Rubén Rodrigo
Salamanca, Spain, 1980
About
Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Rubén Rodrigo’s work is a pursuit of the sublime through a delicate interplay of control and chance. His practice is grounded in the exploration of color as a living, vibrating substance, one that carries rhythm, tension, spirituality, and vitality within the pictorial space. Drawing from the Japanese technique Sumi-e, which captures the essence of nature through a single, fluid brushstroke, Rodrigo experiments with very liquid pigments that soak into primed canvases using the soak-stain method. A method rooting in the New York School from the second half of the 20th century, used and developed by artists as Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis. This approach allows the paint to flow, vibrate, and settle with a degree of unpredictability, creating almost monochromatic fields where subtle variations in tone and transparency become central to the viewer’s experience. Rodrigo’s work is seeking purity and resonance through a process of layered transparency and minimal gesture. Themes such as light, memory, spirituality, and the pulse of pictorial space are recurrent, giving rise to works that feel both luminous and elusive.
Rubén Rodrigo, born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1980 is a visual artist who lives and works in Madrid. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca. In 2019, his solo exhibition La Luz y la furia was presented at the Centro de Arte DA2 Domus Artium, one of Spain’s leading contemporary art institutions. His work forms part of several prominent private collections, including the Collection H.E.F. and the Collection Rucandio. His evolving body of work is marked by an ongoing exploration of color as both a physical substance and a cultural, spiritual force.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
La Minipesca de la Trucha en L’Empordà, Alzueta Gallery – Palau de Casavells, Casavells, Spain (2025)
Continuidad de los Parques, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal (2025)
Solo Presentation, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2025)
Sorry My Land Scapes Me, Galería Estéreo, Monterrey, Mexico (2024)
Veinticuatro Pinturas Alrededor de un Paisaje, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia (2024)
Zona Estratégica de Redundancia, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2023)
El Jardín, Galería Estéreo, Monterrey, Mexico (2022)
Tres Estudios Para un Crucifixión, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Rubén Rodrigo, Obra Reciente, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia (2020)
La Luz y la Furia, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2019)
La Luz y la Furia, DA2 Dodum Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain (2018)
Sumi_RGB, Wecollect Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2017)
(Recordar) Sacar la Basura, HybridFest, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Piel de Hiena, La Fábrica, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Sombras de Ceniza, Espacio Valverde Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2014)
Incomunicados, Ibercaja Showroom, La Rioja, Logroño (2006)
Incomunicados, Obra Social la Caja de Ávila, Ávila, Spain (2005)
Incomunicados, Ibercaja Showroom, Zaragoza, Spain (2005)
Incomunicados, Rayapunto Gallery, Salamanca, Spain (2005)
Juguetes rotos, Hospedería de Fonseca, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
Rubén Rodrigo Pintura, Campus Viriato, Zamora, Spain (2004)
Exposición de pintura Rubén Rodrigo, Pizarrales Church, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
Rubén Rodrigo Pintura, C. S. C Caleidoscopio, Madrid, Spain (2004)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
4 Desnudos y más, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2025)
Miradas Fragmentadas. Artistas españoles del siglo XXI, Iglesia de San Marcos, Toledo, Spain (2025)
Ate, Galería Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal (2024)
30 Nos Despois, Galería Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal (2023)
Sem Título, Galería Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal (2023)
Fast Forward, UNIX Gallery, New York, USA (2022)
Nepotismo Ilustrado III, La Carolina, Jaén, Spain (2022)
Ana Velez & Rubén Rodrigo, Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, Marbella, Spain (2019)
Nepotismo Ilustrado II, La Carolina, Jaén, Spain (2018)
Otra Puta Bienal Más, Galería 6+1, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Fin de temporada, Galería 3×4, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Propuestas VEGAP2016, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Diálogos, Artbanchel – Nave6, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Posmandanga, Barbecho, Madrid, Spain (2017)
100×100, The Makers, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Heimlich. MicroResidencias en la cama, Room AF#5, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Nepotismo Ilustrado, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2015)
Iberencontros 2015, CCCCB, Castelo Branco, Portugal (2015)
Un salón de Éter, Jameson Place, Madrid, Spain (2015)
The End is the Beginning, The Wand and Auriga.com, Berlin, Germany (2013)
El color del Naranjo, Antonio Gala Foundation, Córdoba, Spain (2006)
XVI Painting Prize Adaja, Los Serrano Palace, Ávila, Spain (2005)
Homenaje a Julio Verne, Proyecto 05 – Artis Gallery, Salamanca, Spain (2005)
El Quijote y su mundo (travelling exhibition), Salamanca, Cuenca, Granada and La Laguna, Spain (2005)
Granada ojos del sur. Visual Arts and Literature of XXI Century, European Parlament, Brussels, Belgium (2005)
And Travelling around Andalucía, Adra Museum, Almería, Spain (2005)
Collection of Contemporany Art at the University of Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain (2005)
Jóvenes pintores. IX Paint Contest, Palacio de la Salina, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
Promoción 99-04, Absenta Gallery, León, Spain (2004)
VIII Edition San Marcos Prizes of Fine Arts College, Palacio de la Salina, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
I Landscape Grant Villa de Salobreña, Corrala de Santiago, Granada, Spain (2004)
Promoción 99-04, Medicine College, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
Aire nuevo, Reyes Católicos Gallery, Salamanca, Spain (2004)
Arte, cuerpo y tecnología, with Orlán and David Nebreda, Salamanca, Spain (2002)
SELECTED ART FAIRS
ENTER ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2025)
ZONAMACO, Galería Fernando Pradilla/Estereo Gallery, CDMX, Mexico (2025)
ESTAMPA, Galería Pep Llabrés, Madrid, Spain (2024)
ARCO, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2024)
ESTAMPA, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2023)
ZONAMACO, Galería Fernando Pradilla/Estereo Gallery, CDMX, Mexico (2024)
EXPO CHICAGO, UNIX Gallery, Chicago, USA (2023)
INTERSECT PALM SPRINGS, UNIX Gallery, Palm Springs, USA (2023)
ZONAMACO, Galería Fernando Pradilla/Estereo Gallery, CDMX, Mexico (2023)
ARTBO, Galería del Museo, Bogotá, Colombia (2023)
ESTAMPA, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2022)
ZONAMACO, Galería Fernando Pradilla, CDMX, Mexico (2022)
ESTAMPA, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2021)
ESTAMPA, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2020)
PINTA MIAMI, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Miami, USA (2019)
ESTAMPA, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (2019)
JUSTLX LISBOA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, ACA Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal (2019)
MARTE – FERIA DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO DE CASTELLÓ, Espacio Nuca, Castellón, Spain (2018)
II FAC – FERIA DE ARTE EN MI CASA, David Heras, Cobeña, Spain (2016)
ART RESIDENCIES
Alzueta Gallery Artist Residency, Empordà, Spain (2025)
GRANTS
Propuestas VEGAP 2016, Artes Plásticas, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Antonio Gala Fundation Grant for Young Artists 2005-2006, Córdoba, Spain (2005)
First Prize, VII Edition San Marcos Prizes of Fine Arts College, Palacio de la Salina, Salamanca, Spain (2003)
