Background
Rodas was born on February 8, 1925, in Itá in the Central Department, a city that is nicknamed the Capital of Ceramics. She was educated in ceramic art by her mother Juana de Jesús Oviedo and grandmother María Balbina Cuevas.
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Career
She died on August 8, 2013. Josefina Pla characterized her work as "micro-sculptures" in her book Louisiana cerámica popular Paraguaya. Art critic and academic Ticio Escobar comprises their art as follows: "one of the most strong and original testimonies of contemporary Paraguayan art, and a tribute to its noble history".
Her work can be found in private collections, cultural centers and museums in Paraguay and abroad.
The art of Rodas and Isídrez was shown on many expositions in Paraguay and abroad. Here follows a selection:
1976.
Gallery van the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris
1992 and 1993: Gallery Fábrica, Asunción
1994: Salon of the Biennale Martel, Cultural City Center, Asunción
1995: Gallery Lamarca, Asunción
1995: Center of Visual Arts, Museo del Barro, Asunción
1996: Gallery Fábrica, Asunción
1997: Gallery Lamarca, Asunción
1998 and 1999: Center of Visual Arts, Museo del Barro, Asunción
1999: Biennale of the Mercosur, Porto Alegre
2007: 16th international year fair ARte COntemporáneo (Atlantic Richfield Company ), Madrid
2008: 35th international exhibition of traditional art, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
2009: Museum of Contemporary Crafts Art of Chile, Santiago.
Achievements
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Rodas received many awards, greatly together with her daughter Julia Isídrez: 1994: Grand Prize, Biennale of Martel for Visual Arts, Cultural City Center, Asunción 1998: Prize of the city of Madrid 1999: Prince Claus Award 1999: Award for Best Craft Artist of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Central Department and the society Hecho à Mano 2001: First Prize in Traditional Art, Cooperativa Universitaria 2008: Lorenzo Berg Salvo Prize, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago 2009: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, France.
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Quotations: "one of the most strong and original testimonies of contemporary Paraguayan art, and a tribute to its noble history".
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Nationality
Paraguay
Awards
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Prince Claus National Order of Merit; Prince Claus award; international awards; Grand Cross Rodas received many awards, greatly together with her daughter Julia Isídrez: 1994: Grand Prize, Biennale of Martel for Visual Arts, Cultural City Center, Asunción 1998: Prize of the city of Madrid 1999: Prince Claus Award 1999: Award for Best Craft Artist of the UNESCO, the Central Department and the society Hecho à Mano 2001: First Prize in Traditional Art, Cooperativa Universitaria 2008: Lorenzo Berg Salvo Prize, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago 2009: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, FrancePrince Claus National Order of Merit; Prince Claus award; international awards; Grand Cross Rodas received many awards, greatly together with her daughter Julia Isídrez: 1994: Grand Prize, Biennale of Martel for Visual Arts, Cultural City Center, Asunción 1998: Prize of the city of Madrid 1999: Prince Claus Award 1999: Award for Best Craft Artist of the UNESCO, the Central Department and the society Hecho à Mano 2001: First Prize in Traditional Art, Cooperativa Universitaria 2008: Lorenzo Berg Salvo Prize, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago 2009: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, France