Publications
Print:
“Breaking The Mold With Art Inspired by Jello”- Boston Globe, Wednesday March 8, 2023
“Precious Jewels”- Luncheonette Magazine, Issue #4- Winter 2022
“An Appetite For Inedible Art”- New York Times, Sunday Nov. 28, 2021
“Escape The Ordinary” -Ripley’s Believe It Or Not #19, 2021
“Art of Elrod”- Backcombed Magazine Issue #1, 2019
“Elrod: Outlandish, But With A Sparkle”-Lowrider Magazine, October 2013
“Leanne “Elrod” Rodriguez” Teen Angels Magazine #232
Digital:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/style/fake-food-is-trendy-again.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/07/lifestyle/1950s-called-they-want-this-artist-keep-making-her-kitschy-jell-o-sculptures/
https://www.today.com/food/trends/great-jello-renaissance-rcna20471
https://peewee.com/2021/02/23/these-jell-o-molds-are-actually-lamps/124902319_368029397597006_7528427977630957197_n/
https://www.ifitshipitshere.com/gelatin-lamps/
https://www.polyesterzine.com/thedollhouse/picnic-parfaits
https://boingboing.net/2021/02/26/lamps-that-look-like-jell-o-molds-of-yore.html
https://www.frankie.com.au/gallery/step-inside-the-mexakitchen-where-retro-foods-become-decor-566334
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/great-jell-o-renaissance-perfect-151410679.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHR0pjh1edEXzbSZO6uYZY_grlzphjTdzn1bAZr4C1vvLtpsAEkemf2AOTAzP0_BrlxmDUd05Fq6UKoYAMiIKkvR1722e7GStVCZe8UNYReZkcabnapyNyUXABE4eKtFjKuPA-xS1LMa1nF2OTOqOL-Cfn16zCN_FYiPnABzq3aE
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/weird-girl-aesthetic-design-trend
https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/did-elrod-rodriguez-trade-sex-for-facebook-votes-to-get-in-neopopstreetfunk-one-outraged-local-thinks-so-6373572
Podcasts
https://www.themothballprophecies.com/episodes/4nsqfc3m9w2c7044s2xedbz2gnjo7k
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-somewhere-else-elrod-hellabreezy-bomb-city/id1063959213?i=1000365998884
https://artpeoplepod.libsyn.com/elrod-artist-kitsch-connoisseur-and-glitter-addict
Exhibitions
2023
“Elrod’s Sweet Shoppe and Valentine Exchange”- Cakeland LA, Los Angeles, CA
“Resort-O-Rama”- Flamingo Resort Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA
2022
“A Dinner Party”- Cakeland LA, Los Angeles, CA
“The New England Shakeup”- Sturbridge Hotel, Sturbridge, MA
“The Politics of Low and Slow”- CSUN Library- Northridge, CA
2020
“My Homies are My Heroes”- The Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco CA
“Quarantine Cuties”- All female online art show, curated by me
“Mexakitchen”- Virtual Solo Show
2019
“3rd Annual Colors Competition”- Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
“Musica y Pasion”- Somewhere Else Art, Berkeley, CA
“Selena”- Mi Vida, Highland Park CA
“10x10”- RVCA, San Francisco, CA
“Bloom”- Sanchez Contemporary Gallery
“2019 Burlesque Hall of Fame”- New Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas NV
“Now That’s What I Call Another All Girl Art Show”- Misenplace Gallery, Oakland CA
“ iViva Viclas! The Art of the Lowrider Motorcycle”- CAM Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh NC
“John Waters Tribute”- The Frida Cinema, Anaheim CA
2018
“Dark Creature”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
“Personas”- Faultline, Oakland, CA
“VAN-o-RAMIC”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
“Ranflas y Inspiracion”- Artist Panel at The Peterson Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“The Desperate Living Room”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley CA
“Electroluxx”- Public Works, San Francisco, CA
“Bomb Shelter Boogie”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
2017
“So Fresh”- Faultline, Oakland, CA
“POPulization”- Vamp Music and Art, Oakland, CA
