Liz Rodda

My videos, paintings, and sculptures aren't meant to be viewed in isolation. Each exhibition is a distinct work, with a different center of gravity, where forms and ideas play off one another. I've come to think of relationships as a way of looking and thinking, like words in a sentence rather than words in the dictionary.

The body turns up repeatedly but is rarely shown directly. In “Rubbings”, I swap the chemical-and-sun process of cyanotypes for self-tanning solution, massaging it into the paper's surface. In “Transfer”, a sunset seen from a train window is reflected off my laptop screen, distorted by my oily fingerprints.

I go into the studio every day, whether I have anything to say, in the spirit one brushes one's teeth. I might paint, shoot video, or sculpt with kitty litter and wet concrete. What matters is that I work uncensored. Later, I edit ruthlessly. What looks off-the-cuff is, in fact, the last thing standing.

Liz Rodda has presented solo exhibitions at Dimensions Variable (Miami, FL), the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (St. Augustine, FL), David Shelton Gallery (Houston, TX), Ditch Projects (Springfield, OR), and Lawndale (Houston, TX), among others. Her videos have screened internationally at Anthology Film Archives (NY, NY); in Optic Nerve at MOCA North Miami (North Miami, FL), the de la Cruz Collection (Miami, FL), and Big Screen Plaza (New York, NY); and at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (Medellín, Colombia). She has held residencies at Fountainhead (Miami, FL), Millay Arts (Austerlitz, NY), La Napoule Art Foundation (Mandelieu-La Napoule, France), and others.

Rodda is a Professor in the School of Art & Design at Texas State University, where she founded and heads the Expanded Media area, dedicated to time-based and interdisciplinary practices.