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Edel Rodriguez
Edel
Rodriguez
is
a
Cuban
American
artist
whose
work
is
regularly
published
by
some
of
the
world’s
top
publications,
such
at
TIME,
Newsweek,
The
New
Yorker
and
Der
Spiegel.
He
is
a
regular
contributor
to
The
New
York
Times
Op
Ed
page
and
has
exhibited
internationally
with
shows
in
the
United
States,
Europe
and
Latin
America.
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... Read More
Rodriguez
was
introduced
to
and
influenced
by
American
pop
culture
for
the
first
time.
In
1994,
Rodriguez
graduated
from
Pratt
Institute
in
Brooklyn,
NY,
and
later
earned
an
MFA
at
Hunter
College
in
Manhattan.
Throughout
his
career,
Rodriguez
has
received
commissions
to
create
artwork
for
numerous
book
publishers
and
advertising
agencies.
He
has
illustrated
over
a
hundred
magazine
covers,
created
numerous
book
covers
for
clients
such
as
Simon
&
Schuster
and
Peguin
Random
House,
and
has
created
advertising
campaigns
for
clients
such
as
Nespresso,
Ray
Ban,
and
Chanel.
Rodriguez
has
illustrated
nine
children’s
books,
two
of
which
he
has
written.
He
has
created
several
stamps
for
the
U.S.
Postal
Service
and
has
illustrated
poster
and
advertising
campaigns
for
many
operas,
films,
and
Broadway
shows.
His
work
has
received
numerous
awards
from
The
Art
Director’s
Club
and
The
Society
of
Illustrators,
and
is
in
the
collection
of
the
Smithsonian
Institute
in
Washington
D.C.
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