“From the Alley to the Gallery”- Smoking Mirrors Gallery, Pomona, CA
“Annual Frida Kahlo Portrait Show”- Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
“The High Art of Riding Low”- The Peterson Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“La Resistencia”- Dada Art Bar, San Francisco, CA
“Idiot Boy and Idiot Girl”- Collaborative Mural, 16th and Shotwell, San Francisco, CA
2016
“Intergalactus”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
“Motel Mademoiselle”- 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Waste Less”- Volcom Headquarters, Costa Mesa, CA
“Here for a Reason”- Originals Magazine @ Shop Mi Vida, Highland Park, CA
“Digital Atzlan”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
“TEASED”- Somewhere Else Art Space, Berkeley, CA
“POP Show”- 934 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
2015
“Legends Never Die”- Teen Angels @ Shop Mi Vida, Highland Park, CA
“Everything on Deckz”- Phoenix, AZ
“Golden”- Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
2014
“Treasure Island Music Festival”- Treasure Island, CA
“VaVa Vroom!”- Solo Show at Betti Ono Gallery, Oakland, CA
“70s Show”- Low Down and Dirty, Los Angeles, CA
“Glitter 101 Workshop”- Tu Tienda Workshop, Oakland, CA
2013
“Transported”- Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, CA
“Homegirls”- Amor Eterno, Oakland, CA
“Deadend Magazine”- Somos Gallery, Salinas, CA
2012
“Femme Cartel Part II”- Essence of Beauty, Oakland, CA
“Menagerie II Group Show”- Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
“Dedicated To You”- Art Association of the East Bay, The Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
“Reheated Leftovers”- Tattoo Boogaloo, San Francisco, CA
“Mexakitsch”- Charlotte’s Web, Berkeley, CA
“Fashionably Drawn: An Illustration Show by Femme Cartel”, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Dark Art: Tribute to Metal”- Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Shred Town”- Era Art Bar, Oakland, CA
“Naked Ladies: Sexy. Raw. Owning it.”- Oakland Art Murmur, Feelmore510, Oakland, CA
“17th Annual Academy of Art University Faculty and Alumni Auction”- The Cannery at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA
“NEOPOPSTREETFUNK 4”- Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX
2011
“1st Annual Richmond Tattoo and Art Expo”- (Winner of “Show Favorite” in the Visual Artist category) Richmond, CA
“Mini Art Show”- The Rogue Elephant Gallery, Moreno Valley, CA
“Cholo Love Jam: Velvet Painting Show”- Amor Eterno, Oakland, CA
“La Piel De…”- 9na Muestra de Arte Erotico de La Galeria Fronteriza, Tijuana, Mexico
“Lady Picture Show: Erotic Female Art Show”- Table Nectar, Oakland, CA
“Painted Roses Show”- Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
“Femme Cartel: Girly/Urban Art”- Classic Cars West, Oakland, CA
“Attack of the Zombia Luchadors”- Pancha Villa Center, Hayward, CA
“La Loteria Tournament and Art Show”- Union City, CA
“Bite-Sized Monsters/ Your Deadly Desserts”- Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
“Pancakes and Booze Art Show”- 4N5 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
“Summer Lovin”- 111 Minna (by OH DANG Magazine and the All Mighty Family), San Francisco, CA
“Illustrate This”- Artillery AG, San Francisco, CA
“Hells Bells Pinewood Derby and Auction” White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Art Show”- PAK Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Exposed”- Julie’s Tea Garden, Alameda, CA
“We Won’t Be Silent Charity Auction”- Mission Hills Saloon, San Francisco, CA
“Skate This Art [STA]”- Gallery 28, San Francisco, CA
“Skate This Art [STA]”- Marin Art Festival, Marin, CA
“Skate This Art [STA]”- Sub Mission Gallery and Art Space, San Francisco, CA
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