Pedro J Rodríguez

Pedro J Rodríguez was born in Atios, in northwestern Spain, in 1980. He grew up in this small town surrounded by vineyards and granite stone, because in this village there are the pink granite Rosa Porriño quarries; this stone material defines the architecture and rural landscape of the area. Throughout his life Pedro felt the need to express his emotions through art, initially with painting. His place of origin marked his studies, specializing in the work of granite, and where he discovered his artistic skills with stone and how he could express himself through it.
With the passage of time, he focused his career on sculpture complemented by painting and drawing, moving from a realistic style to an abstract and primitive one to express his ideas about society and its environment. Pedro's source of inspiration for working on stone material is the landscapes of his childhood, where granite shows its inner strength and is integrated into nature and other materials such as iron. Doing all the work in an artisanal way, thanks to his training and with a good command of the technique, Pedro lets the stone speak with his inner strength, which he makes known through the iron he assembles in his work, which is worked combining a traditional...

Escola de Canteiros, Pontevedra (Spain)
2002 – 2007

Centro Tecnólogico del Granito, O Porriño (Spain)
2000 – 2002

“La restauration du patrimonine, la stéréotomie et la taille de pierre”. Institut Supérieur de Recherche et de Formation aux Métiers de la Pierre. Les compagnons du Devoir (France)
2004

Sculpture
Berufsdildense Schulen, Mainz (Germany)
2002

Sculpture
EUC-SJÆLLAND, Haslev (Denmark)
2001

Matèria i pensament | Claustre Monestir Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, Badalona (Catalonia, Spain). 22 april – 22 june 2018

Orixenes| La Guia 20, O Porriño (Galícia, Spain). August2017- August 2018

L’ànima de la matèria | CC Guinardó, Sala Jaume Valor, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). 30 april – 12 may 2015

Allò que ens fa grans | La Farinera del Clot, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). 12 juliol – 30 juliol 2013

Materia + Fuerza= Explosión | Sala Joan Miró, Móstoles. 11 February – 8 March 2013

Allò que ens fa grans | Marquet de les Roques, Sant Llorenç Savall (Catalonia, Spain). 20 may – 18 july 2012

Pedro J Rodríguez | Claustre Monestir Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, Badalona (Catalonia, Spain). 9 – 17 april 2010

CT Art Gallery | Reus (Catalonia, Spain)

More information for collective exhibitions in web page:
https://www.pedrojrodriguez.com/colectivas