Represented Artist

Rod Acosta

Oil, acrylic, sculpture

Biography

Rodney Acosta graduated from the San Juan school of fine arts (Escuela de Artes Plasticas) P.R. obtaining a bachelors in visual arts. Continuing his education at Rollings college Florida ; he has been drawing and painting since he was 14 years old. He has been producing and exhibiting his art since then employing one medium or another in Florida and the Caribbean. His exhibitions to name a few ; 3 times at The annual biennial of “ cuartel la puntilla San Juan” . In 1992 Rod moved to Florida and shortly after participated in O.V.A.L. Orlando , Volunteer Artist league and had a solo exhibition at cafe Tutu tango Orlando , Borders bookstore, D.A.A.S. Coop, Arts for act gallery, Sydney & Berne Davis Art center in Fort Myers among others. In 2021 Rod received a commission to paint 2 mural panels at the Caloosahatchee Marina in downtown Fort Myers. He has taught individual art classes from time to time and has participated and won at least in 3 art contests. Rod recently moved to Marion county, and had participated in local collective exhibitions at NOMA Gallery and Marion Cultural Alliance; he is currently one of the resident artists at The Magnolia Arts Exchange where he works on his new pieces at “Acosta Studio 3 “. Acosta's works are mostly mixed media in canvas or wood board; he has also produced several sculptures in steel and wood. His technique consists in extreme light contrasts , heavy textures, scratching over layers of oil, aiding found objects and textiles.