Reviews & Features, Pittsburgh City Paper, Rebecca Addison, May 16, 2018
“CreateWell Fund: Supporting Artists of Color in the Greater Boston Area”, (image featured), Artsake, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Dan Blask, May 15, 2018
“Electric Women”, electric-women.com, online curated gallery featuring women of color working at the intersection of art, science, tech, and social practice, (images and feature), Lauren Valley, 2018
“The Thought Provokers: Meet Allison Maria Rodriguez”, (images and interview) Boston Voyager Magazine | Boston City Guide, April 28, 2018
“An Exhibit of Women’s Art, a Forum on Women, and a New England Film Premiere”, (image featured) The Boston Globe, Informer, Zipporah Osei, Mar. 16, 2018
“Grieving our Earth, Artist Allison Maria Rodriguez Creates ‘Chapel to the Apocalypse’ in Dorchester”, (images and feature) Pamela Reynolds, The ARTery, WBUR, Feb. 14, 2018
“DAP opens artist-in-residence exhibition with the works of Allison Rodriguez ”, (images & feature) Claire Mulvena, The Dorchester Post, Feb. 9, 2018
“Upcoming Artist Panel with Allison Maria Rodriguez on 2/15/2018”, (image & feature) Hope Johnson, Boston Hassle, Feb. 8, 2018
“February Compass: Big 3 Art”, (image & feature) Anya Smolnikova, Boston Hassle, Feb. 2, 2018
“Salon 2017”, Georgia Erger, Peripheral Vision, Issue 7, 2018
“Dorchester Art Project Welcomes Allison Maria Rodriguez ”, (images & feature) The Boston Hassle, Art Hassle, Jan. 25, 2018
“Urban Update: Latino Community Engagement Segment” (curatorial work interview), Urban Update, Channel 7 / WHDH, produced by Alberto Vasallo III, aired Jan 10, 2018
“#Quickening the Dust: Allison Maria Rodriguez ”, (image & feature) The Boston Compass, Issue #91, Anya Smolnikova, Jan. 2018
“Creative Climate Awards Closing Reception ”, (image & interview featured) Asian in NY, Rubianny Alvarado, Nov. 18, 2017
“An Artist Talk, a New College Vice President, and an Art Show ”, (image featured) The Boston Globe, Sophia Eppolito, Nov. 03, 2017
“Capitol Square Hosts Day of the Dead Fiesta ”, (image featured) The Arlington Advocate, James Jesson, Oct. 30, 2017
“The Weekly Wrap Up: Oct. 27 – Nov 02: in the presence of absence x chaos & cohesion x i can i will i did ”, (image featured) Flux Boston, Oct. 27, 2017
“Places You Can Hang: The Dorchester Art Project”, The Boston Compass, Anya Smolnikova, October 3, 2017
“Confronting Earth’s Trauma”, The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, Allison Maria Rodriguez, July 3, 2017
“Confronting Earth’s Trauma”, Artists & Climate Change: Building Earth Connections, Allison Maria Rodriguez, June 29, 2017
“It’s Art, It’s Queer. It’s Here to Stay: Inclusivity (finally) hits Boston’s Art Scene”, DigBoston, Heather Kapplow, June 7, 2017
“IBA and Villa Victoria Present Mujeres”, The Boston Sun, Joe Prezioso, March 17, 2017
“Artist Statement #1”, Leejin Kim, CICA Press, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, January 2017
“Art at the Intersection”, The Metro Boston, Jake Taber, (curatorial work interview), August 11, 2016
“Art Exhibition Highlights Diversity of LGBTQIA People with Disabilities in Boston ”, The Rainbow Times, Luke Sherman, (curatorial work interview), August 4, 2016
“The Week Ahead: Galleries”, The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, July 20, 2016
“Gallery Girls: Art on the Marquee to Feature Women Artists”, Caught in Southie: South Boston’s Neighborhood Magazine, Mairead Mcgonagle, June 27, 2016
“George Fifield of Boston Cyberarts on Bringing Art to a Marquee”, The Boston Globe, Corlyn Voorhees, May 26, 2016
“Boston Cyberarts to Premiere Five New Works by Women Artists for “Art on the Marquee”, The Evolving Critic, Anulfo Baez, May 4, 2016
“Five New Works by Women Artists at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center”, Yareah Magazine: Arts Section, May 3, 2016
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Fire in the Belly. (an exhibition of performance art), Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, upcoming 2022 (*postponed from 2020 & 2021 due to COVID)
Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow. (featuring Latina artists working on climate justice issues) The Winfisky Gallery, Salem State University, Salem, MA. 2020
