María de los Angeles Rodríguez Jiménez

María de los Angeles Rodríguez Jiménez's work is about the construction of form, color, identity and spirituality. Using patchworks of repeated patterns made of found and lived-in textiles, she makes quilted paintings that tell a story of memory, human touch, process and time. These constructions are inspired by creolized identities and the body as it processes forms of migration. Her performance practice delves further into research on material histories, and the effect of ancestry and nature on the body. 

Rodríguez Jiménez was born in Holguín, Cuba. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2015, and her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University in 2020. Rodríguez Jiménez has participated in residencies such as the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture (2016), Fountainhead Residency (2021) and Pivô Arte e Pesquisa (2023). Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA), the Frost Art Museum (Miami, FL), and The Alabama Contemporary Art Center (Mobile, AL), among others. She was a recipient of The Fulbright Research Fellowship (2021) and the NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Fellowship (2022).

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