Lester Rodríguez (b. 1984, Tegucigalpa, Honduras) holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the National School of Fine Arts in Honduras and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazán, where he also completed studies in Higher Education Teaching. His practice spans painting, video, photography, installation, and sculpture, grounded in an interdisciplinary approach that investigates themes of politics, territory, migration, and labor. Rodríguez is a committed educator and researcher, co-founder of the Experimental School of Art, and has worked extensively on arts-based pedagogical projects in high-risk communities.
Solo exhibitions include Acumulación Originaria, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2023); Business & Investment, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2022); Geografías radicales, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2020); La ideología y el paisaje, Museum of Art in Pereira, Pereira, Colombia (2019); El Orden de las Cosas, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2018); Manifiesto, Museum of Art of El Salvador, MARTE, San Salvador (2017); Every land is a border, Volta, New York (2017); Naturalmente falso, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2016); Territorio infinito, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San José, Costa Rica (2015); Marea Alta, La ERRE Gallery, Guatemala City (2013); Asimetría Territorial, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2013); Desértica, Project Room, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2012); Deriva Continental, Alliance Française, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2012); OCUPACIÓN, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia (2011); Imágenes Inconclusas, Contemporary Art Center, Women in the Arts, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2007); and El Hilo de la Peste, Mariana Zepeda Gallery, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2006).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Growth of the Soil, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2025); Territorios: Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo CAAC, Seville, Spain (2024); Videoart Fest NY, NYLAAT, Governors Island, New York (2023); Estado de Latencia, Cultural Center of Spain, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2023); Ante América, dos tiempos, ARTBO, Bogotá, Colombia (2022); Kinshasa Biennial, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2022); Latin American Art Triennial, Museo del Barrio, New York (2022); Aligned by the Sun (Through the Revolution), Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina (2021); Juntos Aparte, Muntref, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2021); International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South, National Museum, Bogotá, Colombia (2021); Time for Change, Pérez Art Museum, Miami (2019); Bienal Sur, Cúcuta, Colombia (2019); Migratory Aesthetics, George Mason University, Virginia (2019); My Apocryphal County, SVA, New York (2018); Untitled Art Fair, Miami (2017); Volta Art Fair, Switzerland (2017); Von Hier Aus, Vienna, Austria (2016); X Central American Biennial, Limón, Costa Rica (2016); Monochrome Undone, Sayago y Pardon Collection, Los Angeles (2015); Luminato Art Festival, Toronto, Canada (2015); Indeterminaciones, Carmen Araujo Gallery, Caracas (2015); Más allá de la abstracción, ArtNexus Foundation, Bogotá (2015); Showcase Art Valandeeren, Coloma, Belgium (2014); arteBA, Buenos Aires Contemporary Art Fair, Argentina (2013); XV and IX Havana Biennials, Cuba (2009, 2006); and numerous regional biennials and exhibitions across Central America and Europe.
Highlights and Collections
Rodríguez is the recipient of several awards and has participated in residencies and curatorial programs focused on art education, including his leadership in the Experimental School of Art and his role in the ArtBo Tutor program since 2017. His work is held in public and private collections across Central America, Colombia, the USA, Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Sweden, and Spain.