About

My work is “abstracted” photography: representational but complicated by the obscuring and absenting  of  the  subject.  By  inducing  movement  and  the  manipulation  of light  sources,

I provoke a figurative tableau towards transforming into abstraction. Every shot, every video is the evidence of a performance, with the acts of montage and manipulation performed in-camera. Movement is the primary performative act. By manipulating the camera’s placement, aperture and exposure settings in relation to color fields, landscapes, light sources, precipitation and seascapes, my work pushes the boundaries of perception to create organic and lyrical freeforms. Resulting images retain their pure chroma. Each is a reinterpretation of the original subject, containing striations that move in varying intervals and rhythms, alternately compressing and expanding positive and negative space. However abstracted a composition may be, a firm representational vantage points plays host to personal objects and scenario manipulations, making each image a direct reflection of my ever-changing environment.

Bio

Born:    Mexico City, 1966
Lives:   San Antonio, TX

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009  
Inaugural Exhibition, 4Design Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico
Unexpected: Recent Works by Rodolfo Choperena, G2 ArtSight, San Antonio, TX

2011
ArtSee Miami, Curated by Julio Santiago, Miami, FL
Recent Work, Fotoseptiembre, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
Recent Work, PhotoNOLA, Guthrie Contemporary Gallery, New Orleans, LA

UPCOMING

2012
Tiempo Compartido, Mexican Embassy, Berlin, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Photographic Dialogues, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
Inaugural Exhibit, La Brignonesca, Careyes, Jalisco, Mexico
Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
Dallas Art Fair, Ruiz-Healy Art, Dallas, TX

2011
Art Pair, Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, TX
By Permit Only, Gudalupe Cultural Art Center, San Antonio, TX
The Electronic Arts and Video Festival Transitio_MX 04, Mexico City, Mexico
Grupo de los Dieciseis, Mexico City, Mexico
Divine Mercy, Flight Gallery, San Antonio, TX

UPCOMING

2012
Big and Bright: New Work from Texas, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Guadalupe Cultural Art Center
Liberto Enterprises
St. Benedict’s LLC.
University of Texas at San Antonio

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gupta, Anjali, “Chroma,” latinamericanart.com, August 4, 2011
Dirkson, Kirish, “Sitting Down With Rudy Choperena,” Kindform, July 22, 2011
Silva, Elda, “Guadalupe’s Poster Exhibit Blurs Lines Between Street, Gallery Art,” San Antonio Express News, July 25, 2011
Fisch, Sarah, “Top Critic’s Picks,” San Antonio Current, September 9, 2009
Dickens, Scott. “Rodolfo Choperena’s Unexpected Outcomes,”examiner.com, September 15 2009
Bennet, Steve, “Seeing Mexico in a Bend of Light,” San Antonio Express-News, September 27, 2009
Fisch, Sarah, “CAM, FIN: I said GOOD DAY, Contemporary Art Month,” Plaza De Armas, March 28