RODRIGO ECHEVERRÍA
b. 1988, Mexico![Rodrigo Echeverría in his studio, 2023.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b57a95c7886744c18059705f4792034c308cd1e869bcd40dc42b1db93261b7f/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-26-at-11.09.50-AM.jpeg)
Biography
In the words of Nicolas Medina Mora, Rodrigo Echeverría "follows a very different scent of formal laws than those that govern much of contemporary Mexican art. His oeuvre is too diverse and too original to fit comfortably in one or another school and the omnivorous curiosity that nurtures his sensibility could well be described as neo-baroque painter. [He collects] gestures, colors and styles that he then makes his own, not through disrespectful appropriation, but rather by drinking from the countless fountains of human diversity. The fundamental effect that Echeverría’s canvases induce in the viewer is a sort of confusion that proves sometimes joyful, others disquieting, but always productive. Each successive viewing reveals new possibilities, new references, new readings. His paintings are divided into figurative, portraiture and landscape."
Rodrigo Echeverria (b. 1988, Mexico) is a self-taught painter that began painting from an early age within the context of a conservative Catholic society. After graduating from University, he saw that real learning happens outside of institutions. He opted for museums and art residencies, and the exploration of different cultures and countries.
He has had important portrait commissions including a portrait of the second room of the Nation’s Supreme Court of Justice and his collectors encompass all levels of society.
Echeverría explains that for him, “a painting is a synthesis of the movement of color, brushstrokes and the abstract. I divide my work into two: observation painting and imagination painting. One does not exist without the other. The first is where I paint the things that are in front of me at different moments in my life, they are the location of existences; a chess game with time and space. The second is where I paint the present synthesis of my life, a will, a scroll."
Selected works
![Rodrigo Echeverría, The Gossip of the Crowd and Mary Magdalene II, 2022, mixed media on linen, 13 1/4 x 12 1/4 in / 33.5 x 31 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3563c7c1e7252ff9a519112c15321b292cf6d0f6168cbeff727f5eb06ee61eab/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64659.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Blue Fingernail, 2022, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in / 30 x 25 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcaee084b22566b014dda0c7716df7b4bad61de93ac4e3674d1561d52624f4fe/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64683.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Lebanese Sunset, 2019, oil on wood, 7 1/8 x 12 in / 18 x 30.5 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1acbc890609b1b6aa45cc1ed0d3bf45b0e6bb2fcd5ff1c967c1c002cb8775bbc/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64669.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Cactus with Orange Background, 2023, oil on wood, 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in / 20 x 30 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/898b85bba7b51aabc5c5612bd4100cccfea58b230aa834c095a69b003e0a4d5b/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64704.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, A Saint who never was a Saint, 2022, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in / 30 x 30 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b55ac8d15625c90be4976d8ebc7bcbb81e95918bb94b6f3c474363c6ff2b200/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64664.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Afternoon in Edomex, 2022, oil on wood, 9 7/8 x 12 1/4 in / 25 x 31 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c111741b75bf5950c90928ff3b22696ac3d93c861b32ca00f7a2e3a5802c9ddb/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64680.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, A pond for a dry flower´s needs, 2022, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in / 30 x 30 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2314cfdcb96f3e6986e138a5678e902dd0942a513400c006a71c86e3f2858b3/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64700.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Oaxaca Night Sky, 2022, oil on wood, 13 x 13 3/4 in / 33 x 35 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bc1dc827c8e192a1c72d6d9c7eae49ff67b9d6562dc2e5937448cf6b2a0c7e2/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64740.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Elephants Leg and Rain Drops, 2023, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in / 30 x 20 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce3df1eef52d6bd2c5a01f94f4f911c23782a6e3a54aed9029908a3f8760931f/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64691.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Blue Crucifix, 2023, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in / 30 x 20 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45552fada83e8448d8f32a066179d236f45c301abcc1ab6cb6ebccdd5ba03b44/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64724.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Earthquake, 2022, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in / 30 x 40 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec69143b1800fc9877ab9e57d327be7e6a3a3f210ad3236d544a6e649118a974/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64728.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Toxicity between space and time, 2023, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fcdd5d1648f14f386731c933527f7a6cde748b50c2c6388d78a33f0dc19c6e2/_DSC3645.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, bizantin corner, 2022, oil on cotton, 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4037bea45468fc771e3fb1eaca5063c865a5e0f6b7799b715d4a67cdc73b5792/biznatincroners.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Ravenna San Vitale Interior II, 2022, oil on cotton, 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3d46928cb7ffa0e0e8dbdac514448618ea2b9a875662cea0cfad82a079761d9/mosaics.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, What is Hidden Between a Step, 2022, oil on linen, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95d1b89658c8bae40c4f2c5c96185733247c49d96f838cc3d14c359d00e6a0a/steping.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Subjugation, 2023, redimid, pigment, wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1123796df0151599c08245721d8fea3a222f54bf613826597eb110975cb6d58d/subjugation.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Three Flowers, 2023, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in / 30 x 20 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/577233d5de5b5cffbe0cf677b04e430e01f0c1f012d76796f12a60ed08ff3c7f/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64671.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, A Night Flower under the Last Memories of Light, 2022, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in / 30 x 20 cm © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee3ed587206414c693b3845426e8bb96998c917381661bc627ab151072dd21f3/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64738.jpg)
![Rodrigo Echeverría, Still Life for an Alcoholic, 202i3, oil on wood, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in © Rodrigo Echeverría](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc0b62c60f78c4a660d6956b8455b6c331e8949cab3039d27626e392fdfb8803/JO-HS_RodrigoEcheverria__SL64717.jpg)