Sandy Rodriguez: Currents of Resistance (SOLO)

April 5, 2025–August 10, 2025

The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida

This exhibition features a new series of site-specific artworks originally commissioned by The Hermitage Greenfield Prize and The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO, Sarasota County, Florida, in 2023 in collaboration with The Greenfield Foundation.

Currents of Resistance is the culminating exhibition of the 2023 Hermitage Greenfield Prize commission. This exhibition was developed over the past two years and created across multiple sites, including the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida; Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, California; and Mar Vista, California, this multimedia installation comprises video, audio, a 40-foot paper panorama, and a “cabinet of curiosities.” The installation investigates resistance to colonial and environmental exploitation through an interdisciplinary lens and makes visible the Gulf region’s intertwined histories of cultural resilience and ecological transformation.

Text: The Ringling Museum

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