Guided by meditations on dreams, Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s exuberant semi-figurative paintings combine images of nature with fantastical visions that reflect upon the artist’s identity and personal experience. His coarse layers of impasto paint embellish wood panels in offbeat shapes – tilting rectangles, or solar, starburst forms with jagged edges. These constructions often bear impromptu frames, built from frayed strips of rope, nails or copper wire, introducing a collaged, sculptural element to the work. Rios Rodriguez introduces us to a rich world of imagery from his inherited and personal cultural identity as a Mexican-American. His paintings present an unconventional treatment of time-honoured subjects, created with a fascinating array of non-traditional materials that speak to the particular locality of his Texan environment and yet resonate far and wide.
Daniel Rios Rodriguez lives and works in San Antonio, Texas.
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Tool for Leavin’, 2020
oil, wood, nails on wood panel
44.5 x 39.4 cm / 17.5 x 15.5 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Wandering Star, 2021
oil, rope and nails on canvas with painted wood frame
205.7 x 156.2 cm / 81 x 61.5 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Las Nubes, 2020
oil, styrofoam and rope on canvas with wood frame
170.2 x 111.8 cm / 67 x 44 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Sonidera de Sueños, 2020-21
flashe, oil, nails , rope, copper, wood on canvas
232.4 x 154.9 cm / 91.5 x 61 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
XF, 2020
oil nails and potato stone on wood
54.6 x 39.4 cm / 21.5 x 15.5 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Cycles of Existential Rhyme, 2020-21
oil, rope , nails and wood on canvas
180.3 x 129.5 cm / 71 x 51 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Untitled, 2021
oil and glass on terra cotta
35.6 x 35.6 cm / 14 x 14 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
The married man, 2020
oil, rope and copper on wood
50.8 x 39.4 cm / 20 x 15.5 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Sombra Maximiliani, 2018
oil, nails, rope, aluminum, copper on wood panel
116.8 x 116.8 cm / 46 x 46 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Solito, 2020
oil, rope, copper limestone on terra cotta
43.2 x 43.2 cm / 17 x 17 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Nyctanassa, 2018
oil nails, rope, wood, aluminum, acrylic, river stone, Texas mountain laurel bean on wood panel
116 x 116 cm / 45.7 x 45.7 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Hotwells, 2018
oil, acrylic, rope, nails, linen, aluminium on wood panel
66 x 66 cm / 26 x 26 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
The Fall, 2020
oil, rope, copper wire on wood with wood frame,
31.8 x 36.8 cm / 12.5 x 14.5 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Sol, 2018
oil, nails, rope, aluminum and linen on wood panel
40.6 x 40.6 cm / 16 x 16 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Sophora Secundiflora Moon, 2018
oil, rope wood, copper, limestone, Texas Mountain Laurel seeds on wood panel
38.1 x 43.18 cm / 15 x 17 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Zenaida, 2018
oil, acrylic, rope, nails, aluminum and river stone on wood panel
66 x 66 cm / 26 x 26 in
Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s work has been exhibited at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Camden Arts Centre, London; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Yale University, New Haven, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago and McNay Art Museum, San Antonio. Selected solo exhibitions include Kerlin Gallery (2021); Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas (2019); Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas (2018); McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (2015) and White Columns, New York (2011). In 2018, Rios Rodriguez was artist-in-residence at Chinati Foundation, Marfa.
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
The Botanical Mind, 2020
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
bruisers, 2019
Art Pace, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, USA
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Another Fire, 2019
Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Daniel Rios Rodriguez
Daniel Roid Rodriguez, 2016
Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico
The Botanical Mind, Camden Art Centre (2020)
