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

A Human Glimpse of Cosmic Time. curated by Debra Simon. Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, NYC. Art at Amtrak & Empire State Development, New York City, NY, upcoming Oct 2024

Earth Oracles. University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA. 2024

Earth Oracles. Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2023

Legends Breathe.  curated by Dr. Lynne Cooney. Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art. Beverly, MA. 2023

Allison Maria Rodriguez: Works from “In the Presence of Absence”.  Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design. Portland, ME. 2022

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.  curated by Dr. Leonie Bradbury. 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

Museum of Science Boston Youth Climate Summit.  (with Georgie Friedman & Dirt Lux) curated by MASARY Studios, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, upcoming 2024

SYNERGY.  (with Shaun Clarke) Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA. 2022

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 (& FESTIVALS)

New England Now: Strange States.  curated by Carolyn Bauer, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT. 2024

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

Sanctuary City.  curated by Julia Csekö, Somerville Museum. Somerville, 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

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

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

Illuminus: New Media Festival.  curated by David Guerra, The Financial District. Boston, MA. 2019

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

Lightworks 2016: New Media Festival.  We Must Create, Nelson House. Grimsby, United Kingdom. 2016

A Group Thing. The Thomas Young Gallery. Boston, MA. 2016

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

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

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

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

Axiom & Non-Event Presents: A Live Experimental Sound and Video Performance.  Axiom Gallery:  Center for New and Experimental Media. Jamaica Plain, MA. 2008

SunDeis Film Festival.  Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. 2008

Midnight Blooming. GASP Gallery. Brookline, MA. 2007

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Broad Trauma Initiative (BTI), Proposal Funding Award for BTI Artist-in-Residence Program and Art Installation, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2023 – 25

Opportunity Fund FY24 Grant, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston, Boston, MA, 2024

Artadia Awards Finalist, 2023 Boston Artadia Awards, Artadia, New York, NY, 2023

The 2023 International Guest Artist-in-Residence, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2023

Prilla Smith Brackett Award Finalist, The Davis Museum at Wellseley College, Wellseley, MA, 2022

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

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

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

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Broad Trauma Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2023 – 25

Digital Arts Studios (International Guest Artist-in-Residence), Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2023

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

 

COMMISSIONS

Public Media Art Commission, Moynihan Train Hall NYC, A Human Glimpse of Cosmic Time, Art at Amtrak in partnership with Empire State Development, curated by Debra Simon Art Consulting, upcoming Oct 2024

Media Art Commission, Museum of Science, Our Long Now, 2024 Boston Youth Climate Summit, Museum of Science, Boston, curated by MASARY Studios, upcoming Oct 2024

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 ARTIST TALKS/PRESENTATIONS

Looking at Animals: Artistic, Scientific and Ethical Reflections in a Multispecies World, presentation & interdisciplinary panel discussion with Rodriguez, Prof. Alison Hamilton (Biology) and Prof. Whitley Kaufman (Philosophy), moderated by Prof. Kirsten Swenson (Art History), Rist Institute of Sustainability & Energy, UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA. 2024

UMASS Galleries Artist Lecture & Conversation: Allison Maria Rodriguez, presentation in conjunction with solo exhibition, UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA. 2024

Connecting Through Art: Research as Creative Practice, speaker presentation, Biology of Trauma Initiative Symposium / Annual Convening, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Cambridge, MA. 2023

Digital and Immersive Experiences, artist presentation & panel discussion, featuring Rodriguez, Dr. EL Putnam & Dr. Laura O’Connor, moderated by Dr. Angela Halliday, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2023

Reaching New Audiences: Why Art?, artist presentation, Biology of Trauma Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. 2023

Montserrat Galleries Artist Lecture: Allison Maria Rodriguez, presentation in conjunction with solo exhibition, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. 2023

Art as Activism: A Conversation with Yuko Oda and Allison Maria Rodriguez, artist talk in conjunction with 2-person exhibition, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA. 2022

“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

 

SELECTED / RECENT PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

“Stranger Things / Shelburne Museum’s “New England Now” Series Returns to Explore the Otherworldly” (exhibition review), Seven Days, Art Review, Amy Lilly, (print & online), May 29, 2024

“Eye on Art: UML’s University Gallery Celebrates and Warns in Brilliant Earth Oracles” (solo show highlight/image featured), The Lowell Sun, Local News, Nancye Tuttle, Jan. 18, 2024

“Artadia Announces 2023 Boston Finalists” (featured finalist), Boston Art Review, Oct 10, 2023

“Thirteen Art Exhibitions to Catch Around New England as Winter Turns into Spring” (solo show featured), Boston Art Review Editorial Staff, Kaitlyn Ovett Clark, Boston Art Review, Feb 13. 2023

“What Art to See This Winter” (solo show featured), Wonderland, Greg Cook, Jan. 3, 2023

Exquisite Entanglement Exhibit in Arlington Explores Climate Change Through a Surreal Lens“ (feature/interview), The Boston Globe, Metro Section, Katie Mogg, July 25, 2022 (online) August 14, 2022 (print)

“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

“Multimedia and Film Explore the Changing Arctic”, By the Way Berkshires, Kate Abbott, Nov. 17, 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

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

“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. 2022

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

ASSETS FOR ARTISTS, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA. 2021-now
Freelance Trainer, Capacity-Building Grant Program

LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA. 2017 & 2021-2022
Artist Mentor, Master of Fine Arts 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

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

 

SELECTED ADDITIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE

BOSTON CYBERARTS, Boston, MA. 2020 – 2022
Assistant Director

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TELEVISION, Cambridge, MA. 2013 – 2017
Media & Technology Education Coordinator

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