Breaking the Rules. Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. 2018
Marca X: an exhibition of LGBTQIA Latinx Artists. La Galería at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción and the Crossings Gallery at The Harvard Ed Portal. Boston, MA. 2018
2nd Annual HorrorFest – International Film Festival. The Bartos Theater, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology List Visual Arts Center. Cambridge, MA. 2016
You Think It’s _____, but It’s Really _____. (featuring artists living and working at the intersection of queer identity and disability). Midway Gallery at Midway Artists Studios. Boston, MA. 2016
Geotagging Cambridge: Street Photography in the Digital Age. The Karen Aqua Gallery. Cambridge, MA. 2015
HorrorFest – International Film Festival. Cambridge Community Television. Cambridge, MA. 2015
Scidentity. (with BLAA) Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Reclamation. (with BLAA) Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Play. (with BLAA) Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2014
Vivere. (with BLAA) Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance Gallery, The MALE Center. Boston, MA. 2013
Pattern Recognition. Axiom Gallery: Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2011
ARTIST COLLECTIVES
CREATEWELL COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP ALUMNI BOARD, Boston, MA, 2019 – now
BOSTON LGBTQIA+ ARTIST ALLIANCE (BLAA), Boston, MA, active from 2013 – 2018
AXIOM GALLERY FOR NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA, Jamaica Plain, MA. 2010 – 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA. 2017 & 2021-now
Artist Mentor, Master of Fine Arts Program
ASSETS FOR ARTISTS, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA. 2021-now
Freelance Trainer, Capacity-Building Grant Program
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA. 2020
Part-Time Lecturer, College of Art, Media and Design
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA. 2018 – 2020
Adjunct Faculty, Art + Design, Division of Integrated Studies
- “Image in Context” & “Visual Culture Seminar”
SISTERS UNCHAINED, Boston, MA. 2017
Arts Workshop Instructor
CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TELEVISION, Cambridge, MA. 2013 – 2017
Media & Technology Education Coordinator
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2011 – 2012
Adjunct Faculty
- Graduate Seminar and Critique Courses: “The Artist as a Cultural Worker” I & II
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2009
Graduate Teaching Fellow
- “Critical Mass: A Group Critique for Socially Engaged Artists”
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2004 – 2009
Teaching Assistant
- Video Production I & II
8 Photographers & 4 Photographers Seminars
Graduate Film Seminar “Myself, Yourself: The Diary Film”
Graduate Seminar “Context”
Photography Foundations
Intro to Black and White Photography
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Boston, MA. 2008
Student Mentor, Pre-College Summer Studio Program
SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION, Somerville, MA. 2007
Video Production Instructor, Youth Program
PORT DISCOVERY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD. 2001
Program Associate in the Arts
SHIMACHI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Kyoto, Japan. 1999
English and American Culture Teacher
USA MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING CENTERS, Buckhannon, WV. 1993 – 1998
Assistant Martial Arts Instructor
ADDITIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE
BOSTON CYBERARTS, Boston, MA. 2020 – now
Assistant Director
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA. 2010 – 2013
Administrator for the Humanities Center’s Artists and Practitioners in Residence Program
POWDERHOUSE PRODUCTIONS, Somerville, MA. 2009
Production & Editing Internship
THINK AGAIN, ARTIST COLLABORATIVE, Jamaica Plain, MA. 2006 – 2008
Project Manager
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 2005 – 2007
Video Production Student Technical Support
RITZ CAMERA, Brookline, MA. 2004 – 2005
Lab Technician