education

2002    California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA

            MFA: Film, Video, Performance, Graduate Merit Award

1996       Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

   BA: Art and Political Science, Highest Honors in Art

solo exhibitions

2003   •  Daydreaming in the California Landscape, Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse, Oakland, CA

2002   •  Daydreaming in the California Landscape, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

selected group exhibitions

2004    •  If You Believe Hard Enough, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL

2003    •  Enchanting Intruder, Rocket Projects, Artist Project, Miami, FL

•  SCOPEMiami, Rocket Projects, Group Exhibition, Miami, FL

•  Haunted, Wormhole Laboratory, Group Exhibition, Miami, FL

•  Tres.Pass, Insight Gallery/Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Group Exhibition, Aruba

•  Popped, WORKS/SAN JOSE, Performance Event, San Jose, CA                       

  •  Fictional Science, HereART, Group Exhibition, New York, NY                  

  •  Boutique, Blackbird Space, Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA                            

  •  Fantastical Spaces, Frightful Places, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

2002    •  Arte Latino: from the Smithsonian Collection, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

  •  Extravaganza, Long and Pollack Gallery, performance with Guillermo Gomez-Peña, S.F., CA

  •  1111, California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

  •  FUEL, Group Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts San Francisco, CA

  •  Warrior Games, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA              

  •  Coast, Group exhibition, A bernal heights POny Show, San Francisco, CA                  

2001   •  Think Again, Southern Exposure, Juried exhibition, Miwon Kwon curator, San Francisco, CA

          •  Time, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Group exhibition, Honolulu, HI,

          •  The 1st Fabulous Party since September 11th, Artist Project, Oakland, CA

  •  A Voyage to the New World, Artist Project, Oakland, CA

  •  Gift Party, Festival of Friendship, Group Exhibition, Oakland, CA

  •  Finding Fault in Performance, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA 

  •  Pin-up, California College of Arts and Crafts, Group exhibition, San Francisco, CA           

2000    •  Special Prescription, Artist collective with monthly group exhibitions at different sites in

      Honolulu, HI

              

artist in residence

2003                Fall Artist in Residence, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA       

public collections

2003     Fruitvale Hotel Museum, Oakland, CA

bibliography

Gary Pini, “ArtBasel Miami 2003, Paper Magazine, January, 2004

Damarys Ocana, “Tales of Suspense”, Street,December 26, 2003- January 1, 2004

Alfredo Triff,  “Mortality Rules”, Miami New Times, January 1-7, 2004

Miguel A. Sirgado, “Muestras Paralelas de Downtown Wyndwood”, El Nuevo Herald, November 22, 2003

Ego Trip Magazine, ” Artist of the Month”, Ego Trip Magazine, December 2003

Ambar Hernandez, “Dark Days”, The Miami Hurricane, December 5, 2003

Megan Lindow, “Cristina’s Worlds”, The Museum of California, winter 2003 p.14-15

Shane Seltzer, “UltraBaroque SFMOMA, Cristina Rodriguez, The Fabulous Party”, http://spaces.org/rants/

Suzanne Tswei, “A Special Prescription: Art with Attitude”, Honolulu Star Bulletin, September 23, 2001