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EDUCATION
Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Printmaking / 2020
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, Maine
Participant / 2017
University of California, Santa Cruz, California
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts / 2013
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025/ America(Soy Yo!), Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025/ Ground Work, Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025/ Longest Way Around, Charles Moffett Gallery, New York, NY
2025/ Tomorrow is already behind us, Lyles and King, New York, NY
2024/ Long-winded, Deli Gallery, New York, NY
2024 / Material Art Fair, Deli Gallery, CDMX, México
2023 / Drop-In, M+B Los Angeles, CA
2022 / Jose de Jesus Rodriguez & Esteban Ramon Perez, Sobre Las Olas, Charles Moffett Gallery, NY
2021 / New Art Dealers Association, Charles Moffett Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 / Art Basel Miami Beach, Gavlak Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 / De Por Vida, Company Gallery, New York, NY
2021 / Hasta Que La Muerte Nos Separe, Gamma Galería, Guadalajara, México
2021/ Back on the Inside, Gavlak Gallery project space, Los Angeles California
2021 / Domesticated, curated by Coady Brown, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 / Mariel Capanna, Africanus Okokon, and Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Only When You Are Cold, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
2018 / Alleviators, curated by Christopher Rivera, Charles Moffett, New York, NY
2017 / Sean Downey, Esteban del Dalle, & Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, Transmutations, Montserrat College, Boston, MA
TEACHING
2026-present/ Assistant Professor, Art Department, City College of New York, NY
2024-2026/ Term Appointment, Painting Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2022-present/ Fresco Instructor, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2025/ New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2025/ New York University, New York, NY
2021 - 2024 / Adjunct Faculty, Visual Arts Department, The Cooper Union, NY
2021 / Saturday Morning Art Class, Project EATS, Brooklyn, NY
2013-18 / Teaching Artist, Groundswell, Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST TALKS + PRESENTATIONS
2026/ Artist Lecture, University of Washington, online
2025/ Artist Lecture, New Crits, online
2023 / Visiting Artist, RISD, Providence, RI
2022 / Visiting Artist, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2021 / Jose de Jesus Rodriguez in conversation with Joey Lico, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 / Dream Time Lecture Series, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018 / Visiting Artist, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2017 / Visiting Artist, Montserrat College, Boston, MA
WORK EXPERIENCE
2020-21 / Community Programs Manager, Pantry Coordinator, Project Eats, Brooklyn, NY
2021 / Artist Assitant, Troy Michie, Brooklyn, NY
2014-18 / Senior Pumpkin Carver, Brooklyn, NY
2013-15 / Artist Assistant, Borden Capalino, Brooklyn, NY
2012-13/ Assistant Technician, UCSC Print Shop, Santa Cruz, CA
AWARDS + HONORS
2020 / H. Lee Hirsch Dean’s Merit Prize, Yale School of Art, CT
2019 / Gamblin Paint Prize, Yale School of Art, CT
2017 / Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2017 / Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2013 / Irwin Scholar Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
2013 / Irwin Project Grant, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
2012 / Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
PUBLIC MURALS
2018 / C.H.I.C.O. - Lead Artist, Robert F. Wagner Houses, East Harlem, NY
2018 / GMDC - Lead Artist, Rikers Island, NY
2018 / Active Art, P.S. 13 - Lead Artist, Flushing, Queens, NY
2017 / Bridges, St.Nicholas Houses- Lead Artist, West Harlem, NY
2016 / Fruits of Our Labour - Lead Artist, Mount Eden, Bronx, NY
2016 / Buy Your Mama A House - Lead Artist, Chicago, IL
2015 / The Wonderful Journey of Learning - Lead Artist, Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY
2015 / Unbounded Steps - Assistant Artist, Midtown, Manhattan, NY
2015 / The Success of Knowledge - Assistant Artist, Midtown, Manhattan, NY
2015 / Reciprocity - Assistant Artist, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA
2015 / Embodying Attachment - Assistant Artist, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA
2015 / Wall of Reflect - Assistant Artist, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY
2014 / P.I.C.T.U.R.E.S. Prison Industrial Complex: Tyranny Undermining Rights, Education and Society, Assistant Artist, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY
