Amelia Rodriguez (b.1999) is a visual artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy\'em (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwəta /Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations. After completing a bachelor of Fine Art at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2023, she undertook Studio H residency in Sooke, British Columbia, and THIRDSPACE residency in Toronto, Ontario. Amelia has exhibited in multiple cities across Canada including Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. Her work has been published in Subo Art Magazine (Portugal), FERAL (Asheville, NC), Capsule Community (New York, Toronto), and SemiPermeable Press (Vancouver, BC). Amelia was awarded the Opus Art Supplies Bursary in 2023, and continues to make poetic textiles out of her home in Vancouver.
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Artist Statement
My bodies of work cross pathways of poetry, painting, installation, sculpture, and textile work. I focus intently on the connotations that material carries. Themes of comfort (and discomfort) that come with nostalgia thread through my practice. By combining these tender emotions I am able to create art that feels soft, while saying something harsher. The tough tongue of a mother. The feeling of being held after you cry. A chainmail blanket that is just as warm as it is protective. By creating something so soft yet so unsure, I explore the relationship that humans create within dependent care systems. In my practice I centre themes of vulnerability, care as an active gesture, and using feminized methods of art making as a statement.