Mareo Rodríguez
Bio
Mario “Mareo” Rodríguez (1981) is an architect and visual artist born in Mexico City. He has a Bachelor degree in Architecture (U.P.B. Medellín, 2004), a Master’s degree in Design (ELISAVA, Barcelona, 2007) and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts (UNA, Buenos Aires, 2013).
His work has been showcased in Spain, USA, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Germany, the U.A.E. and the UK. Rodríguez´s pieces have been condensed in three printed publications: Matter is condensed light, Expansion and Circuitos del Arte Latinoamericano.
His work is a look at matter, topography and natural territory conceived as a living, latent and constantly moving being; epidermal construction carved and worn by time, with its own rhythm and telluric language, which emerges, pulses, gravitates and generates different tensions, revealing itself through the landscape.
Statement
My work explores the strength of the topography and natural territory, conceived as an energy living mantle constantly moving; Epidermal stratification wrought by time, with a telluric language emerging, pressing, gravitating, revealing through the landscape.
I seek to cover different scales within my artistic approach, from the massiveness of the mountains and rocks, through its decanting process and fragmentation up to the stone as the basic unit.
I am interested in the matter as condensation of light and its process of transformation and expansion of energy over time, releasing weight to return to the origin.
