Kathy Rodriguez is a native of Metairie, LA, a part of the indigenous lands of Bulbancha. She works as an Assistant Professor at UNO. Her tenure application is currently under review, to be finalized in June 2026. Her courses of instruction have included all levels of undergraduate and graduate studio work in two-dimensional design, drawing, painting, sculpture, and art history. She served as instructor of record on UNO’s study abroad programs in Innsbruck, Austria, and Rome, Italy. She is the recipient of two Engagement Awards for serving as mentor of choice to the most students in InnovateUNO, the annual university-wide research symposium at UNO.

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Rodriguez has an international exhibition record including virtual and in-person, peer-reviewed and invitational shows. Her work has been included in exhibitions at The Brooklyn Lyceum, Midwest Nice Art, The Louisiana State Capitol, The Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans, and The Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans. She wrote art criticism for New Orleans Art Review from 2009-22 and published with Pelican Bomb and NOLA Defender. She has written for a variety of catalogs and for museum exhibitions, including the Missoula Art Museum as part of a grant by The Andy Warhol Foundation. She participated in one artist residency with Montana Matrix Press in 2014, working closely with Professor James Bailey during a brief stay in Missoula, MT.

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Rodriguez served as Director for both the UNO Gallery on St. Claude and the UNO Fine Arts Gallery for The University of New Orleans between 2011-2020. She is currently the Director of the UNO Women’s Center and the Program Coordinator for the Department of Fine Arts in the School of the Arts at UNO. She is a certified meeting facilitator for SMART Recovery. She is the founder of SLAC (Sober Ladies Artist Collective) and the loosely organized creative group, w.i.t.c.h.y. (women in their completely hot years). She is a founding member of TEN artists’ collective (2012-18) and was a member of Second Story Gallery Collective in New Orleans from 2021-3.