Reception: Christina Renee Rodriguez: Mexican Radio

Christina Renee Rodriguez: Mexican Radio
On view: July 9–August 9, 2025
Opening reception: Saturday, July 12, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Mexican Radio, a solo exhibition of photographic collage and cultural storytelling by Christina Renee Rodriguez. In the project room, the gallery features entre las nubes (among the clouds), a series of embroideries by hazel batrezchavez. Both Latinx artists explore the intersections of land and identity.

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.

Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm or by appointment
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102