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Carlos Rodal (born on May 26, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican contemporary painter and sculptor. He received his B.F.A. of Architecture and Urbanism specialty at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, (ITESO University). He keeps studios both in New York City and Guadalajara, Mexico. His work can be recognized for its brightly-colored and synthesized compositions, abstract and figurative, characterized for their celebration and praise of life. Mr. Rodal was a disciple of Architect Ignacio Díaz Morales through whom he established a friendship with architect Luis Barragan (Pritzker Prize). Both have influenced in his aesthetic creed. Another notable friend is the painter Juan Soriano, who is an inspiration both in art and life. During the 80 s he traveled extensively in Europe and during the 90 s around the world, studying the art expressions. He keeps studios both in New York City and Guadalajara, Mexico since 1997. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally since 1986. Carlos Rodal defines art as “the conceptual and poetic expression of the human mind, body and spirit through material media.”  Notable Projects Mr. Rodal’s paintings and sculptures have been internationally exhibited in solo and group shows since 1986. In 1990 he took part in “Parallel Project”, as part of “Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries” exhibition and other Mexican cultural events at New York City.

In 1991 he was invited to exhibit in “Mito y Magia en América”, the opening of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, MARCO, together with Jean Michel Basquiat, George Condo, Terry Winters, Daniel Senise, Susan Rothenberg, Germán Venegas among others, where his work is part of the Museum’s permanent collection.

From 1995-1996 he participated in the art show “Jalisco Genio y Maestría”, the major exhibition of two centuries of master painters of Jalisco, together with Mexican Muralist painters Dr. Atl and José Clemente Orozco and Mexican School masters such as María Izquierdo, Juan Soriano, Jesus (Chucho) Reyes, Jesus Guerrero Galván, Roberto Montenegro, and contemporary painters such as Javier Arevalo and Gabriel Macotela at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey and Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso at Mexico City.

In 1997 he had a solo show, “New Apparitions” with The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and Ramis Barquet Gallery. He cofounded with the artist Carlos Pez, The Leonard Codex Arts Assemblage in Brooklyn, NY in 1999.

From 2001 to 2008 he was invited to participate in an art worldwide project by TransCultural Exchange and the UNESCO.

Since 2002 he started to build large scale sculptures in steel

In 2004 he had a solo show “Acción del Polen” in the context of XVIII International Book Fair FIA at Guadalajara, Mexico, with a 2005 he had a solo exhibit “Hibridaciones” at the historic Ex Convento Del Carmen in Guadalajara, Mexico

In 2005 he took part in the sculpture exhibition “Dimension variable;site fixed” at CAC, Gallery Cambridge Arts Council in Massachusetts, sponsered in part  by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

In 2007, he won the contest “New Life Visual” to exhibit at New Life Shop Gallery & The Wooloo Project Fund at Berlin, Germany.

Recently he had a solo exhibition, “Encanto del Volcán” at the Pinacoteca Universitaria at Colima Mexico.

His work has also been exhibited together with Mexican masters as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, Irma Palacios, Francisco Toledo, Sergio Hernández, José Luis Cuevas, Lilia Carrillo, Manuél Felguerez, Roger von Gunten, Rodolfo Morales, Rodolfo Nieto, Miguel y José and Francisco Castro Leñero and together with masters of other countries such as Miquel Barceló, Louis Borgueois, Mimo Palladino, Jorg Immendorff, A.R. Penck, Georg Baselitz, Saint Clair Cemin, Guillermo Kuitka, Segundo Planes, Robert Longo and Julian Schnabel.  SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 – Encanto del volcán Pinacoteca Universitaria Colima, Col. Mexico 2008 – The Whisper of Fog New York Studio Gallery New York, NY 2006– Hibridaciones Ex Convento del Carmen Guadalajara, México 2004 – Acción del Polen (catalog) Galería Chucho Reyes – XVIII Feria Internacional del Libro Guadalajara, México 2003 – Sol de Monterrey Direcciones de Corporativos Losoles Monterrey, México 2000 – Pilgrim at North Side Leonard’s Codex Arts Assemblage Brooklyn, New York 1997 – New Apparitions (catalog) Mexican Cultural Institute of New York–Ramis Barquet Gallery New York, NY 1992 – Terra Ignota (catalog) Galería Arte Actual Monterrey, México 1989 – El Bazar del Azhar Galería Arte Actual Monterrey, México 1988 – Estudios Anatómicos, Dibujos y Tintas II Feria Internacional del Libro Guadalajara, México 1988 – Las Colorhadas (catalog) Foro de Arte y Cultura Guadalajara, México 1987 – Las Rodalas (catalog) Ex Convento del Carmen Guadalajara, México 1987 – 500 Dibujos en la Hoguera ITESO University Guadalajara, México 1986 – Transfiguraciones Tlaloc–Quetzalcoatl Casa de la Cultura Jaliciense Guadalajara, México

ART AND HISTORIC CONTEXT He is part of the generation of plastic artists that emerged in the early 90’s as heirs to the various genres of vanguards, placed in modernism (tradition and rupture)—the so-called contemporary movement, which paved the way for late twentieth century postmodernism and early twenty-first century ultramodernism. Like many of his colleagues, Mr. Rodal has made use of the deconstruction of formal elements such as frames, bases, and surfaces; recycled materials and objects; and new techniques and technologies to breathe new life into traditional painting and sculpture. The result of these endeavors has been the formation of composite assemblage and mixed medias. Characteristics of his work Vital characteristic of his work is the incorporation and merging of expressions arising from both local and foreign cultures of the past and present (cultural nomadism), together with everyday occurrences of the modern world. Special attention has his interest and study in the Mesoamerican civilizations; and expression and cosmogony of the Huichols and Mazateca ethnic Mexican groups. Life and studies He received his training from painters and architects in his native city (including his own father, who graduated as an architect at the Universidad Autónoma de México, UNAM). Years before he started his university studies, the author studied painting at Casa de la Cultura Jaliciense with painters of the Mexican School such as María Luisa González-Aréchiga. From his youth, Mr. Rodal travelled extensively through Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain where he was enormously impressed by the work of, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Boticelli, Andrea Palladio, Miguel Ángel Buonarroti, Filippo Brunelleschi,Tiziano Vecellio, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Roberto Matta, Wifredo Lam, Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly, Antoni Tapies, Sigmar Polke, Jorg Immendorff and Joseph Beuys.

During his stay at New York City, as part of his daily activities to study the master works, he frequently visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Midtown, Upper East Side and Chelsea art galleries. He was in touch with the works of contemporary masters such as Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, Robert Raushenberg, Mark di Suvero, Roy Lichstenstein, Sol le Witt, John Chamberlain, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, George Condo, Francesco Clemente, and Richard Tuttle among others. Since he was young, Mr. Rodal has approached the execution of his art as his life’s calling, which has driven him to use the corpus of his work as a way of expressing his personal visions—visions that come as a result of observation, thought, intuition, the subconscious, and imagination. His motivation has been to push the structure and systems of the language of plastic arts to their very limits, in harmony with the transfiguration of formal elements, allowing him to create, using these techniques, his own manner of expression. The author approaches each new work with complete naturalness, drawing on freedom, fresh viewpoints, reflection, and meditation, while striving for clarity of interpretation as well as quality of workmanship. The result is never-before-seen works composed of figurative and/or abstract elements and characterized for their celebration and praise of life. These factors inspire the viewer to interact with the work, which projects an energy of its own, breathing life into processes that benefit the daily life of the community as well as granting a deeper understanding of reality and the mysteries of existence.