27 Facts About Favianna Rodriguez

Favianna Rodriguez's has self-identified as queer and Latina with Afro-Peruvian roots.

Favianna Rodriguez began as a political poster designer in the 1990s in the struggle for racial justice in Oakland, California.

Favianna Rodriguez was born in the Fruitvale neighborhood of east Oakland, California in 1978.

Favianna Rodriguez's observed that students from her community were under-served by the school system and profiled as gang members while she only saw negative representation of women of color in the media.

Reportedly, in order to better shape her adolescence, Favianna Rodriguez went to live in Mexico City from age 13 to 15, first with her aunt and then in a rented room.

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Favianna Rodriguez's withdrew at age 20 indicating she wanted to follow her own path rather than limit herself to her parents' wishes.

Favianna Rodriguez's was inspired by printmaking, introduced to her by Chicana artist Yreina Cervantez, and decided to pursue a career in political art.

Favianna Rodriguez was drawn to posters and reproducible art like printmaking for their power to educate, organize, and liberate communities.

Favianna Rodriguez's art is typified by high-contrast colors and graphic figures.

Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her bold posters on immigration, racism, war, globalization, and social movements.

Favianna Rodriguez has worked closely with artists in Mexico, Europe, and Japan, and her works have appeared in collections at Bellas Artes, The Glasgow Print Studio, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In 2008, Favianna Rodriguez was named one of Utne Reader magazine's “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World.

Favianna Rodriguez is the Executive Director and co-founder of CultureStrike, a national network of artists and activists who support the national and global arts movement around immigration.

Favianna Rodriguez has helped establish multiple organizations to support local communities and artists.

Favianna Rodriguez's is co-founder of Tumis Inc, a bilingual design studio providing graphics, web, and technology development for social justice.

Favianna Rodriguez co-founded EastSide Arts Alliance and Cultural Center, an organization of artists and community organizers intended to promore community sustainability through political and cultural awareness and leadership development.

In 2003, with Jesus Barraza, Favianna Rodriguez helped establish the Taller Tupac Amaru print studio to promote the practice of screen printing among California-based artists and foster its resurgence.

Favianna Rodriguez's is a member of the Justseeds Cooperative which distributes prints and publications about social and environmental movements.

Favianna Rodriguez has lectured at over 200 schools widely on the use and power of art in civic engagement and the work of artists who work to bridge community and museum, the local and international.

Favianna Rodriguez has been influenced by the Chicano Movement and feminist art of the 1970s and 1980s.

Favianna Rodriguez's has studied the history of political art, including the artwork and graphics associated with the Black Panthers and the 1970s feminist movement, through her residency at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.

In 2013, Favianna Rodriguez worked with the YouTube channel I Am Other to create Migration is Beautiful, a three-part documentary series that addresses the debate surrounding immigration policy in the United States and the perception of immigrants.

Favianna Rodriguez's is the co-author of Reproduce and Revolt with Josh MacPhee.

Favianna Rodriguez is well known for her work through an organization called CultureStrike, to promote and sell her poster work that focuses on themes such as environmentalism, immigration, and feminism.

Favianna Rodriguez's posters have a distinctive and colorful style that takes inspiration from her Latin-American roots with contemporary context.

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Favianna Rodriguez designed fantastical and colorful packaging for the limited edition flavor, Pecan Resist, which was created to resist the Trump administration.

Favianna Rodriguez is recipient of a 2005 award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.