Carissa Rodriguez Biography

Carissa Rodriguez lives and works in New York. Rodriguez opened her first institutional solo exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco in December 2015. Recent solo exhibitions include: La Collectionneuse, Front Desk Apparatus, New York (2013); Carissa Rodriguez, Karma International, Zurich (2012); Art Positions, Art Basel, Miami (2011); Busque El Ghost, House of Gaga, Mexico City (2010); Cherchez La Ghost, New Jerseyy, Basel (2009). Recent collaborative exhibitions include: Two Weeks, Indipendenza Studio, Rome (2014); Who Do You Love?, Mathew, Berlin (2014); The Politics of Friendship, Studiolo, Zurich (2013); Frieze Focus – Carissa Rodriguez and Pamela Rosenkranz; Frieze Art Fair, New York (2012). Recent group exhibitions include: “00RR000000 0000ZZ0”, Gluck 50, Milan (2015); The Contract, Essex Street, New York (2014); Theater Objects: A Stage for Architecture and Art, LUMA Foundation, Zurich (2014); chatbots, tongues, denial, and various other abstractions, Bortolami, New York (2014); Whitney Biennial 2014, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014); Pro-Bio, MoMA/PS1, New York (2013); Better Homes, Sculpture Center, New York (2013); White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2013); Pro-Choice, Kunsthalle Freiburg (2013); Demanding Supplies, Kunstraum Lüneburg (2011).