Lordy Rodriguez was born in 1976, the Philippines, raised in Louisiana and Texas, and currently lives and works in Benicia, CA. He obtained his B.F.A. degree from School of Visual Arts, New York and his MFA at Stanford University. For several years he has been working on a series of ink drawings that critically look at the effect visual languages have on culture and identity through the use of mapping and cartography. Some notable exhibitions include, “Tahoe: a Visual History”, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (2015),  “The Map at Art”, Kemper Museum, St. Louis, MO (2012), “Code Switch” and "The Map is Not the Territory", Hosfelt Gallery New York, New York (2013 and 2011 respectively), “Surface Depths”, Nevada Art Museum (2009), “States of America”, Austin Museum of Art (2009), “Optimism in the Age of Global War”, 10th Annual Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, (2007), and “The California Biennial”, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California (2006). Recently completed public art projects include works for the San Francisco Arts Commission at San Francisco International Airport, General Services Administration at Land Port of Entry Immigration Federal Facility  in New Mexico, and the Facebook headquarters event space lobby in downtown San Francisco.

Learn more about Rodriguez on his website.