Sandy Rodriguez (b. 1975, National City, California) is an L.A.–based Chicana artist and researcher. Her work is informed by colonial-period manuscripts—particularly sixteenth-century Mexican codices—natural history, and maps. Rodriguez studies and engages with native plants, minerals, and insects, which she transforms into natural pigments and painting materials. This process connects her work intimately with the land and its narratives. She has had solo shows at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida (2025), and The Huntington, San Marino, California (2026), and her art has been featured at institutions such as the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon (2024), and The Bancroft Library Gallery, University of California, Berkeley (2023). Rodriguez is the recipient of the U.S. Latinx Art Fellowship (2024), the Hermitage Greenfield Prize (2023), and the Jacob Lawrence Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2023). Her work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the MCA San Diego.

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Sandy Rodriguez, nacida en 1975, en National City, California, es una artista e investigadora chicana que reside en Los Ángeles. Su obra está influida por manuscritos coloniales, como libros de historia natural y mapas, y en particular por códices mexicanos del siglo XVI. Rodriguez estudia e interactúa con plantas, minerales e insectos nativos que transforma en pigmentos y pinturas naturales. Este proceso liga íntimamente su obra con la tierra y sus narrativas. Ha tenido exposiciones individuales en el John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, en Sarasota, Florida (2025), y The Huntington, en San Marino, California (2026). Su trabajo se ha mostrado en instituciones como el Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, en Portland, Oregon (2024), y la Bancroft Library Gallery, University of California, en Berkeley (2023). Ha sido reconocida con el U.S. Latinx Art Fellowship (2024), el Hermitage Greenfield Prize (2023) y el Jacob Lawrence Award de la American Academy of Arts and Letters (2023). Su obra se encuentra en la colección permanente del Los Angeles County Museum of Art y el Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.