Ofelia Rodríguez (1946–2023) was a Colombian artist born in Barranquilla, on Colombia's Caribbean coast, whose work drew on memories of her native city alongside found objects and images rich in symbolism. She studied at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and painting at Yale University in the early 1970s, then moved to Paris to study etching at Atelier 17, and settled in London in 1984, working from an East London studio. Across painting, drawing, printmaking, assemblage and her signature "magic boxes," she combined humor and critique to examine cultural identity and gender stereotypes, using recurring symbols such as bandaged mountains, hybrid bodies, sacred hearts, toys and anatomical fragments that resist exoticism. Spike Island, Bristol, presented the major monographic exhibition "Talking in Dreams" in 2023–24, and "Psychic Jungle" at the Frost Art Museum, FIU, is her first major solo exhibition in the United States.
Frost Art Museum · 2026
