Edel Rodriguez
Edel
Rodriguez
was
born
in
Havana,
Cuba
in
1971.
He
was
raised
in
El
Gabriel,
a
small
farm
town
south
of
Havana.
In
1980,
Rodriguez
and
his
family
boarded
a
boat
and
left
for
America
during
the
Mariel
boatlift.
They
settled
in
Miami
where
Rodriguez
was
introduced
to
and
influenced
by
American
pop
culture
for
the
first
time.
Edel
has
been
a
regular
contributor
to
The
New
Yorker
magazine,
The
New
York
Times,
Der
Spiegel
and
TIME
magazine
for
the
last
25
years.
He
has
exhibited
internationally
with
shows
in
New
York,
Los
Angeles,
Chicago,
Portland,
Havana,
Berlin,
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Cape
Town,
Prague
and
London.
He
has
created
over
200
magazine
and
book
covers
and
has
illustrated
10
children’s
books,
two
of
which
he
has
authored.
Rodriguez
has
also
created
several
stamps
for
the
U.S.
Postal
Service
and
has
illustrated
poster
and
advertising
campaigns
for
many
operas,
films,
and
Broadway
shows.
Rodriguez’s
artwork
is
in
the
collections
of
a
variety
of
institutions,
including
the
Smithsonian
Institute
in
Washington
D.C.,
as
well
as
in
numerous
private
collections.
His
work
has
received
numerous
awards
from
The
Art
Director’s
Club
and
The
Society
of
Illustrators
in
New
York
City.
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