Sleight of Hand: Painting and Illusion, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Real and HyperReal, January 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family and Plaza Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Variations on a Theme, May 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art. (Included in Part II: August 1, 2009-February 7, 2010.)

Tino Rodriguez: The Darkening Garden/EI Jardin al Anochecer, March I, 2003 - July 13, 2003, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Historic Wing, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, March 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Devotion, March 4, 2001 - June 3, 2001, New Wing, Skylight Gallery, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community Responds to Art in the Permanent Collection, June 23, 2001 - September 23, 2001, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Sleight of Hand: Painting and Illusion (2014-2015)

Tino Rodríguez paints highly detailed jewel-toned canvases influenced by the techniques and imagery of various sources: Old Master painters, the Mexican Surrealists, and medieval illuminated manuscripts. He first encountered art in the Catholic churches of his native Mexico. His imagination was sparked by the glass-eyed saints, angels, and virgins, who adorn the sanctuaries. Rodríguez subsequently developed a crystalline painting technique based on his study of historical masterpieces in Mexico and France. In El Amante (The Lover), the artist depicted himself as a martyr, the blood of the stigmata (Christ’s wounds) dripping from his hands. Rodríguez used this allegory to express his personal fantasies and fears, including his experience as a homosexual in a heterosexual world.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection , 3/2/2002 - 6/2/2002
• Variations on a Theme San Jose Museum of Art , 5/23/2009 - 2/7/2010
• Real and HyperReal San Jose Museum of Art , 1/30/2010 - 8/1/2010

• Image Dimensions: 17 x 16 in. (43.18 x 40.64 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
  Page Number: 186-187

This object is a member of the following portfolios: