Carlos Rodriguez

Carlos Rodriguez lives and works in Mexico City, where he was born in 1980. He studied Graphic Design at Universidad de San Luis Potosí, and worked as an Illustrator and Art Director in the Advertising Industry before he became a professional painter. His works includes drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explore the male body, sexual desire as a creative impulse, and issues of gender and identity. Inspired by classical painting, naïve art and pornography, his playful work reveal scenes of men naturally engaged in their games and fantasies.

He has exhibited internationally with galleries in New York, Paris, Brussels, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong and Dubai.