Christina Renee Rodriguez

Mexican Radio

July 9–August 9
Reception: Saturday, July 12, 6–8 pm

A vintage-style portrait of Christina Renee Rodriguez with dark hair in a white dress, sitting with hands folded. The photo is overlaid with colorful, abstract feather and floral designs on textured paper.
A textured paper displays the Mexican and U.S. flags with dates and numbers above two identical, vintage-style images of a man in yellow riding a bicycle, set against a patterned brown background—art reminiscent of Christina Renee Rodriguez.
A man in a cowboy hat and dark clothes crouches, looking to his right. Abstract, colorful drawings of a bird and snake overlay him. Created by Christina Renee Rodriguez, the image appears on textured, torn paper with a black background.
A vintage-styled photo of Christina Renee Rodriguez in a folkloric dress and sombrero, set against a street scene layered with Aztec calendar motifs and vibrant, abstract colors, printed on textured paper.
A mixed-media collage by Christina Renee Rodriguez featuring soldiers, the Mexican and U.S. flags, comic imagery, and the phrase “Lone Ranger Silver,” blending historical and pop culture elements against a textured paper background.
A black-and-white portrait of Christina Renee Rodriguez is overlaid with pre-Columbian Mesoamerican symbols in red, including a horizontal line across her eyes and intricate designs on her head and chest, set against a textured paper background.
A vintage-style image on textured paper shows Christina Renee Rodriguez leaning on a classic car, with "KANSAS 57" and "THE WHEAT STATE" written in red, and a faded American flag in the background.
A black-and-white photo of people walking in a mall, overlaid with a yellow and red plant root illustration by Christina Renee Rodriguez. The words "Inner Shops," "Albuquerque," and "New Mexico" are handwritten on the image.
A vintage photo by Christina Renee Rodriguez shows a woman serving food to children, overlaid with a distressed American flag. The stripes and stars partially obscure the scene, while textured white paper borders the evocative artwork.
A black-and-white image of a man in a light suit and tie, smiling and holding a hat, is overlaid with a faded American flag on textured paper—an evocative scene reminiscent of Christina Renee Rodriguez’s vintage artistry.
A vintage black-and-white photo of a family—two adults and two children—overlaid with a transparent globe and the text "KANSAS 68" and "MIDWAY USA," framed by a textured, off-white border. Created by Christina Renee Rodriguez.
Four men in hats walk along a rocky path outdoors; the photo by Christina Renee Rodriguez has a vintage look, with muted colors and a transparent cracked glass overlay at the center, adding an aged, distressed effect.
A vintage-style portrait of a woman, inspired by Christina Renee Rodriguez, features her eyes and blouse replaced with colorful illustrations from the Mexican Lotería game. She wears pearls and sits against a textured, light background.
A vintage-style portrait of Christina Renee Rodriguez with short dark hair and pearl earrings, set against a decorative, colorful floral background, all framed by textured, off-white paper with rough edges.
A black-and-white collage on textured paper by Christina Renee Rodriguez shows three people by water, with a large translucent globe floating above them. The scene has a surreal, dreamlike quality with blurred elements and an ethereal background.

Press Release

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Mexican Radio, a solo exhibition of photographic collage and cultural storytelling by Christina Renee Rodriguez.

Mexican Radio draws from Christina Renee Rodriguez’s family memories.  As a Mexican Indigenous artist who was raised in Kansas, Rodriguez explores the rich layering of her multicultural experience in her work. The artist montages family photographs with Mexican, American, and Indigenous iconography, including glyphs from Aztec codices, flags, globes, license plates, pop culture cowboys, and political figures. Each image is transferred onto Amatl paper. Her use of Amatl—a sacred, pre-Columbian paper made by a seventh-generation artisan in Puebla—honors both material tradition and cultural resilience. The work investigates the intersections of suppressed Indigenous ancestry, Mexican heritage, and the pressure the artist experiences to assimilate to American culture.

Christina Renee Rodriguez has exhibited widely across the United States, including recent exhibitions at Gallery 1516 in Omaha, Reuben Saunders Gallery in Wichita, and the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City. She was named a 2024 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 finalist and has received numerous accolades, including honors from the International Photography Awards and The Art of Photography Show. Rodriguez lives and works in Wichita, Kansas.

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Dates: July 9–August 9, 2025
Reception: Saturday, July 12, 6–8 pm with 516 ARTS
Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm or by appointment
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com @levygallery

Artwork and Information
Christina Renee Rodriguez