JOSÉ TONITO RODRIGUEZ: Inktervensions
Opening Reception Monday January 27, 5-7PM
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1961, José Tonito Rodriguez came to the United States in 1978 and currently lives in Florida. His early career as a photographer significantly shaped his current work. Using photographic paper, color inks, and an array of unconventional techniques, his images have a uniquely organic, exploratory feel. What he calls “accidents” splatter and sprawl across paper, revealing themselves to him as he follows and urges them forward into other-worldly forms. Influenced by the forces of nature, he imagines the creation of rivers and lakes as he works, sometimes visualizing how clouds or even micro-organisms might behave under a microscope. The artist’s experiments tease the viewer into discovering “hidden, magical worlds” within our own imaginations.
Tonito earned a BFA from Florida International University in 1997 and has been exhibited in the U.S as well as in his native country at the Colonial Museum of Havana, the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, among others.
Artist's website
Tonito earned a BFA from Florida International University in 1997 and has been exhibited in the U.S as well as in his native country at the Colonial Museum of Havana, the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, among others.
Artist's website
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Gallery Hours:
Monday & Tuesday, 1pm to 7pm
Wednesday-Friday, 1pm to 5pm
We are closed for academic breaks (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, Summer) and state holidays
Additional viewing may be arranged on request by contacting the Gallery.
Contact Information:
103 New Africa House
University of Massachusetts
180 Infirmary Way
Amherst, MA 01003
(413) 545-5177
Gallery Director, Dr. Terry Jenoure
Gallery Manager, Alexia Cota
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180 Infirmary Way
Amherst, MA 01003
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