Hampton Rodriguez

Editor’s note: Karen Wells researched thoroughly her Concordia Murals story about the Hampton Rodriguez mural facing 14th Place at Alberta Street. If you’d like to know more about the artist, his life, and his art, Karen shares these resources:

“Fruits” by Shoichi Aoki, 304p, 2001, Phaidon Press, ISBN-13: 978-0714845104
google.com/books/about/Fruits.html?id=ZbJxQgAACAAJ&hl=en
Photo journalistic style book of Japanese youth street fashion of the 1990s used by Hampton Rodriguez as inspiration for images in the Frock mural

Hampton Rodriguez
HamptonRodriguez.com
HamptonRodriguez.blogspot.com/
Hamptonrodriguez.com/about-hampton-rodriguez/

Univison interview (in Spanish) with HamptonRodriguez
YouTube.com/watch?v=lM6_-lBu8Qs

Bohio Studio
FineArtAmerica.com/profiles/bohio-studio.html

Oregon Art Beat, May 2005
OPB.org/television/programs/artbeat/episodes/629/

Regional Arts & Culture Council
RACC.org/public-art/search/
Enter ‘Hampton” Rodriguez in this search engine

River Gallery, Independence
RiverGalleryArt.com/artists.php?who=hampton-rodriguez

Djembe versus Conga drum
Do you know which kind of a drum appears in the mural? Check it out here.
YouTube.com/watch?v=lIbRuIm9MxI

Art Exhibit about Food & Wine by Hampton Rodriguez at Willamette Valley Vineyard Tasting Room, McMinnville, through Aug. 20
Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216010366032624&set=a.2953646920879.2151894.1252606174&type=3&theater